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SOUTH INDIA COUNCIL
TAMIL NADU BRANCH
Seminar on Emerging
Trends in Private Equity
The Tamil Nadu Branch organized a seminar on The Seminar was attended by participants from 105
“Emerging Trends in Private Equity” on 6 January 2011 at companies, with participants numbering 190 of which
Sheraton Park Hotel, Chennai.
158 were paid delegates.
The seminar was significant in context of private equity
emerging as a major investment source in India and
which has significantly grown during the last few years.
In the Inaugural session, a welcome address was given by
N. V. Srinivasan, Chairman, IACC (TN). R. Anand,
Regional Vice-President, IACC (SIC) addressed the
gathering on the theme of the Seminar. Andrew T Simkin,
U.S. Consul General, Chennai, was the Chief Guest.
Rajiv Memani, Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
delivered the Keynote address, in which he spoke about
the origin, different phases and the potentials of private
equity globally. Raman Govindarajan, Vice-Chairman,
IACC (TN) gave the vote of thanks.
The seminar had a line-up of five sessions concentrating
on Entry and Exit Strategies, Perspectives on Valuation,
Investee Experience, Legal Governance and Covenants
and the final session dealt with practical case studies on
private equity participation and contribution towards
organizational growth.
Overall the seminar highlighted on recent trends in
private equity, key enablers of the private equity deals with
its structure and finally the case studies gave practical
learning for the group assembled. The key considerations
for PE funds are valuation, exit route, returns and
regulations. Today, when everyone looks towards a winwin
situation the deal making activity has become
complex. Higher emphasis is on performance and
market potential; with funds extending into untapped
sectors that may be regulated. Developing a right
structure can help facilitate investments keeping in mind
interests of all parties.
Andrew T Simkin interacting with Krishnamachari Srikanth, also
seen Rajiv Memani, R Anand, (Extreme Right) during a seminar
on “Emerging Trends in Private Equity”.
N. V. Srinivasan, giving the Welcome Address during a seminar
on “Emerging Trends in Private Equity”, (L-R) R Anand, Andrew T
Simkin, Rajiv Memani, and Raman Govindarajan.
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