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Announcing IPMA Pune Chapter’s Monthly Speaker Series with Vivek Tuljapurkar

• I have a title of 'Product Manager', but I ended up working on marketing activities all the last year
• I don’t get enough direct market and field interactions - Most of our target market and customers are in western part of the world
• Though I'm Product Manager, key pricing and investment decisions are taken by someone else

You are not the only product manager facing these issues. Product Managers in various setups face similar issues; some issues are very local to environment in which Indian Product Managers operate.

After overwhelming response for IPMA Pune Chapter launch, we are now announcing next event for Monthly Speaker series with Vivek Tuljapurkar. Vivek worked with some of the biggest product companies of the world in various product management positions. Vivek will share some of the challenges Product Managers face and ways to overcome them.

Come be part of this event, share your knowledge, learn from others in this interactive session!

Event Details

Title: Product Management Challenges Unique to the Indian Environment

Indian software industry is experiencing explosive growth beyond its core offering in software services. MNCs are giving their India operations greater responsibility towards product management, Indian software companies are being asked to take additional responsibilities towards requirements management and product management, and the legendary Indian entrepreneurial spirit is in full bloom with many startups looking to launch new products.

The Indian environment, like any other, presents certain unique challenges towards product management. There is much commonality to the challenges that are faced by various types of businesses, whether you are an MNC, Indian services company, or a product startup. This seminar aims to discuss various current and upcoming challenges and also possible solutions and is a must for those practicing or aspiring to practice product management.

Speaker’s Bio

Vivek Tuljapurkar is a management consultant based in Pune. He has held various positions in the past such as Managing Director of Avaya, CEO of Ruksun Software Technologies, Global Product Portfolio Manager at IBM, and Product Portfolio and Line of Business Manager at Eaton Corp. Vivek has twelve technological “firsts” to his credit, has been an advisor or consultant to numerous governments and Fortune 500 companies, and has taught at various prestigious universities in the USA and India. Vivek mentors startups via IIM-A MentorEdge program and Power of Ideas initiative.

Registration

Registration is required and FREE. Hurry before seats fill up. Use register button above to fillup quick registration form.

Time:

5.00 PM to 7 PM on 24th June, 2011 (Friday).

Venue:

BMC Software, ICC Tech Park, SB Road, Pune

Agenda:

4.45 pm - Registrations and Networking
5.00 pm - Opening Remarks
5:15 pm - Talk by Vivek
6:30 pm - Q&A
6.45 pm – Demo of some cool tools for Product Managers (Knowledge Sharing)
7.00 pm - Closing Remarks

Thanks to our Event Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor:
BMC Software, India

About IPMA

India Product Management Association (IPMA) is a not-for-profit, voluntary, grassroots organization. IPMA Mission is to Foster Product Design and Innovation and Catalyze Product Management/Marketing Talent in India across software, mobile, hardware, telecommunications sectors in the IT industry. IPMA organizes knowledge sharing and networking forums such as Monthly Speaker Series, Workshops, P-Camps etc for professionals interested in product management and marketing. IPMA operate chapters in major product hubs across India and for more information about upcoming events, visit indiapma.org

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