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Riaz Naqvi has a distinguished career as a senior officer in the Indian Government for over 25 years. Mr Naqvi has served as a Chief of Staff to Ministers of commerce & supply, electronics, renewable sources of energy, science & technology and information & broadcasting. Mr. Naqvi has been the enabling interface of success between private and public sectors throughout his career and is considered "ultimate insider" in political as well as industry circles.
As the ambassador of the IT industry, he was to act as an international business development hub in Silicon Valley as part of the foreign trade and marketing and promotion effort for IT industry. He has attracted and facilitated numerous FORTUNE 500 companies of USA and Europe to establish their presence in India - i.e. 3Com, Maxim Semi-Conductors facilities in Bangalore, Cadence - IT off shoring & Software Development facilities in Noida and many more that have benefited from his knowledge and access to important decision makers. Simultaneously, he has exposed the Indian IT majors to the US & European markets.
Mr. Naqvi traveled over 30 countries and has been a champion of free trade, particularly for the Indian software industry that has grown from $100M in 1990 to $12B in 2003.
He earned a special praise from the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India at a National IT Award function addressed by him on 29th May, 1999 for developing and implementing the policies successfully in the direction of India's IT exports. | 