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Thank you!

A very big thank you to all of the sponsors of, speakers at and delegates to 2009’s 10th Anniversary Asian Private Equity & Venture Forum, India.

Although 2009 was a tough year for the PE industry worldwide, with investors in India facing their own set of challenges, we were very pleased to see a large number of the leading funds in India, together with their investors, at the conference. Indeed, the opening panel alone featured the South Asia heads of Apax, Bain Capital, Carlyle, IL&FS Investment Managers and KKR (see "programme", left).

Delegates were treated to wide-ranging discussions across a broad array of topics, which they joined with gusto. Key themes emerging from the conference were the expected impact of increased government spending in the infrastructure space, coupled with the streamlining and standardising of PPP procedures. Also on the watch-list will be changes to the tax code which may favour Singapore over Mauritius as a fund domicile.

For those who wish to stay in touch and up-to-date over the course of the year, there is now a LinkedIn Group for the conference. Upon the re-launch of AVCJ.com in Q1 2010, we will be posting relevant stories to the group. Members can also initiate their own discussions and find professionals with a shared interest in Indian PE.

We look forward to seeing you at next year's IFDA India event in Delhi, for those on the Infrastructure side, and in Mumbai from December 1-3 for the next installment of AVCJ India.

Allen Lee
Publisher
Asian Venture Capital Journal

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Keynotes

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Managing Trustee & Research Director
India Development Foundation

haque-promod-rev1Promod Haque

Managing Partner
Norwest Venture Partners

Vikram SoodVikram Sood

Vice President, Centre for International Relations
Observer Research Foundation

Harsha_bhogle_ESPNstarssportsHarsha Bhogle

Commentator
ESPN STAR Sports
(After dinner speaker)


Senior Industry Professionals

Markus AbleitingerMarkus Ableitinger

Head Asia Investment Management
Capital Dynamics

Rajeev_agrawal_ambitpragmaRajeev Agrawal

CEO
Ambit Pragma Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Shobhit Agarwal

Director
Protiviti Consulting Private Limited

ahuja-anil-3iAnil Ahuja

Managing Director & Head of Asia
3i

aneja-sandeep-rev1Sandeep Aneja

Managing Director
Kaizen

athreya-karthik-clearwaterKarthik Athreya

Director
Clearwater Capital

Akhil_awasthi_tatacapitalgrowthfundAkhil Awasthi

Managing Partner
Tata Capital Growth Fund

Vishal-bakshi-goldmansachsVishal Bakshi

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Shiraz_bugwadia_o3capitalShiraz Bugwadia

Director
o3 Capital

Ian_carew_northleafcapitalpartnersIan Carew

Vice President
Northleaf Capital Partners

chandra-amitAmit Chandra

Managing Director
Bain Capital

Doug Coulter, Head of Private Equity, Asia-Pacific, LGT Capital PartnersDoug Coulter

Head of Private Equity, Asia-Pacific
LGT Capital Partners

Patricia M. Dinneen

Managing Director
Siguler Guff & Company LLC

Pratima_divgi_SquadroncapitaladvisorsltdPratima Divgi

Investment Associate
Squadron Capital Advisors Ltd

Archana Hingorani

CEO & Executive Director
IL&FS Investment Managers

jain-sunil-greeninfralimitedSunil Jain

Chief Operating Officer
Green Infra Limited

Atul_kapur_everstonecapitalAtul Kapur

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Everstone Capital

khanna-sid-iepSid Khanna

Chairman, India
India Equity Partners

Khasnobis_s_arcilS. Khasnobis

Managing Director & CEO
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd.

lal-ajay-aif-capitalAjay Lal

Managing Director
AIF Capital

lam-chihtsungChihtsung Lam

Managing Director
Axiom Asia Private Capital

mavani-jai-kpmgJai Mavani

Executive Director
KPMG Financial Advisory Services

nabha-ranjeetRanjeet Nabha

Managing Director & CEO
WL Ross India

naik-sandeep-apaxSandeep Naik

Co-Head
Apax Partners India Advisers Pvt. Ltd

shankar-narayanan-carlyleShankar Narayanan

Managing Director
The Carlyle Group

Sanjay Nayar

CEO
KKR India

nicum-pinal-coller-capitalPinal Nicum

Principal
Coller Capital

ouyang_olivia_ifcOlivia Ouyang

Investment Officer
International Finance Corporation

parthasarathy-raja-rev1Raja Parthasarathy

Managing Director
IDFC Private Equity

Roopa_purushothaman_everstonecaptialRoopa Purushothaman

Managing Director – Research
Everstone Capital

Bruno_raschle_adveqmanagementagBruno Raschle

CEO
Adveq Management AG

raghavan-harsha-candoverHarsha Raghavan

Former Managing Director & Head of India
Candover Partners

saluja-maninderManinder Saluja

Co-head, Emerging Markets Private Equity
Quilvest

Vijay_sambamurthi_lexgenVijay Sambamurthi

Founder
Lexygen

Sandeep_reddy_peepulcapitalSandeep Reddy

Managing Director
Peepul Capital

Dimple Sanghi

Managing Director - Private Equity
Everstone Capital

Krishan_sehgal_kaupcapitalsingaporeKrishan Sehgal

Founder
Kaup Capital Singapore

Parag_shah_mahindrapartnersParag Shah

Managing Partner
Mahindra Partners

shrivastava-anubhaAnubha Shrivastava

Managing Director, Asia
CDC Group

Kunal Shroff

Managing Director
ChrysCapital

M.K. Sinha

President & CEO
IDFC Project Equity Co. Ltd

Gopal_srinivasan_confederationofindianindustryGopal Srinivasan

Chairman of the PE Committee
Confederation of Indian Industry


PR Srinivasan

India Region Head
Citigroup Venture Capital International

Anand_sunderji_guggenheimAnand Sunderji

Director
Guggenheim Capital Management (Asia) Private Limited

vandenberg-sebastiaan-harbourvestpartnersSebastiaan van den Berg

Principal
HarbourVest Partners (Asia) Limited

Rebecca Xu

Co-founder & Managing Director
Asia Alternatives Management LLC

zafar-aazarAazar Zafar

Principal, Private Equity
Alberta Investment Management Corporation

Sharadkumar_bhatia_phoenixarcltdSharadkumar Bhatia

CEO
Phoenix Asset Reconstruction Company Limited


Amit_chander_baringprivateequityindiaAmit Chander

Head - Pharma & Healthcare, IT/ITES & Education Investments
Baring Private Equity Partners India

Gautam_kainth-religareprivatequityGautam Kainth

Vice President (Investments)
Religare Private Equity

Munesh_khanna_centrumMunesh Khanna

Managing Director, Investment Banking
Centrum Capital Limited

Pranav_parikh_qindiainvestmentadvisorsPranav Parikh

Managing Director
Q-India Investment Advisors


This year's story:

India’s newly-elected government came to power with a strong mandate for change: Infrastructure spend is expected to increase, along with various initiatives to help the rural poor, including expansion of the government’s NREG (National Rural Employment Guarantee) Scheme, which will put more spending power in the hands of India’s rural consumers. Expansion of road-building plans, from the current 2 km to 20 km a day by 2012, should help ease congestion and make the country’s supply chains operate more efficiently.

At the same time, the creation of ready-to-run projects in the power sector will make it significantly more likely that the government will hit its target of building the ultra-mega power projects (generating more than 4,000 MW each) via public-private-partnership, which will see an end to the routine brownouts that plague even the biggest of India’s cities.

Regulations governing the flow of foreign capital into the country are also expected to be relaxed although the taxation treaties which streamline that flow are being reviewed at present. Since the budget issued in July, some of the shine has gone off the stock market, but levels are still up 40% on October 2008 lows. Meanwhile GDP growth of over 6%, coupled with the recent election results have delivered a fillip to the stock market and caused industry and international institutional investors alike to heave a huge sigh of relief.

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