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Kanwal Rekhi, is the Chairman of
the Centre for Civil Society. Born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan)
in 1945, Kanwal Rekhi came to India with his family after partition
and settled down in Kanpur. He graduated as an electrical engineer
from IIT Bombay in 1967 and did his MS from Michigan University
in 1969. He worked as an engineer, systems analyst, and manager
for many years before floating his first company, Excelan in 1982.
After Novell bought Excelan in 1989, he joined the Board of Directors
of Novell and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer. He left Novell in 1995 to start afresh a venture capitalist
and angel investor. He is actively focused on helping young entrepreneurs
getting started and was the motivating force behind K. B. Chandrashekahar's
Exodus. Currently involved at the Board Level in many companies
including 123signup.com, Instantis, Mediaway, Sierra Atlantic, and
Versata, Kanwal is also involved in increasing the visibility of
premier educational institutions in India. He recently gifted US
$ 2 Million to IIT Bombay to help set up a new School of Information
Technology. Kanwal was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987 by
the Arthur-Young/Venture magazine. He was named to Board of Advisors
to the President of Michigan Tech and was also honoured with a Doctorate
in 1997 in Business and Engineering.
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