Summary
We have great pleasure in introducing Mr. Suchit Nanda who is the CEO & Director of Nanda Netcom Pvt. Ltd. and Director, Ideaventures.com who has very many achievements to his credit. Suchit has traveled globally and is one of the most prolific Internet personalities in India with a very rich experience having started the earliest online system in the Indian subcontinent and helped as a consultant setup the first public Internet service - VSNL. His latest venture is “LiveWire!Net” an ISP (Internet Service Provider) based out of Mumbai has done very well in a short period of time.
On 4th October, 1999 he was honoured and felicitated on the “World Techie Day” at the K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering at the Abhiyantriki’99 – a week long technical festival.
Suchit Nanda has
· Has 10 years of online experience having run Live Wire! BBS and now LiveWire! Net - the new Internet Service.
· Co-authored `War On Virus' - an internationally reputed book on computer viruses
· Consultant to IDRC (International Development Research Center), a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada to help researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic, and environmental problems.
· Suchit writes for a number of publications and till recently had a column in “Express Computer”. He is now on their board of Editorial Associates and contributes regularly to Express Computer and Web Vision – popular Indian publications.
· Is very often invited internationally to conducts seminars/workshops and is frequently invited to give lectures on communications and other facets of computers.
· Is on the Advisory Board of SOLAR Foundation, Hotel & Restaurants Association and many others. He consults to the leading organizations in India.
Nanda Netcom
Suchit Nanda
Suchit Nanda is the young promoter & CEO of Online Services and Nanda Netcom Pvt. Ltd. Suchit has been very keenly involved with computers and electronics from a very tender age. His first exposure to computers was when he got a ZX Spectrum home computer in December 1982 while still in his pre-teens.
One of the early and formative members of MUC (Microcomputer Users' Club), Suchit served in various capacities including, Chief Editor, & Jt. Secretary of MUC. For his formal education, Suchit has done his B.E. (Electronics) from Bombay University (Thadomal Shahani Engineering College). In 1991, while in college, he co-authored `War On Virus' - an internationally reputed book on computer viruses. After his graduation, Suchit joined as Product Manager, Comsoft Services, famous for their RedAlert anti-virus software. Starting as a company with handful of people, it soon became the top selling anti-virus solution and penetrated not just the Indian market but also those of Middle East and South East Asia. The creative juices never stopped flowing and he started “Live Wire! BBS” - the first and largest BBS (Bulletin Board Service) in the Indian subcontinent. Joining FidoNet (the largest BBS network), he put India on the BBS map of the world. Starting out as a hobby from a home run system, it soon became a full time activity and so he launched the company Online Services. As the CEO of Online Services, Suchit provided networking and computer consultancy in addition to operating Live Wire! BBS. Considered a pioneer in his field, he has helped to start-up a number of BBSes in the country and helped them network to each other.
Suchit is a consultant with some of the large corporations while also working closely with NGO (Non Governmental Organizations) and governmental organizations to help spread electronic networking. Suchit has been a core member of IndiaLink the first electronic network of NGOs. IndiaLink is connected with APC (Association of Progressive Communications) and provides global communications at low cost. He was invited to represent India by the Internet Society to INET'93 Workshop and Conference at Stanford University, USA, at the worldwide conference. Suchit has worked as a consultant to IDRC (International Development Research Center), a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada to help researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic, and environmental problems. In April 1995 in this capacity he undertook a study mission and made recommendations for design, development and implementation of computer networks. The resulting 100-page report covers 16 cities in 10 countries and was the most detailed and current status of electronic networking in the region. Based upon the recommendation, the Board of Governors of IDRC approved the “Pan Asia Networking” programme. In June 1997, he was invited to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for a follow up conference and seminar where he presented a paper on “Transforming a BBS into a successful ISP” [http://www.panasia.org.sg/conference/pan/mconf/geoff.htm] [http://www.panasia.org.sg/conference/pan/c001p029.htm]. Suchit Nanda is a `PanAsia Resource Partner’ of IDRC for India. [http://www.panasia.org.sg/partners/main.htm].
Suchit has also worked with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), New York on the SU-TCDC Project (Special Unit for Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries). He helped conduct a Regional Training Workshop in Singapore, 17-20 Aug 1998 that had project participants from 16 countries. [http://www.panasia.org.sg/tcdc/]
On IT related matters, Suchit is a advisor to SOLAR Foundation and an Advisor to Hotel & Restaurant’s Association of India (Western Region).
Suchit has been working with VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited), a Govt. of India organization that set up the first and largest commercial Internet service in India. He continues to assist them from time to time.
Suchit has traveled extensively to USA, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UAE, China and Mongolia on business and study missions.
Suchit writes for a number of publications and for a long time had a column in “Express Computer”. He is now on their board of Editorial Associates and contributes regularly to Express Computer and Web Vision – popular Indian publications. Suchit is very often invited internationally to conducts seminars/workshops and is frequently invited to give lectures on communications, Internet and other facets of computers. On various occasions he has spoken at Rotary & Lions Club meetings. An avid reader, and a keen sportsman, when he finds time away from computers, he plays tennis, table tennis, basketball and loves to go for a swim. Suchit is an abhyasi & preceptor of the spiritual institution, SRCM (Shri Ram Chandra Mission). He practices meditation under this system of Raj Yoga and has been allowed to introduce others to this method.
Recent Key events:
· “E-mail and Internet” – Talk organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers - Vapi Regional Centre on 14th December, 1997
· “Network Security” – Seminar on Information Warfare by HQ Western Naval Command, Bombay, India on 15th October 1997
· “Emerging Trends on Internet” – Seminar for 500 students of Aptech Training Institute, at NM College, Bombay on 7th February 1998
· “Computer Security” – State Bank of India Information Communication Management Institute, Hyderabad on 11th February 1998
· IIEIM – Presentation at the Indian Institution of Export and Import Management on 13th March 1999.
· Honoured and felicitated on the “World Techie Day” at the K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering at the Abhiyantriki’99 – a week long technical festival where he delivered a talk on “The Essense of a Techie” on 4th October, 1999.
· “eManagement – The corporate frontier” a presentation at Mumbai Educational Trust (MET) on Saturday 9th Oct. 1999
· Panel of Discussion – LINUX: Advantages, Economics, & Implementation by Indo-American Chamber of Commerce on 23rd November 1999
· Sydenham College E-Fest’99 – “Basics of Internet and Internet security” organized by Sydenham Computer Center on 30th November, 1999.
· Bombay Chartered Accountants Society on 2nd December 1999 on Internet & E-commerce.
· Western Naval Command talk on “Relevance of ethics” in Information Warfare on 25th January, 2000.
Nanda Netcom Pvt. Ltd., 707, Gateway Plaza, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai Lake, Mumbai. 400076. INDIA.
E-mail: or Web: http://suchit.net or http://www.nanda.net.in
Tel: (91-22)5701111 FAX:5708926 BBS:5702020
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