[Update] TechSparks comes to City of Nawabs-Hyderabad today!

The city of Nawabs, the city of pearls, the city of lakes, the city of mouth watering mutton biryani – Hyderabad! Why do not we show the world once again that Hyderabad is also the city of superb startups?

In the last 3 editions of TechSparks, we have seen some amazing startups from Hyderabad. Over 400 entrepreneurs joined us for last year’s TechSparks Hyderabad and this year it is going to be even bigger and better. For the last 5 years, you have confided in us with your stories of success & failure, love & loss, fun & funding, scaling up & challenges.

Tomorrow, YourStory’s flagship event TechSparks – India’s largest technology startup discovery platform - becomes the medium where we get together to hear out your challenges in the market, discuss your daunting questions and share the learnings from the experts.

The event will be held at Katriya Hotel and Towers, Somajiguda. Here is the agenda of the event for your perusal:

2:00 PM TO 2:30 PM

Registration over Refreshments

2:30 PM TO 2:40 PM

Introduction to TechSparks 2013

2:40 PM TO 3:15 PM

Keynote Address "How to build and grow your venture in India" - Vamshi Reddy, Founder, Apalya Technologies

3:15 PM TO 3:45 PM

"Learnings from Silicon Valley" - Shradha Sharma, Founder - YourStory

3:45 PM TO 5:00 PM

Insider Info (Panel Discussion with Gautam Mago of Sequoia Capital, Vamshi Reddy of Apalya Technologies, Ramesh Loganathan of Progress Software, Srini Koppolu – an industry veteran and angel investor, Nibhrant Shah of Themis Consulting, Shiva Kumar of CISCO and Shradha Sharma of YourStory)

5:00 PM TO 5:15 PM

Startup to exit - "What does it take? " - Manohar Reddy, Founder ,Gallop Solutions

5:15 PM TO 5:45 PM

Hyderabad CitySparks - Pitches from Shortlisted Startups

5:45 PM Onwards

YourStory Mixer

Entrepreneurs, investors, industry experts - you get to meet all!

B Vamshee Reddy- founder of Apalya Technologies shares his invaluable experience of building and growing a venture in India

Gautam Mago - Principal, Sequoia Capital, with a prestigious portfolio of companies in his kitty and prior experience of working with McKinsey & Company and Arthur Andersen LLP

Srini Koppolu – an angel investor, Chairman, Setu Software and a former MD of Microsoft IDC

Ramesh Loganathan - Chairman of Progress Softwares, an accomplished technologist with over 20 years of product engineering and R&D expertise

Nibhrant Shah, founder of Themis Consulting, a Kellogg alumnus who started Themis after a long investment banking stint in the U.S

Manohar Reddy - founder of Gallop Solutions (acquired by Cigniti) to share his views on "What does it take for a startup to exit"

Shiva Kumar Y of Cisco – who handles sales growth, customer expansion and satisfaction. He has over 14 years experience in the IT

Shradha Sharma - storyteller and founder, YourStory - pours out the first hand experience and learnings from Silicon Valley

See you tomorrow. Hyderabad!

Get ready to be glued to your seats at Katriya Hotel and Towers, Somajiguda from 2 p.m.

Book your tickets for TechSparks Hyderabad now! Find more details on TechSparks 2013 site.

Disclaimer: Sequoia Capital, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Verisign and CNBC TV18 and GigaOM are our sponsors for TechSparks 2013