Anupam Kher on a techno ride, interacts with Technopreneur Gurbaksh Chahal

Gurbaksh is a die-hard internet entrepreneur. In January 1999, he started his first company, ClickAgents at the age of 16. It was one of the first ad networks focused around performance based advertising. Eighteen months later he sold it for $40 million to ValueClick.

In January 2004, he launched his second company, BlueLithium. The company focused on data, optimization, and analytics and became a pioneer in behavioral targeting. BlueLithium was named one of the top 100 private companies in America for three years in a row by AlwaysOn, and in 2006, the company received the highest honor of Top Innovator of the Year. (Previous winners included Google, Skype, and Salesforce.com.) On September 4th, 2007, Yahoo! announced that it was acquiring BlueLithium for $300 million in cash.

Some of his television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, Bonnie Hunt, EXTRA and Neil Cavuto, among others. He has also been profiled in such publications as The New York Times, Entrepreneur magazine, and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Chahal is also an international best-selling author of "The Dream," the true inspirational tale of his entrepreneurial journey. In September 2009, Chahal launched gWallet now re-branded as RadiumOne.

On April 29, 2010, Chahal was awarded the Leaders In Management Award and an Honorary Doctorate degree in Commercial Science from Pace University for his career achievements as an entrepreneur.

Gurbaksh recently attended Click Asia Summit, the digital and online marketing conference of Asia. The conference started with a very powerful speech by Chahal giving insights into his entrepreneurial ventures. The highlight of the conference was Anupam Kher gracing the occasion and dwelling in to the social media scenario in India.

Anupam Kher's critical and commercial success in over 100 plays and almost 400 films stand testament to this eternal optimism that gave rise to the drive and passion that catapulted Padma Shri award-winning actor Anupam Kher to the heights of being considered one of the greatest actors of contemporary cinema. He started off his glorious career on the silver screen with National award-winning roles in Saaransh and Daddy.

He carried forward his golden streak in films like Karma, Lamhe, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara, Khosla Ka Ghosla and A Wednesday to name a few.He went international when he worked with acclaimed director Gurinder Chaddha and Oscar award-winning director Ang Lee. He extended his genius into production of such national and international award winning films such as Bariwali and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara.

Showered with innumerable accolades and awards, he holds the distinction of winning no less then 8 Filmfare awards in a row. He has held the post of Chairman of the Censor Board and National School of Drama. Not one to sit back and rest on his laurels, in 2005 Anupam Kher established his dream project Actor Prepares a premier acting school in the heart of Mumbai, where he takes time off his very hectic schedule to personally impart some of his acting secrets to tomorrow's actors and superstars.

Leaving the crowd in splits of laughter, Mr. Kher and Mr. Chahal interviewed each other. Both being diverse personalities the session focussed on their journey to success and the values that keep them grounded. An entertaining session followed thus successfully ending the 1st day of Click Asia Summit.

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