When considering future expansion of the semiconductor and electronics industries, India is clearly the place to be. Can American companies maintain growth and compete for the best employees in India without being perceived as an outside exploiter? What are the success secrets of companies thriving in today's Indian market, and what is the best practice advice for companies considering conducting business in this market?

This business panel of industry-leading luminaries across the semiconductor design chain will address the topic of doing business in emerging markets such as India. Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and the managing director of Cadence Design Systems India, will lead panelists in a discussion about how American companies can contribute to India's economy by investing directly in establishing R&D design centers, sharing and developing engineering talent, and collaborating with OEMs on designs to provide solutions and technologies that are not currently available in the local market.

Elizabeth Corcoran Senior Editor, Technology Coverage Forbes.com

Ms. Corcoran is an award-winning journalist who has covered the high-tech world for more than 20 years. She joined Forbes as bureau chief of its Silicon Valley office in February 1999. In September 2007, Ms. Corcoran moved over to the Web side of publication. Before joining Forbes, she had been the lead technology writer for The Washington Post. Ms. Corcoran joined the newspaper in June 1994 and did award-winning coverage of the Microsoft antitrust case from Washington before establishing the paper's Silicon Valley office. She was a fellow in the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as a member of the Board of Editors of Scientific American. Ms. Corcoran holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Georgetown University.

Vasudevan Aghoramoorthy Vice President, Semiconductor and Systems Solutions Wipro Technologies

Mr. Aghoramoorthy joined Wipro in 1986 and was responsible for making Wipro a leading vendor providing SoC and system design services to customers. Wipro's VLSI team works for semiconductor and OEM companies in consumer, communication, computing and embedded markets. He completed his post graduation from IIT in India and is an Executive Committee member of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA).

Jaswinder S. Ahuja Corporate Vice President, Managing Director Cadence Design Systems

Mr. Ahuja is responsible for the India Operating Region, defining the globalization strategy for Cadence, and developing R&D centers in Russia, Taiwan, and China. He started as a Cadence software engineer and has led the India operations since 1996. Under Mr. Ahuja's leadership, the India center has grown from an R&D site of around 120 to a corporate resource center of more than 700 employees across R&D, corporate IT support, global customer care, and field operations. He serves on the board of advisors of FirstRain, Inc., and Zafesoft, Inc., and is the vice chairman of the Executive Council of the India Semiconductor Association.

Sujit Banerjee Partner Blue Run Ventures

Mr. Banerjee focuses on semiconductor, material science, and energy companies, and coordinates the firm's activities in India. He is on the board of CyOptics, Deeya Energy, MagSil, Neopad Technologies, Petra Solar, and SliceX, and is an active board observer with Nevis Networks. Previously, he was with TL Ventures and Finaventures, investing in early-stage companies. Before TL Ventures he worked as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch in their Global Technology group and as a consultant with companies such as Hitachi, Toshiba, and Hynix designing and implementing sales, marketing, and operational strategies for their DRAM and SRAM memory businesses.

Ganesh Guruswamy Director and Country Manager Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Guruswamy is responsible for positioning the India operations as a high-end research and development hub for Freescale globally. He also drives the development of futuristic and cutting-edge technology at Freescale's design center in the region. A 20-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and a patent holder, Mr. Guruswamy also worked for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) prior to joining Freescale. He holds an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho in the United States.