{"474711":{"#nid":"474711","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Presents: Lalit Dhingra, NIIT Technologies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELalit Dhingra oversees the Americas operations of NIIT Technologies. He joined NIIT Technologies in 1990 and was responsible for building the software services division from inception. He moved to the United States in 1997 as Vice President of\u0026nbsp;software services and in 2006 took charge as President of\u0026nbsp;operations. Dhingra\u0026nbsp;was a catalyst in the growth of NIIT Technologies in the North American market. Since 1979, he has worked in the industry\u0026nbsp;developing software products\u0026nbsp;and managing large applications and system software products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDhingra was recognized for his outstanding leadership as an honoree at the International Stevie Business Awards in 2011.\u0026nbsp;He was also a finalist in \u2018TechAmerica\u2019 for \u2018Outstanding Leadership\u2019 and has represented India at the ICT Summit, United Nations, 2009. Dhingra has been quoted by leading publications like Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley, and CIO Magazine for his business outlook and ability to comment on executable strategies and transformational models in the technology services outsourcing Industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn alumnus of the prestigious IIT Delhi and Michigan School of Business, Lalit has been frequently asked to speak at Ivy League schools (Columbia Business School \u0026amp; Georgia Institute of Technology) to mentor students and working executives.\u003C\/p\u003EMr. Dhingra will speak at Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Wednesday, January 20, 2016.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/IMPACT.html\u0022\u003EIMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. The lecture series is sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, reservations are not required.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6 class=\u0022relatedLinksTitle\u0022\u003ERELATED LINKS\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022relatedLinksTitle\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html\u0022\u003EIMPACT Home\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html\u0022\u003EILE Home\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022How Data is Changing Our Daily Life\u0022"}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2015-12-01 15:30:53","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:31","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-01-20T20:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-01-20T22:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-01-20T22:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-01-21 01:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-01-21 03:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-01-21 03:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"474641":{"id":"474641","type":"image","title":"lalit Dhingra","body":null,"created":"1449257202","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:42","changed":"1475895225","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:45","alt":"lalit Dhingra","file":{"fid":"205735","name":"lalit_dhingra.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lalit_dhingra_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lalit_dhingra_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3441,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lalit_dhingra_0.jpg?itok=6wjMuLuH"}}},"media_ids":["474641"],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}