The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an

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and

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, focused mainly on the

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industry of

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. Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a

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. NASSCOM is the apex body for the US$ 227 billion Indian technology industry.

Events

In 2013, NASSCOM initiated a program promoting 10,000 startups in India by 2023. NASSCOM sponsors events targeting startups in India. 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 * NASSCOM Engineering Summit * Annual Information Security Summit * NASSCOM Innotrek NASSCOM hosted the Nasscom International SME Conclave 2019 in January 2019 and 'FISITA 2018 World Automotive Congress' in October 2018.

Membership

Members of NASSCOM provide

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, 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 Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...

, in the Indian software and BPO industry. As of June 2007, more than 1,110

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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: * B V R Mohan Reddy – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2015–2016 *

C. P. Gurnani Chander Prakash Gurnani or C. P. Gurnani (born December 19, 1958) is the CEO & Managing Director of Tech Mahindra. Early life and education Gurnani was born in Neemuch, a small town in Madhya Pradesh and spent his early life in Chittorgarh, ...

– Chairman of NASSCOM, 2016–2017 *Raman Roy – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2017–2018 * Rishad Premji – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2018–2019 * Keshav R. Murugesh – Chairman of NASSCOM, 2019–2020 *

UB Pravin Rao U. B. Pravin Rao is a retired corporate executive from Infosys. Rao joined Infosys in 1985 and rose through the ranks under N. R. Narayana Murthy. He was handpicked by Murthy to be member of Infosys board as well as become chief operating off ...

– Chairman of NASSCOM, 2020–2021 *Rekha M Menon – Chairperson of NASSCOM, 2021–2022 *Krishnan Ramanujam - Chairperson of NASSCOM , 2022-2023 * R Chandrasekhar – President of NASSCOM for 2013 – 2018 *

Debjani Ghosh Debjani Ghosh (born 30 October 1988) is a Bangladeshi-born researcher of the University of Ulm. Currently she is researching on how to create a new hybrid system of Zero emission of electric airliners. She is also working on the power generation m ...

– President of NASSCOM, 2018–present

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:NASSCOM 1988 establishments in Delhi Trade associations based in India Chambers of commerce in India Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Non-profit organisations based in India Organisations based in Delhi Organizations established in 1988 Information technology organisations based in India

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Membership

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