America India Tech Council

It was an honor to host the members of America India Tech Council (AITC) in Texas, at our meetup in Dallas this week. It was wonderful to engage with fellow tech leaders and discuss the importance of raising the bar of global innovation through collective learning, and by building a supportive community for each other and for the future generations. We also discussed the value of enhance trilateral tech trade between the US, Canadian, and Indian tech sectors. Thank you to Jag Badwal, who is the Ontario representative in the Southern US States for attending as our guest of honour and sharing how Ontario and Canada can play key role to boost tech innovation for enterprises in US. Big thanks to our chair of Texas region for AITC, Rameshwar Balanagu for his efforts in making this event possible! Thank you to all the tech leaders who attended! Babu Nagappan, Sandeep Chaturvedi, Aravind Kashyap, Gurshaman Baweja, Kishore Agasthi, Sandeep Kulkarni, Hemant Bhave, AIA, Varsha Bhave, Karthik Viswanathan, Karunakar Santhosh, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, @shiva j Anubhav Raj America India Tech Council is a not for profit community (sponsored by TheAppLabb) that brings together Indo American Tech executives (CIOs/CTOs) and leaders for knowledge sharing and peer learning! AITC fosters collaboration, co-learning, and growth among technology leaders and, along with our sister organization Canada India Tech Council (CITC), we have over 600 members across North America. As part of our mission we seek to collectively raise the bar of innovation through collective learning, build a supportive community for the future generations and enhance ties and trilateral tech trade between the US, Canadian, and Indian tech sectors.

On June 20th, 2024, Canada India Tech Council (CITC), America India Tech Council (AITC) and the Consulate General of India in Toronto, successfully hosted the “Celebrating India-Canada-America Technology Corridor” event. Held at the Rakuten Kobo Inc. office in Downtown Toronto, this exclusive meet and greet coincided with Collision 2024 and brought together tech leaders of Indian origin from India, Canada, and the United States. The event was sponsored by Rakuten Kobo Inc. & TheAppLabb. The event's chief guest, the Consul General of India in Toronto, Hon. Siddarth Nath, delivered the opening remarks, setting the tone for a night of engaging discussions. The spotlight then shifted to Debanjan Saha, CEO of DataRobot, who served as the keynote speaker. Moderated by Mai Mavinkurve P.Eng., the session delved deep into the evolution of AI, the journey of DataRobot, and the future of AI. Debanjan Saha’s keynote covered several pivotal themes such as Collaboration in AI and Technology between Canada, India and US, AI Trust and Explainability, AI Adoption Challenges, AI Risk Management, exploration of practical applications of AI, Future of AI in Work and Entrepreneurship and AI Regulations and Localization.   About Canada India Tech Council (CITC) & America India Tech Council (AITC):   CITC & AITC are proud initiatives of TheAppLabb. CITC & AITC are platforms that bring together Indo-Canadian & Indo-American (respectively) technology leaders to for knowledge sharing and peer learning opportunities!. Currently, CITC has 400+ members across Canada and AITC has 200+ members across US. #CollisionConf #technology #AI #artificialintelligence

Consulate co-organized the India-Canada-US Tech conference in partnership with Canada India Tech Council and America India Tech Council in recognition of this expanding innovation and technology corridor.

I am delighted to announce that I have been named an honorary founding member of the America India Tech Council (AITC). I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the Founder and Chair of AITC, Kundan Joshi, for the invitation whose remarkable accomplishments include founding TheAppLabb, serving as YPO Chair, being recognised as EY Entrepreneur of the Year, RBC Entrepreneur of the Year, among the Top 50 Under 50, Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, and ICCC Technology Achiever, and more! The AITC is a prestigious council that unites Indo-American tech executives (CIOs/CTOs) and leaders from some of the most well known corporations to foster collaboration, innovation, and growth in the technology sector. With a heart full of curiosity, I am eager to learn, contribute, and grow. #AITC #TechCouncil #Innovation #Collaboration #IndoAmerican #TechLeadership #HonoraryMember #FutureTech #Leadership #Growth #TechCommunity #InnovationLeaders #MakingADifference #BrightFuture #TechExecutives

Great to host social in Chicago by America India Tech Council to facilitate peer learning among Indo American Tech executives!

A wonderful social hosted by America India Tech Council @ American CIO & IT Summit in San Francisco this week to facilitate peer learning among Indo American Tech executives! Thanks to our wonderful host Rameshwar Balanagu, along with Datta Junnarkar, Suresh Kotha, Karthik Viswanathan!

Had an amazing time hosting a meetup for America India Tech Council at #Shoptalk in Las Vegas last week! We had the opportunity to hear from leading enterprise technology leaders from the US & Canada. Our discussions centered around the state of technology in retail, converting failure into aha moments, Gen AI, and bringing together the American Indian community. Looking forward to hosting more sessions like this across the country! Kudos to TheAppLabb team for powering this community behind the scenes. And thank you to those who attended and supported this initiatvie! Anshuman Taneja (CPO, Gap), Dimple Rao (VP, Chico), Venky Avunoori (VP, Spencer’s), Vijay Krishna Balasubramanian, PMP, SPC 4, ALMI (VP, Haleon), Amar Goel (Chairman, Pubmatic), Amit Ojha, Nagarajan Chakravarthy (Naga), Nainesh Nayudu, Swetha Subramanian, Timothy Das, Ravi Kanniganti, Gaurav Dixit, Rohan Mahadevan, Andrew Kumar, Saranathan Govindarajan, Mandeep Bhatia, Mohanadoss Manoharan, Nigel Storey, Padmakiran (GP) Guttikonda, Parinda Muley, Ravi Sambhu, Roshan Varma, Roshni Nambiar, ShiSh S., Srini Amanana, Aditya Rao, Chandan Jogur, Deepak Chandak, Vishal Arora #AITC #technology #retail #community

Delighted to announce the successful launch of America India Tech Council, a US subsidiary of the Canada India Tech Council at an event in New York this week. The launch took place against the backdrop of the #NRF2024 conference and was attended & supported by CTOs and CIOs (+SVP/VP Tech) from a wide range of organizations, including Lululemon, SharkNinja, Wegmans food markets, Camping World, Sephora, Citi, Tory Burch, Hibbet, Balfour, Inspire Brands, Etsy, The Kraft Heinz Company, LVMH, E.L.F Beauty, Proskauer Rose LLP, Barclays, Synchrony, Victoria’s Secret, Ipsy, CVS, Pepsi, Abercrombie & finch, Lowes, Kroger, Payless, KBC Bank USA, Reuters, IBM, Microsoft, Allivet, Nuveen, TIAA, Sparkcognition, Aetrex, among many others! Special thanks to: Vaidyanathan Seshan, Smita Katakwar, Sunitha Ray, Praveen Mysore, Dasarathy Ponnappan, Vijay Veerachandran, Sri Chintala, Sneha Narahalli, Manish Hirapara, Abi Sachdeva, Sridhar Sudarsan, Kumar Rajan #tech #innovation #partnerships