Nasscom has recommended that Jammu, Dehra Dun, Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Shillong and Kolkata should host the new institutes.
75 per cent of new Internet users will come from rural areas
IT industry body Nasscom announced on Wednesday forming a panel of experts to help budding entrepreneurs build strong software companies.
The sops being given to the IT firms in metro cities should be extended to companies in tier 2 and 3 cities as it will generate greater employment opportunities and boost growth, industry body Nasscom has said.
Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and managing director, Zensar Technologies Limited has been appointed vice chairman, Nasscom for the current year.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies on Thursday announced the winners of the Nasscom Global Leadership Awards 2007.
The top three Indian IT firms -- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro -- collectively trained over 775,000 employees in generative AI (GenAI) capability by the end of 2023-24, according to an analysis of GenAI-trained workforce of leading companies in India in this sector. This number is significantly higher that the projection made by the IT industry body Nasscom in its Strategic Review of 2023, released in February this year. It said in 2023-2024, over 650,000 employees across the IT industry received training in Gen AI skills.
'The focus of the legislation will be to minimise user harm and increase the accountability of platforms, while also promoting innovation.'
With some IT majors performing below industry expectations, Nasscom on Wednesday said smaller and mid-size companies, which adopted different strategy after the 2008-09 economic crisis have peformed well, posting up to 20 per cent growth.
"The two organisations will work closely to provide business process outsourcing expertise to European SMEs and help selected Indian IT companies to access European markets," a release issued by Nasscom said.
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
The escalating tensions between India and Canada have put Indian IT companies in a wait-and-watch mode but industry experts believe that there are no immediate areas of concern at this moment. Apex IT association Nasscom, in a statement, said since this is an evolving situation, it will continue to engage with stakeholders to track any potential areas of impact that may need support.
India's IT services industry body National Association for and Services Companies has expressed concern over recent probe by the US against some Indian companies, including country's second largest software exporter Infosys, on allegations of violating visa norms.
Nasscom, the apex body for IT software companies has sought changes in the SEZ Act for the benefit of small firms which constitute a significant number in the industry.
In its interaction with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday, the IT-BPO industry - represented by Nasscom -- stressed that the industry and government would have to join hands to accelerate IT adoption in the government sector. "We received a positive response from the government," said Nasscom president Som Mittal.
National Association of Software and Service Companies on Thursday condoled the death of former IT and Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan
For Nasscom the priority now is to see that business continues for Satyam. The IT-BPO union Unites Professionals had said that if there is a layoff they will step in.
Nasscom representatives, on their recent visit to the US, met a large cross-section of stakeholders the US administration, elected representatives of the Congress, various associations, US headquartered companies and customer companies as well. The industry body also said that protectionist policies would only delay the recovery of the US from the ongoing recession.
Will help entrepreneurs collaborate and develop a culture of innovation in the country.
The apex body of software and services companies in India, Nasscom, on Monday said it was focussing on ways to promote development of more software products.
The growth rate might come down by six per cent due to the competition besides economic uncertainty and lesser IT spends by the US, Nasscom President Som Mittal said. "A recent survey by Nasscom revealed the industry grew by 28 to 29 per cent in the last few years but our forecast is that it will go down to 22 to 24 per cent," he said while releasing the survey earlier this week.
Big data analytics is an expertise that offers actionable insights and is a confluence of a host of specialisations, including mathematics, science and social sciences.
The apex body representing Indian IT industry, Nasscom, on Wednesday said that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would drive growth in the sector and help India maintain its lead globally.
Nasscom is exploring the possibility of establishing a 'nearshore community software development centre' for small and medium enterprises to enable them to have access to global development offices.
NASSCOM Foundation and DataWind Corporation, have started a pilot project to provide internet connectivity in the rural areas.
Mittal, who is the head of services business of Hewlett Packard for Asia Pacific and Japan, will succeed Karin Karnik and will assume office from January 2008.
Describing US "protectionist" moves as a "disturbing trend", apex IT industry body NASSCOM on Wednesday said it hoped that America will make more investments to create jobs, instead of taking such "regressive" actions.
IT software industry trade body Nasscom has rejected allegations made by US senators of abuse of visas by some Indian companies.
Nasscom president said moving from single to multiple points could be a challenge from the point of view of ease of doing business
A 10 per cent-plus movement of currency in a few weeks is definitely concerning for the companies.
The multi-pronged initiative is targeted at employees, organisations, enforcement agencies and policy amendment, through a '4E Framework' - engagement, education, enactment and enforcement.
IT industry hiring big time, but quality concern persists.
In 2008-09, the industry grew by over 16 per cent at $46.3 billion.
Undaunted by US President Barack Obama's Bangalore-Buffalo remark, the domestic IT industry said the comments had nothing to do with outsourcing or with India.
The Nasscom Governance and Ethics Committe on Tuesday released its recommendations aimed at further strengthening corporate governance practices in the Indian IT-BPO industry.
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