Infosys invites IT big wigs for panel discussion Bangalore: Infosys Technologies on August 28 announced that it will bring together the country’s most prominent experts in the IT field for a panel discussion on "Software Engineering Innovation: How can India be the Leader", an official press release said.

The discussion, to be held at the Infosys corporate headquarters in Bangalore between 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (IST) on August 30, 2002, will be web cast live on www.infosys.com the company’s Website. Software professionals around the world can be a part of the panel discussion to address questions to the eminent panelists, the release said.

The panelists include eminent personalities like Prof S Sadagopan, director, IIIT Bangalore; Prof Bimal Roy, Prof-in-charge, (applied statistical unit), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; Prof Pankaj Jalote, professor & head, computer science department, IIT Kanpur; Dr A L Rao, president, telecom & internet working solutions, Wipro Technologies Ltd; Deependra Moitra, general manager, (engineering), Lucent Technologies Ltd & Member IEEE software editorial board; Satyendra Kumar, vice president, head - quality & productivity, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Dr Raja Ramanna, director National Institute of Advanced Studies & member of the Rajya Sabha will deliver the keynote address on ‘Quantum Computers’ and launch the book titled "The Art and Technology of Software Engineering: A Mosaic of Models and Methods" edited by Dr R Ramkumar, principal researcher, Software Engineering and Technology Labs (SETLabs), Infosys Technologies. The book is a collection of essays by six researchers in SETLabs and addresses the opportunities and challenges of web- based applications, the release added.

To log onto the discussions and ask questions to the panel, please visit www.infosys.com/ and follow the link "web cast of the book release' to see the live web cast.