Saturday, February 16, 2008

NASSCOM Organises Leadership Forum 2008

National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) the trade body and chamber of commerce for the IT - BPO industry organised the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2008 at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Santacruz from February 13 - 15. Run-up to Budget 2008-09

As part of the summit, NASSCOM announced the winners of the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards 2008. The awards were given with a view to recognise some of the most outstanding business leaders and visionaries from across the world from the IT-BPO sector. The award ceremony was felicitated by Praful Patel, Union Minister of Aviation and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on February 14.

Tata Group Chairman, Ratan Tata bagged the Global Indian Award given to an individual who has earned his spurs in the overseas domains and brought fame and glory to the country. CEO of British Airways, Willie Walsh was honoured with the 'Business Transformation Award’ for encouraging the use of technology within the organisation to achieve business goals and operational excellence.

The 'Business Leader Award’ was presented to Cisco Chairman John Chambers for setting the company on a path of innovation, customer responsiveness and corporate governance and enabling it to achieve rapid growth and profitability.

The NASSCOM India Leadership India Forum witnessed the participation of over 1500 people from the IT-BPO sector. Some of the big name included former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Anand Mahindra, vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd; Thiru Raja, Minister for Communications and IT and others. “Based on the feedback of the Indian IT industry, we are looking into the issue of extending the Software Technology Parks of India scheme on a priority basis. We feel there are many start-ups and small and medium enterprises for whom the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) may not be a viable option,” said Thiru Raja. However, Dr Kalam, who addressed a special session at the summit, adds “Don’t be a software powerhouse, be a knowledge services powerhouse.

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