The Great Indian Crab Race
Save the Date!! The Great Bombay Crab Race - March 11, 2010Witness the agility, speed and finesse of the finest crabs in Bombay as they race for glory.
Bid1 and buy your celebrity crab of choice in a live, action-packed auction, or back2 a crab at the tote with great prizes to be won.
Witness all the fun and frivolity of this do-not-miss event!
Bid by way of Pledge to the AAA Scholars Abroad Program.
This year, Reliance Venture Asset Management, India’s premier corporate VC Company from the Reliance ADA group headed by Mr. Harshal J. Shah (a AAA member) is our generous event sponsor.
We have also received support from Emirates Holidays in conjunction with Travel Mart India who have given us two valuable holiday packages (air travel and hotel stay for two nights in Dubai) and Ralph Craven Wines, an emerging Indian Wine Company producing exclusive Indian wine from their winery at Baramati, who is one of our Beverage Sponsors.
For more information on the event, contact or 6615 6559.
Since its inception in early 2006, the company has advised and / or invested in deals to the tune of over $4 billion. Stage, geographic and sector agnostic in its investment philosophy, Reliance Venture Asset Management has a global portfolio to its credit and has invested into extremely successful ventures such as India's largest online travel portal, Yatra.com, Suvidhaa Infoserve, Stoke Inc, Pelago Inc, Sequans Communications, E-Band Communications, Seedfund and two MIT-startups, Dhama Innovations and Scalable Display Technologies.
Some of the transactions they had advised the Reliance ADA Group on include the $300 million all-cash acquisition of San Francisco-based, Yipes Inc. by Reliance Communications, $82 million acquisition of UK-based, Vanco plc, and eWaveWorld, a $500 million initiative to bring 3G and 4G to 50 countries around the world by 2012.
Headed by Mr. Harshal J. Shah, an MBA alumnus of Wharton School of Business, a Truman Gray Scholar with dual degrees from MIT, and an Andover Scholar from Phillips Academy in Andover, USA, the company comprises of professionals who bring over 50 years of cumulative experience and a solid academic base (MBAs and lawyers from Ivy League universities, technologists from premier Indian and international universities, and Chartered Accountants). The company was recently ranked 30th in the Red Herring Top 100 Global Venture Capital Firms out of 1800 VC firms in 32 countries and was the only India based corporate VC company to feature in the ranking.
Mr. Harshal Shah has also received the prestigious, "Udyog Rattan" Award from the Institute of Economic Studies in New Delhi, and an "Excellence Award" was presented by the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand to Reliance Venture Asset Management for enhancing the image of India in the world. The Institute of Economic Studies was formed in 1980 by parliamentarians, industrialists, academicians and economists to note the contribution of Indians in enhancing its economy. Some of the past recipients of such awards include Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB Group, Mr. Ramkrishna Bajaj of the Bajaj Group, Mr. Hari Shankar Singhania, Chaiman of JK Tyre and Industries, Dr. B K Modi, President of Modi Group of Industries, Mr. S. K. Gupta, Chairman and MD, VSNL, and Mr. Tanti, Director of Suzlon Energy.
