The Next Leap of Growth in the Indian Economy with Manoj Kohli

On Tuesday, February 23, Asia Society Northern California will host a program on the Next Leap Forward in the Indian Economy with Manoj Kohli, Country Head of Softbank India and Asia Society-Victoria Distinguished Fellow.

AGENDA

Save the Date: Tuesday, February 23 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Pacific

6:30 p.m.   Program Begins
7:30 p.m.   Program Concludes

Please continuing checking the event website for registration information and speaker updates.

Link to join virtually will be emailed to guests the day before and an hour before the program is scheduled to begin from James Gale at JGale@asiasociety.org.  

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Manoj Kohli

Manoj Kohli is one of India’s most respected business leaders with an extensive global experience. Over four decades he has held top leadership positions across a wide range of industries, including engineering and mobile internet, in India, Asia, Africa, the US and Europe.

Mr. Kohli is currently responsible for SoftBank Group International in India, supporting over 20 portfolio companies to address public policies issues and government approvals to enable them to achieve their full business potential. Japan’s second largest publicly traded company, SoftBank Group is a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate with global interests. It runs the $100 billion Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology-based venture capital fund. This follows his role as Executive Chairman of SB Energy, a pioneer in India’s renewable energy industry.

Previously as CEO of Bharti Airtel, Mr. Kohli helped build it into the third-largest mobile company in the world with over 400 million customers.