NASSCOM

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry.
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* 1 Services
* 2 Membership
* 3 Prominent members
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 External links

Services

Among its services, NASSCOM provides industry reports. NASSCOM also conducts various training programs and workshops for the industry professionals to upgrade theirs skills and knowledge. They have regular training programs spanning across different areas.

One such program which the NASSCOM conducts on a yearly basis is the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming India for the gaming industry professionals.

"India has become the world's back office as Western firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software development outlets," according to Forbes.[1]

Membership

NASSCOM’s members are primarily companies run by Indian nationals in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. The consortium was set up to facilitate Indian business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology by Indians. It is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by its members. NASSCOM has played a role in ensuring quality of service, and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Indian Software and BPO industry.

As on June 2007, more than 1,100 information technology companies in India were members of NASSCOM. Membership includes domestic software / ITES companies as well as multinationals operating in India. The wide range of member companies gives NASSCOM the ability to represent the interests of the Indian software industry with authority.

Prominent members

* Som Mittal - President of NASSCOM (position occupuied since January 2008) (as per NASSCOM website on 2nd Feb. 2008)
* Sangeeta Gupta, Vice President along with Mr. Rajdeep Sahrawat and Mr. Ameet Nivsarkar
* Lakshmi Narayanan, Chairman
* Pramod Bhais
* Nandan Nilekani
* Bhaskar Pramanik
* Bobby Mitra
* Raman Roy