NASSCOM
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| Abbreviation | NASSCOM |
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| Formation | 1 March 1988 |
| Type | Non-governmental trade association |
| Purpose | Policy advocacy |
| Headquarters | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India & New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Services | Business promotion, networking, policy reforms |
| Fields | Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) |
Members | Over 2,800 companies |
Key people | Krishnan Ramanujam (Chairman)[1] Debjani Ghosh (President)[1] |
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| Website | www |
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group, focused mainly on the technology industry of India.[2] Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit organisation.[2] NASSCOM is the apex body for the US$ 227 billion Indian technology industry.[3][4]
Events
In 2013, NASSCOM initiated a program promoting 10,000 startups in India by 2023.[5] NASSCOM sponsors events targeting startups in India.[6] Events include:
- NASSCOM Product Conclave
- NASSCOM Emerge 50
- Global In-house Centers Summit
- Big Data Analytics Summit
- Diversity & Inclusion Summit
- HR Summit
- Nasscom Leadership Forum[7]
- NASSCOM Engineering Summit
- Annual Information Security Summit[8]
- NASSCOM Innotrek[9]
NASSCOM hosted the Nasscom International SME Conclave 2019 in January 2019[10] and 'FISITA 2018 World Automotive Congress' in October 2018.[11]
Membership
Members of NASSCOM provide software development, software services, IT-enabled/BPO services. NASSCOM's role has primarily been to insure availability of best possible service quality, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, in the Indian software and BPO industry. As of June 2007, more than 1,110 information technology companies in India were members of NASSCOM, which included domestic software/ITES companies, along with multinationals operating within India.
Employees and members of executive council of NASSCOM include:[1]
- B V R Mohan Reddy – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2015–2016
- C. P. Gurnani – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2016–2017
- Raman Roy – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2017–2018
- Rishad Premji – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2018–2019[1]
- Keshav R. Murugesh – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2019–2020
- UB Pravin Rao – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2020–2021[12]
- Rekha M Menon – Chairperson of NASSCOM, 2021–2022[13]
- R Chandrasekhar – President of NASSCOM for 2013 – 2018 [14]
- Debjani Ghosh – President of NASSCOM, 2018–present[15]
Partnership
The Telangana AI Mission (T-AIM) partnered with Nasscom to impart Investor Connect programme to 30 start-ups in India as a part of its revv up initiative. Nasscom also partners with Karnataka State Higher Education Council.[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Executive Council". NASSCOM. 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Vision and Mission". NASSCOM. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Indian IT crosses $200-bn revenue mark, hits $227 bn in FY22: Nasscom". 15 February 2022.
- ^ "In its yearly strategic review for FY22, Nasscom said the industry added 4.5 lakh new jobs to take the overall direct employees to 50 lakh people. Over 44 per cent of the new hires were women, and their overall share is now 18 lakh". 15 February 2022.
- ^ Singh, Shelley (5 October 2016). "Why Nasscom 10K Startups - backed by Google, Microsoft, IBM - has had mixed success in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Maharashtra to create incubation centre for startups near Mumbai with Nasscom". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Kurmanath, K. V. (19 February 2018). "Nasscom leadership forum, IT congress kick off in Hyderabad". @businessline. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "IIT KGP wins DSCI Excellence Award 2018 for Cyber Security Education at NASSCOM-DSCI - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Nasscom's InnoTrek picks 40 start-ups for programme at Silicon Valley". @businessline. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Pullela Gopichand's masterclass: on scaling success from failure". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Startup Events This Week: NASSCOM's FISITA 2018 World Automotive Congress And More - Inc42". DailyHunt. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "UB Pravin Rao is Nasscom chairman". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Rekha Menon Appointed As Chairperson Of NASSCOM". NASSCOM. 22 April 2021.
- ^ "R Chandrashekhar is Nasscom chief". The Times of India. 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Our People". NASSCOM. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "T-AIM partners Nasscom to offer investor connect for startups". The Hindu. 21 October 2021.
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