H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa, which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations
US is the largest market for the over $140 billion Indian IT services industry
'Today, according to the law, you can't even claim legal expenses when fighting a case as a non-executive director unless you are acquitted. Given how high legal expenses are, that alone is enough to scare anyone away.'
The guidance is expected to spell out what constitutes specialised skill
Nasscom has identified 4-5 different areas and is taking these recommendations to the government.
India's software industry mounts two-pronged campaign to tackle Trump administration. Ayan Pramanik & Karan Choudhury report.
It's the second time Nasscom has projected single-digit growth in a decade.
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
More than 250,000 gram panchayats are yet to be connected through broadband.
Given the sharp differences that the Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House has on various aspects of immigration reform including H-1B, the Congressional passage of the bill and its becoming a law as of now appears to be a tall order.
As many as 11,500 startups would come up in the country employing over 2,50,000 people by 2020, according to key findings of India Start-up Report 2014 of industry body Nasscom.
'India cannot function the Chinese way and the sooner people realise that, the better it will be.'
From the perspective of an American worker who is being displaced it does not make a difference whether he is displaced by a visa-dependent company or a non-visa-dependent company or a 50-50 company or whatever: Nasscom president.
Sikka's regret over lack of strategic talk with clients hints at larger problem
Nasscom had estimated 12-14 per cent growth for the Indian software services industry in FY'14, and it aimed to achieve revenue of $300 billion for the IT industry by 2020.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
According to experts, while allegations against Indian IT firms of visa misuse are nothing new, this time the scrutiny could be much greater.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
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