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Kanwal Rekhi, is the former 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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