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NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Com- courage its members to adopt world class management
NASSCOM)
panies (NASSCOM of IT software and services related ac- practices, build and uphold highest standards in quality,
tivities for use of both the software developers as well as security and innovation and remain competitive in to-
interested companies overseas. day’s rapidly changing technology landscape.
• Encourage members to provide world-class quality NASSCOM’s Vision is to maintain India leadership po-
products, services and solutions in India and sition in the global offshore IT-BPO industry, to grow the
overseas and help build brand equity for the Indian market by enabling industry to tap into emerging oppor-
IT software and services industry. tunity areas and to strengthen the domestic market in In-
• Taking effective steps to campaign against software dia.
piracy. By 2010 India’s IT-BPO industry could potentially
• Provide an ideal forum for overseas and domestic generate US$60 billion in export revenues, account for
companies to explore the vast potential available for 5.8 percent of the GDP, pay for a massive infrastructure
Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Marketing build-out, and sustain around 10 million jobs.
Alliances, Joint Product Development, etc., by To achieve this, NASSCOM is constantly raising the
organising Business Meets with delegations of bar across processes and quality standards – within its
various countries. member companies and making them partners of choice
• Work actively with Overseas Governments, for customers across the globe. It also enables the Indian
Embassies to make the Visa and Work Permit Rules IT-BPO industry to evolve in accordance with the rapidly
more "India Industry Friendly". changing technology landscape by adopting, implement-
• Disseminate various policies, market information ing and often creating world class practices.
and other relevant statistics by sending more than
200 circulars (annually) to all members.
• Involve membership participation in various forums
NASSCOM initiatives
of Nasscom on subjects such as HRD, Technology, • Domestic Market Initiative: It provides the platform
Exports, Domestic Market, E-Governance, IT Enabled to link the non IT sector with the IT industry and to
Services, IPR, Finance, Government Policies, Quality, develop a vision for sustainable growth of the
etc. domestic IT market.
NASSCOM is the global trade body with over 1200 mem- • Innovation Initiative: It seeks to address the specific
bers, of which over 250 are global companies from the needs of the large, medium and small companies and
US, UK, EU, Japan and China. NASSCOM’s member com- create a conducive ecosystem in the country.
panies are in the business of software development, soft- • Education Initiative: Under this initiative, NASSCOM
ware services, software products, IT-enabled/BPO ser- aims to enhance graduate employability through
vices and e-commerce. NASSCOM has been the strongest appropriate skill enrichment and act as bridge
proponent of global free trade in India. NASSCOM strong- between industry, academia and government.
ly supports the elimination of the cap on H-1B visas in the • Women in Leadership-IT Initiative: NASSCOM has
United States as this protectionist anti free market leg- launched the Women in Leadership-IT Initiative to
islation allows overpaid underskilled American nationals enhance participation of women into the workforce
to hold jobs which are better and cheaply performed by and create more women leaders in the IT-BPO
Indian expatriates. industry.
NASSCOM was set up in 1988 to facilitate business and • Security Initiative: Aim towards creating an enabling
trade in software and services and to encourage advance- environment in the country for information security
ment of research in software technology. It is a not-for- and compliance through awareness and conducive
profit organization, registered under the Indian Societies legal framework. The Data Security Council of India
Act, 1860. is one such security initiative.
Currently, NASSCOM is headquartered in New Delhi,
India with regional offices in the cities of Mumbai, Chen-
nai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata.
NASSCOM Forums
NASSCOM has been the strongest proponent of global • BPO Forum: Aims to build a sustainable ITES-BPO
free trade, and is committed to work proactively to en- advantage in India through research, events and
manpower development initiatives.
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• EMERGE Forum: The forum serves as a platform to gates. The conference has a blog site where the sessions
the SME segment to share experiences, ally on would be covered live
critical projects and even focus on partnerships to
cater to customer demands..
An EMERGE Blog and EMERGE community site facilitates
Services
collaboration amongst members. Among its services, NASSCOM provides industry reports.
1. Participate in highly focused and deeper discus- NASSCOM also conducts various training programs and
sions in the areas of building, developing and transform- workshops for the industry professionals to upgrade
ing IT services and creating product organizations theirs skills and knowledge. They have regular training
2. Hear from the experts and successful entrepre- programs spanning across different areas.
neurs One such program which the NASSCOM conducts on
3. Find opportunities to identify and develop business a yearly basis is the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming In-
partner network dia for the gaming industry professionals.
4. Discuss about government policies and collectively "India has become the world’s back office as Western
convey the opinion to authorities towards making India firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software
a better place for IT services and product organizations development outlets," according to Forbes.[1]
5. Ask the experts and gain knowledge on various best
practices
Why struggle alone; Harness the people around to
Membership
collectively grow. NASSCOM’s members are primarily companies run by In-
• Product Forum: Aims to promote India as a dian nationals in the business of software development,
significant player in the product arena and build software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. The con-
India as an IP destination. sortium was set up to facilitate Indian business and trade
• Engineering Services Forum: Aims to build the India in software and services and to encourage advancement
value proposition in engineering services and of research in software technology by Indians. It is a
develop a coordinated strategy for building a non-profit organization, funded entirely by its members.
‘Engineered in India’ brand. NASSCOM has played a role in ensuring quality of service,
• Quality Forum: Aims to help India and India based and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in
companies achieve next generation leadership in the Indian Software and BPO industry.
quality through best practices sharing and As on June 2007, more than 1,100 information tech-
benchmarking. nology companies in India were members of NASSCOM.
• RIM Forum: Aim to make India the leader in ‘Remote Membership includes domestic software / ITES compa-
Infrastructure Management’ and bring different nies as well as multinationals operating in India. The
stakeholders at a common platform for building wide range of member companies gives NASSCOM the
demand and supply side industries. ability to represent the interests of the Indian software
• In addition, at a regional level, regular best practices industry with authority.
and information sharing sessions are held under the NASSCOM also has a Mentorship Programme for the
CEO Forum, CFO Forum & HR Forum. mid sized companies which helps the company leader-
ship develop a keen sense of what needs to be done to
take the venture to the next level. This is a six month en-
Flagship Events gagement, which will help the organization to develop a
NASSCOM organizes the India Leadership Forum in better assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.
Mumbai every year. The conference has been evolving
with each passing year, getting more international in
its outlook and focus, and drawing thought gurus and
Prominent members
influencers from a cross-section of industries. The con- Here is a list of prominent members of executive council
clave, an important platform for capturing triggers for of NASSCOM.[2]
boardroom decision making, also provides participants a • Rajendra S Pawar - Chairman of NASSCOM for
perfect occasion for networking and experience sharing. 2010-2011.ss
The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, a milestone • Som Mittal - President of NASSCOM for 2009-2010
event will mark NASSCOM’s 20th year and will bring un- • Pramod Bhasin - Chairman of NASSCOM(former)
der one roof industry leaders, thought gurus, analysts • Harsh Manglik -Chairman of NASSCOM for 2010-2011
and IT users from across the world. The global conclave • Mr. Rajendra S. Pawar as the new Chairman of its
will journey through three key themes—one for each Executive Council for the year 2011-2012 (April 26,
day—to completely transform the experience for dele- 2011)
• Nandan Nilekani
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• Bhaskar Pramanik http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/
• Bobby Mitra afx/2007/10/03/afx4181358.html. Retrieved
• Sharad Sharma 2007-12-11.
• Raman Roy [2] "Executive Council". http://nasscom.in/Nasscom/
templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=5387.
See also
These are the associations in Asia for the IT and service
External links
industries: • "NASSCOM". National Association of Software &
• China Software Industry Association (CSIA) Service Companies (nasscom.in).
• Korea Software Industry Association (KSIA) http://www.nasscom.in/. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
• Japan Information Industry Association (JISA) • "NASSCOM Foundation". NASSCOM Foundation
• Philippine Software Industry Association (nasscomfoundation.org).
• Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service http://www.nasscomfoundation.org/. Retrieved
Companies (SLASSCOM) 2007-12-10.
• Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) • NASSCOM EMERGE Blog NASSCOM EMERGE Blog
• NASSCOM EMERGE community NASSCOM EMERGE
References Community
• Platform for small medium IT companies in India
[1] Thomson Financial (October 3, 2007). "No indianITcompanies
slowdown seen in Indian software, services exports • IT cos should not resort to poaching: Nasscom [1]
- Nasscom". Forbes (Forbes.com).
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