{{Infobox organization , logo = Nasscom-logo-svg.svg , alt = NASSCOM , logo_caption = NASSCOM's New logo , formation = {{start date and age, 1988, 03, 01, df=y , extinction = , type =

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, headquarters = Noida, Uttar Pradesh,

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& New Delhi, Delhi,

, coords = , key_people = Rajesh Nambiar (Chairperson){{cite web, url=https://www.nasscom.in/our-councils/executive-council, title=Executive Council, website=NASSCOM, date=31 January 2024
Debjani Ghosh (President) , services = Business promotion, networking, policy reforms , purpose = Policy advocacy , affiliations = {{unbulleted list, NASSCOM Foundation, National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), Data Security Council of India (DSCI), Sector Skills Council NASSCOM , name = National Association of Software and Service Companies , abbreviation = NASSCOM , tax_id = , registration_id = , fields =

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

(IT)

Business Process Management Business process management (BPM) is the discipline in which people use various methods to Business process discovery, discover, Business process modeling, model, Business analysis, analyze, measure, improve, optimize, and Business process auto ...

(BPM) , num_members = Over 3,200 companies , owner = , website = {{url, www.nasscom.in National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an Indian non-governmental

and advocacy group that primarily serves the Indian technology industry. Founded in 1988, NASSCOM operates as a

nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

and serves as a key entity within the Indian technology sector.{{cite news, url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indian-it-sector-to-touch-245-bn-in-fy23-nasscom/articleshow/98344616.cms, title=Indian IT sector to touch $245 billion in FY23: Nasscom, newspaper=The Times of India , date=2 March 2023

Events

In 2013, NASSCOM initiated a program to promote 10,000 startups in India by 2023. NASSCOM sponsors events that target 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, and * NASSCOM Innotrek. NASSCOM organized the NASSCOM International SME Conclave in January 2019 and the FISITA World Automotive Congress in October 2018.

Collaborations

The Telangana AI Mission (T-AIM) collaborated with NASSCOM to implement the Investor Connect program, benefiting 30 startups in India as part of the Revv Up accelerator program. Additionally, NASSCOM has established multiple partnerships, including one with the Karnataka State Higher Education Council.

Membership

NASSCOM's membership includes organizations engaged in

software development Software development is the process of designing and Implementation, implementing a software solution to Computer user satisfaction, satisfy a User (computing), user. The process is more encompassing than Computer programming, programming, wri ...

, software services, and IT-enabled or BPO services. The organization's core focus has been on ensuring high service quality standards and upholding

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, co ...

within the Indian software and BPO industries. As of June 2007, more than 1,100

information technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

companies in India were members of NASSCOM, including domestic software and ITES companies, as well as multinationals operating within India. {{Inclusion, date=October 2024 Employees and members of the executive council of NASSCOM include: * Rajesh Nambiar, Chairperson (From 2023), CMD Cognizant India{{Cite web , title=Our Leaders , url=https://www.nasscom.in/people-nasscom , access-date=2025-03-12 , website=nasscom , language=en * Sindhu Gangadharan, Vice Chairperson, SVP & MD, SAP Labs India *Debjani Ghosh, President *Krishnan Ramanujam, President - Service Lines (From 2022),

Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational technology company specializing in information technology services and consulting. Headquartered in Mumbai, it is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 ...

* Rostow Ravanan, Chairman & CEO, Alfahive; Chair, nasscom foundation * Sandeep Dutta, Senior Managing Director & Head, India Business Accenture India * Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services * Anu Acharya, CEO, Map My Genome * Arundhati Bhattacharya, India Chairperson and CEO, Salesforce India * Amit Chadha, CEO and Managing Director, L&T Technology Services * Akhilesh Tuteja, Partner and Head Global Cyber Security Consulting practice, KPMG Advisory Services * Daisy Devassy Chittilapilly, President India SAARC, Cisco Systems India * Harita Gupta, Head of APAC,

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* Jagdish Mitra, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth, Tech Mahindra * Jayendran Venugopal, Chief Product and Technology Officer,

Flipkart Flipkart Inc. is an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore, and incorporated in Singapore as a private limited company. The company initially focused on online book sales before expanding into other product categories such as con ...

* Kishor Patil, Co-founder, KPIT Technologies * Maulik Bhansali, CEO, Netweb * Prativa Mohapatra, Vice President Managing Director, Adobe Systems India * Rahul Singh, COO Corporate Functions, HCL Technologies Ltd * Sandip Patel, MD, IBM India And South Asia * Sanjay Gupta, Country Head and Vice President, Google India * Satish H C, Exec VP and Co-Head of Delivery,

Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation, multinational technology company that offers business consulting, information technology, and outsourcing services. Founded in 1981 in Pune, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru. On ...

* Sriram Subramanya, CEO, Integra Software Services * Srikanth Velamakanni, CEO, Fractal * Tejal Patil, General Counsel,

Wipro Wipro Limited () is an Indian multinational technology company based in Bengaluru. It provides information technology, consulting and business process services. It is one of India's Big Six IT services companies. Wipro's services include cloud ...

* Vidya Srinivasan, SVP Infrastructure and Risk, Genpact India * Anand Ramamoorthy, MD, Micron India * Santhosh Viswanathan, VP & MD, India Region, Intel India * Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia

Founders

Among the founders of NASSCOM were Harish Mehta, Ashank Desai,

Nandan Nilekani Nandan Mohanrao Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-chairs of the board, on 24 August 2017. After the exit of Vishal S ...

, KV Ramani, Saurabh Srivastava. These industry leaders, along with other key figures in the Indian IT industry, collaborated to form NASSCOM to promote and represent the interests of the software and services industry in India. Notably, NASSCOM has evolved over the years under the leadership of various industry professionals, and its operations have expanded to include IT and business process automation services. The 2022 book '' The Maverick Effect'' by Harish Mehta covers the story of NASSCOM’s inception and how it shaped the Indian IT industry.

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