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Follow UsThe year 2006 ended with the visit to India by Cisco CEO John Chambers. But
the year 2007 till now has been the year of CEO visits. With more than fifteen
CEOs of global companies in less than five months, this was probably a record of
sorts. India has been on global companies' radar for quite some time, but a look
at the profiles of companies whose CEOs came calling India gives some
indication. Visiting CEOs were from across the IT, BPO, and telecom industry
ranging from semiconductor to software companies and services companies like
Freescale, NXP and Texas Instruments. Unfortunately, Cadence CEO Mike Fister had
to cancel his visit due to some personal reasons. Visits by CEOs of leading
semicon companies are a pointer to the emergence of India as a semicon hub in
the long run. It is no co-incidence that the new semiconductor policy was
announced recently.
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Major Announcements
Some of the most high profile visits included Michael Dell of Dell Computers and
Samuel J Palmisano, IBM chairman, president, and CEO. While Dell announced the
start of production from its Chennai plant, with a capacity of 400,000 units per
annum from July, Palmisano reconfirmed its earlier announcement of investing $6
bn for a new research facilities in Bangalore and expansion of its outsourcing
operations from India. Scott McNealy, co-founder and chairman, Sun Microsystems
came to commemorate Sun Microsystems' 25th anniversary. Rich K Templeton,
president and CEO of Texas Instruments announced TI's education initiatives in
India along with the Indian Institute Of Science (IISc). The visit by Vodafone's
CEO Arun Sarin was one a highlights in terms of entry of Vodafone into India by
way of Hutchison Essar's acquisition.
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Apple Chief, Steve Jobs, came to India in early 1974 on |
"India is an exciting place to be in right now. The |
"Organizations are also looking for the second force (after |
-Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple |
—Michael Dell, CEO, Dell |
—Samuel J Palmisano chairman CEO, IBM |
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"India is a vital part of Freescale's long-term growth |
"With 33% of India's population less than 15 years of age, |
"Twenty years ago, India was just an outpost. Since then it |
—Michel Mayer, chairman and CEO, Freescale |
—Scott McNealy co-founder and chairman Sun Microsystems |
—Bill Green, chairman and CEO, Accenture |
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"India is a tremendously exciting, fast moving market and I |
"India is recognized for its progress and needs similar higher education research programs. TI is committed to the long term goals of the industry" |
"The current Indian economy now offers NXP an even greater opportunity to bring our blend of vibrant media technologies to the massive Indian audience" |
"Every time I come here, I see incredible growth and |
—Arun Sarin, CEO, Vodafone |
—Rich K Templeton president and CEO Texas Instruments |
—Frans van Houten president and CEO, NXP | —John W Thompson chairman and CEO, Symantec |
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Sudesh Prasad
sudeshp@cybermedia.co.in