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	rediff.com: Rich tributes paid to Dewang Mehta
		Dewang Mehta passed away due to a heart attack on April 12 at a hotel room in Sydney.
		While Dewang Mehta's death came as a shock to the industry, a few of his friends did realise that he had been undergoing a lot of stress.
		Dewang Mehta's greatness, perhaps, lay in the fact, that almost everyone in the room had a story to tell about him.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/apr/23dewang.htm (810 words)

	rediff.com: Nasscom chief Dewang Mehta found dead in Sydney (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dewang Mehta, the high-profile chief of National Association of Software and Service Companies, Nasscom, was found dead in his hotel room in Sydney on Thursday.
		Mehta, who was part of a delegation on technology experts led by IT Minister Pramod Mahajan, was slated to catch the morning flight for home but was found dead by the hotel staff.
		Mehta's death comes at a time when the Indian software industry is facing its worst time in years: its scorching pace of growth is slowing, a direct result of the slowdown in the United States, the main market for India's software exports.
	www.rediff.com.cob-web.org:8888 /money/2001/apr/12dewang.htm (766 words)

	Annual Event :: Annual Day, Sports Day, Munshi Memorial, Dewang Metha Memorial -- Mehta Vidyalaya :: Bharatiya Vidya ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dewang Mehta was the head of NASSCOM from 1991 to 2001.
		Dewang Mehta was born on August 10, 1962, in a sleepy hamlet called Umreth, in the interiors of Gujarat.
		The best way forward for the work of Dewang Mehta over the years is to continue the good work and maintain the pride and prestige for years to come.
	www.bvbdelhi.org /mehta_vidyalya/annualday/dmm.html (355 words)

	Biographies & Speeches
		Dewang Mehta is the President of NASSCOM (India's National Association of Software and Service Companies), the apex body of computer software, dotcom and I.T. service companies in India.
		Dewang Mehta was selected as one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow by Geneva based World Economic Forum in October 2000.
		Mehta has also been highly influential in convincing the Indian government in allowing private Internet Service Providers to operate in India as well as for allowing Indian companies to be listed on overseas stock exchange.
	www.asiasociety.org /conference01/html/bio_mehta.html (509 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mehta,
		Mehta, Zubin MEHTA, ZUBIN [Mehta, Zubin], 1936-, Indian conductor.
		Son of the violinist Mehli Mehta, founder and conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, Mehta studied medicine for two years before continuing the family's musical tradition.
		OBITUARY: Mehli Mehta; Conductor of intensity and passion.(Obituaries)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Mehta, (490 words)

	Data Protection Laws Soon - News.Indlaw.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mehta also disclosed that EU laws would not permit companies there to out-source IT services from countries which fail to offer adequate data protection laws by the end of this year.
		Mehta felt that a large number of countries could enact data protection laws to enable them to tap into the booming ITes market.
		Mehta said ``Nasscom has talked to IT ministry on this issue and it is expected that we would start work soon on framing data protection laws''.
	www.indlawnews.com /news2k-1355 (454 words)

	Dewang Mehta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dewang Mehta was born on August 10, 1962, in a sleepy hamlet called Umreth, in the interiors of Gujarat, India.
		Dewang Mehta certainly had reason to feel proud of the strides he had been able to make with the Government.
		Mehta’s intensive parlays with the “right” people in the corridors of power, his cooperative stance with IT related departments such as the DoE, the DoT, the VSNL and more recently, the Ministry of Information Technology, enabled him to wrest concessions that other industries found hard to get through or match.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Dewang_Mehta (707 words)

	CNN.com - India's software leader found dead - April 12, 2001
		Dewang Mehta, president of India's National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), was discovered after he failed to wake up in the morning.
		Mehta's death comes at a time when the Indian software industry is facing its worst time in years.
		Mehta's hope was to raise the figure to $50 billion by 2008.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/12/india.ITleader/index.html (678 words)

	Dewang Mehta: A mission interrupted
		But it must be said to Dewang Mehta's credit, that till his death, he had steadfastly held on to the view that ``outsourcing'' and India's software expertise will help us ride out of the US slowdown.
		After the Nasscom-McKinsey report, Dewang Mehta was just beginning the next phase of his career through an ardent campaign for the growth of the IT-enabled services in India.
		The best way forward for the work of Dewang Mehta over the years is to continue the good work and maintain the pride and prestige of Nasscom for years to come.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /iw/2001/04/15/stories/0815h016.htm (937 words)

	India - News - Dewang Mehta Dead (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though he was not aware of the cause of Mehta's death, he said police did not suspect any foul play.
		Mehta was highly influential in convincing the government to allow private Internet Service Providers to operate in India and let Indian companies list on overseas stock exchanges.
		Mehta was on several Public sector and private sector boards.
	www3.estart.com.cob-web.org:8888 /india/news/dewang.html (393 words)

	Review On Nasscom - Is it worth the hype created? by sujay_marthi - MouthShut.com
		Mehta’s popularity, both within the Indian software industry and outside the Indian shores that he came to be recognised by all and sundry as the face of the Indian software industry.
		Kiran Karnik, current President of NASSCOM and successor of Dewang Mehta is no less accomplished as compared to his predecessor, having last worked as the Managing Director of Discovery Communications India (was responsible for the successful launch of Discovery Channel Animal Planet channels in Asia).
		Dewang Mehta, hats off to him for giving a sense of direction and playing a major role in the evolvement of NASSCOM, was only an office bearer who played his role to near perfection.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Nasscom_-_Is_it_worth_the_hype_created?-17227-1.html (1285 words)

	NASSCOM: E-C Ttransactions in India to Hit $2.32 Billion by 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mehta added that the figure is based on the assumption that the government will refrain from its proposed plan of imposing additional taxes on such transactions.
		Mehta said that he felt that e-commerce is not just a Western concept.
		Mehta explained that e-commerce transactions have not gained importance due to lack of cyber laws, which would ensure security in such transactions.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/print.php/241261 (480 words)

	rediff.com: Interview with Nasscom President Dewang Mehta (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But who really was Dewang Mehta, the man? Despite their long association with him, few actually knew about his personal life.
		As always, the circumstances in which Mehta's demise came to light leave a lot of room for speculation over the reason for his death.
		Be that as it may, Mehta was a jovial sort, ever-smiling, full of information, a zest for life and an enviable memory - he could rattle off numbers and statistics without once glancing at his notes.
	www.rediff.com.cob-web.org:8888 /money/2001/apr/12mehta.htm (1252 words)

	Dewang Mehta: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The cause of Mr Mehta's death is not known yet, and the police have not found any evidence of foul play.
		Thirty-eight-year-old Mr Mehta was on a trip to Australia as part of a high level delegation of IT experts who had accompanied IT minister, Pramod Mahajan.
		In the last few months, Dewang Mehta was instrumental in collecting funds from the world's leading Information Technology companies for relief work in earthquake hit Gujarat, his home state.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Mehta_Dewang_74685150.htm (345 words)

	CNN Specials - Virtual Villages: India - Interviews
		An accountant by training, Mehta also is an award-winning computer graphics artist and has written extensively on politics, economics, computer software and the Internet for journals and newspapers in India and overseas.
		In 1998, he was appointed a member and spokesman of the National IT Taskforce set up by the Indian prime minister to draft a national informatics policy.
		Mehta is also vice chairman of Internet Users Community of India.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/virtualvillages/story/india/interviews/mehta.html (1111 words)

	Annual Event :: Annual Day, Sports Day, Munshi Memorial, Dewang Metha Memorial -- Mehta Vidyalaya :: Bharatiya Vidya ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DEWANG MEHTA MEMORIAL INTER-SCHOOL I.T. In commemoration of Former President NASSCOM Late Shri Dewang Mehta who was responsible for brand positioning of India in World IT map, an inter school IT competition was organized on Wednesday, 10th August, 2005 on his Birthday by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in collaboration with NASSCOM.
		Dewang Mehta was an alumnus of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya.
		Veeraraghavan, Director BVB in his tribute to Dewang Mehta remembered him as a man of versatality and character.
	www.bvbdelhi.org /mehta_vidyalya/annualday/dmm_1.html (399 words)

	Dear Dewang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dewang was a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost and Management Accountant who had also done extensive research work in computer graphics graduating in Computer Graphics from London in 1985.
		Dewang was associated with Nasscom for the past 10 years and headed it as its President till the cruel hands of death snatched him away from us.
		Dewang must have been gifted with a formidable memory and also must have cared for old friends considering that in the past 25 years we probably met twice and spoke over the phone once.
	www.bhavanites.org /FILES/homage.htm (2648 words)

	India - News - Dewang Mehta Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In May 1998, Dewang Mehta was appointed as a member and spokesman of the high powered National IT Taskforce set up by the Indian Prime Minister to draft a National Informatics Policy.
		In 1997, Dewang Mehta was awarded the 'IT Man of the Year' Award by Dataquest Magazine.
		In 2000, Mehta was awarded 'IT Man of the year' award by Computerworld.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/dewang.html (383 words)

	News Letter April - September 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya and Bhavanites Association, in collaboration with NASSCOM organized Dewang Mehta Memorial Inter-School IT Competition in memory of Mr.
		Dewang Mehta, President-NASSCOM for 1991-2001 and an illustrious alumnus of the school.
		Independence Day was celebrated at Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya on 13th august, with inter house patriotic song presentation by the 8 different houses of the school.
	www.bvbdelhi.org /mehta_vidyalya/news_april_sept04/senior.html (1542 words)

	NEWS: Simputer project bags Dewang Mehta award for IT innovation
		Simputer project bags Dewang Mehta award for innovation in IT from Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Apr 12 (IANS) The team that developed the Simputer, a hand-held device aimed at taking the Internet to the rural masses in India, has been conferred the first Dewang Mehta award for innovation in IT, it was announced Friday.
		The award, instituted by the department of IT in memory of India's tech evangelist Dewang Mehta who died April 12 last year, recognises innovations that have the potential to make a significant impact on national development.
		Mehta, who was president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) for the last 10 years, died of a massive heart attack in Sydney in April last year.
	www.apnic.net /mailing-lists/s-asia-it/archive/2002/04/msg00021.html (527 words)

	rediff.com: Pay Your Tribute To Dewang Mehta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dewang Mehta passed away in a hotel room in Sydney, Australia on April 12, 2001.
		Associated with the organisation for over ten years, Mehta worked hard and lobbied ceaselessly in India and abroad to fulfill his dream: seeing India become the software superpower of the world.
		Mehta's death comes at a juncture when the Indian software industry is facing a crisis for the first time.
	www.indiaabroad.com /money/mehta.htm (178 words)

	NATIONAL 9 (Spotlight Weelky)] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I always found Dewang to be fleeting from one meeting in one city to another.
		I was always vocal that we need to ëclone' and create another Dewang Mehta for the Nepalese software industry as well to do the magic of promoting Nepalese software overseas.
		I clearly remember that Dewang used to start his presentations with a photo of Ganesh and start off by stating that in India, they pray to their computers as if they were gods.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2001/apr/apr20/national9.htm (472 words)

	Wired News: The Death of India's Net Leader
		The high-tech industry in India is struggling to come to terms with the death of Dewang Mehta, whose name had become synonymous with the Internet in India.
		Mehta, 38, the president of the country's National Association of Software and Service Companies, was found dead in his Sydney, Australia, hotel room on Thursday.
		Mehta anchored more than 250 tech-related television shows in India, wrote nearly 1,000 articles for 17 tech publications around the world, spoke at more than 100 international conferences and was the vice chairman of the Internet-users community of India.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,43035,00.html (645 words)

	AutoAsia Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nasscom has made a strong case with the department of telecom to permit inter-connectivity between the international leased circuits and PSTN lines and slashing of the tariffs.
		Dewang Mehta said the step was crucial towards giving the much-needed fillip to the IT-enabled and other services, besides boosting export opportunities.
		Mehta also said that Nasscom will also petition the government to lift the ban on voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).
	www.auto-asia.com /ecommerce/ecommerce.2000.06.10.01.shtml (391 words)

	Govardhan Mehta: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Professor Mehta, who has done pioneering research in field of organic chemistry and was awarded the Padmashree in 2001, has contended that his visa had been denied by the U.S. Consulate in Chennai.
		Professor Mehta was quoted in Indian media saying he had the "most degrading experience" and that he was given the impression he was suspected of being involved in "chemical warfare and bioterrorism."
		Govardhan Mehta Govardhan Mehta is Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/mehta_govardhan_9595517.aspx (453 words)

	Dewang Mehta Award for Sugata Mitra - Tech News - Indiatimes Infotech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NEW DELHI: Sugata Mitra, the scientist who pioneered the use of IT to educate slum children, has been conferred this year's Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology.
		The award, instituted in 2001 by the department of information technology in memory of IT pioneer Dewang Mehta, was conferred on Mitra for "the discovery of the pedagogy, science and technology of minimally invasive education", an official statement said Sunday.
		The past recipients of the Dewang Mehta award include Rajesh Hukku of i-Flex and the team led by Vinay Deshpande that developed the Simputer, a no-frills computer.
	infotech.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1068278,prtpage-1.cms (259 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Business
		Mehta was introduced by Atal Behari Vajpayee to Clinton as the “I.T. Superman” at yesterday’s lunch engagement.
		Mehta’s answered: “No I have Vajpayee.com with me” At this point, the I.T. Superman was given a pat by the Prime Minister.
		Mehta wears sideburns somewhat similar to those of the rock and roll star Presley and has a star value in his own right.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000323/biz.htm (2284 words)

	CIOL : News : A novel way of remembering Dewang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pune: Dewang Mehta was energetic, ambitious and ebullient and the driving force behind the formation of national association of software and services companies (NASSCOM).
		It was the 12th of April in 2001, Mehta was a part of a delegation Down Under, selling brand India to the scores of IT companies.
		As one of the attendees at the event quipped, had Dewang Mehta lived another decade or so, who knows what all could have been achieved by him and the IT sector.
	www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=82899 (639 words)

	News Updates - 13 March 2001
		Mehta, who spoke at a technology conference organized by the Asia Society here, said Indian companies - with their low labor costs - would benefit from American companies that are anxious to cut their own costs.
		Mehta added that Indian business leaders would travel to the United States later this year to ask more than 300 companies that have not yet ventured to India to consider sending projects here.
		According to Nasscom president Dewang Mehta: "Although I am not aware of the Israeli case, I feel that it is the right of every country to decide whether or not they want Indian engineers.
	www.diehardindian.com /news/2001Mar/13.htm (2282 words)

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