| The True Technologist
 
 Arun Netravali,
 chief scientist, Lucent Technologies
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| Infrastructure Expertise
 
 Arun Sobti, CEO,
 IP Unity
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| Multilayer Master
 
 Ashraf M Dahod,
 President and CEO, Starent Networks
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| Network Designer
 
 Bharat T Doshi,
 Director, advanced communications technologies, Bell Labs
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| Labors of Laser
 
 C Kumar N Patel,
 Professor of physics, UCLA
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| Hosting Hero
 
 BV Jagadeesh,
 Co-Founder, Exodus
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| Wireless Warrior
 
 Dayakar Puskoor,
 Founder, JP Mobile
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| Applying Mathematics
 
 Debasis Mitra,
 Vice-President, Mathematics Sciences Research Center
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| Broadband Expert
 
 Dev Gupta,
 Founder, President and CEO Narad Networks
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| Internet Insights
 
 Gian Dilawari,
 COO and Co-Founder, Gemplex Internet
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| Optical Networking Entrepreneur
 
 Gururaj Deshpande,
 Co-Founder, Cascade and Sycamore Networks
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| Fiber-optics Guru
 
 Govind P Agrawal,
 Professor Of Optics University of Rochester
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| Billing Specialist
 
 Inderpal Singh
 Mumick, CEO and co-founder, Kirusa
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| Accomplished Algorithms
 
 Hemant Kanakia,
 CEO and co-founder, Gemplex Inc
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| Storage Supremo
 
 HK Desai,
 President, CEO and chairman, QLogic
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| Wireless Veteran
 
 Jai P Bhagat,
 Chairman and CEO of AIR2LAN
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| Telecom Thinker
 
 Jagdish N Sheth
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| Taking on Intel
 
 Jagdeep Singh,
 President and CEO, Infinera
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| Multiplexing Researcher
 
 Jagdeep Shah
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| Rebounding LAN
 
 Jayshree Ullal,
 Group V-P, optical networking group, Cisco
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| Internet Success
 
 KB Chandrasekhar,
 founder and CEO, Jamcracker
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| Industry Veteran
 
 Krish Prabhu,
 venture partner, Morgenthaler
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| Fiber Channel Champion
 
 Kumar Malavalli,
 founder, Brocade
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| Internet Access Success
 
 Mahesh Veerina,
 co-founder, Ramp Networks
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| Melody and Ventures
 
 Mano Murthy, CEO
 and co-founder, Allegro Systems
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| IPO Maker
 
 Mohan Gyani,
 CEO, AT&T Wireless
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| Innovative Systems Architect
 
 Mukesh Chatter,
 president and CEO, Axiowave
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| Father of Fiber Optics
 
 Narinder Singh
 Kapany, chairman, K2 Optronics
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| Quest for Excellence
 
 Prathima Agrawal,
 assistant V-P (Internet architecture research lab) Telcordia
 Technologies
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| More Information per Strand
 
 Partha Mitra,
 scientist, Bell Labs
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| CDMA Signaling Standard Developer
 
 Prakash Panjwani,
 V-P (worldwide embedded sales), SafeNet
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| Fastest Data Switch
 
 Prabhat K Dubey,
 chairman, president and CEO Force10 Networks
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| Cisco Challenger
 
 Pradeep Sindhu,
 founder, Juniper Networks
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| Semiconductor Magic
 
 Prakash Agarwal,
 president and CEO, NeoMagic
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| Improving Networks
 
 Raj Parekh,
 chairman, Comstellar Technologies
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| Bluetooth Boomer
 
 Rajiv Kumar,
 co-founder and CTO Widcomm
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| This Man Has no Peer
 
 Raj Singh,
 partner, Redwood Venture Partners
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| Networking Foresight
 
 Rohit Sharma,
 senior V-P and CTO (metro networking group), CIENNA
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| MAN Man
 
 Romulus Pereira,
 president and CEO, Riverstone Networks
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| Helped Make the First Modem
 
 Roshan Lal Sharma,
 Adjunct professor, Southern Methodist University
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| The Hotmail Legend
 
 Sabeer Bhatia
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| The Innovator Who also Built C-DoT
 
 Sam Pitroda,
 chairman and CEO, WorldTel
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| Rolling out New Software
 
 Sanjiv Ahuja,
 founder and CEO, Comstellar Technologies
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| An Enterprising Messiah
 
 Santanu Das,
 president, CEO and chairman, TranSwitch Corp
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| The Erudite Investor
 
 Suhas Patil,
 chairman emeritus, Cirrus Logic
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| Man with Midas Touch
 
 Vinod Khosla,
 partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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| Master Tester
 
 Vishwani D Agrawal,
 Distinguished member of technical staff, Agere Systems
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