NASSCOM Artificial Intelligence Game Changer Awards 2018

India is on the path of digital transformation by proliferating adoption & innovation with the use of AI. Innovators are focusing on solving real complex problems by developing solutions in areas of predictive modeling, machine learning and deep learning. NASSCOM Artificial Intelligence Game Changer Awards 2018 will recognize & showcase the best-in-class solutions in Artificial Intelligence solving critical business problems & for the government.

techUK and NASSCOM sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on tech skills and development

techUK and NASSCOM launched the UK-India Tech Alliance and agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the technology sectors from the UK and India further strengthen their relationship. The partnership between techUK and NASSCOM will support the flourishing IT sectors in both India and UK by developing stronger links, networks and joint platforms, helping enhance the skills of the technology workforce in both countries.

Request for Proposal

SSC NASSCOM invites proposals for Developing Qualification Packs (QP), National Occupational Standards (NOS)/Occupational Standards (OS) and Model Curricula For Job Roles Qualified in Occupational Matrixes associated with Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. The last date for submission is 19th April, 2018. 

CIO Connect, Ahmedabad - NASSCOM Domestic Council

As part of the Domestic Council’s Charter to enhance engagement with the CIO Community – the prime drivers of IT adoption in any organisation, the 2nd NASSCOM CIO Connect event was held in Ahmedabad on 6th April 2018 where CIOs from Chemical, Pharma and Banking industry provided key insights and thought leadership on the way ahead for IT in their respective segments.

Rishad Premji appointed as Chairman of NASSCOM for 2018-19

New Delhi, April 10th, 2018: NASSCOM today announced the appointment of Mr. Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Board, Wipro Ltd., as its Chairman for 2018-19. Rishad has been a member of NASSCOM’s Executive Council and was the Vice Chairman for 2017-18. He succeeds Mr. Raman Roy, Chairman and Managing Director, Quatrro Global Services, who served as Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2017-18.

NASSCOM Foundation Advocates for Tech at Grassroots

NASSCOM Foundation, hosted India’s largest IT-BPM industry specific CSR Conference – The CSR Leadership Conference (CLC) 2018 in New Delhi at The Eros Hotel, Nehru Place. The event brought over 300 CXOs and CSR Heads of the top most companies from across the industry, NGO Leads from all over India, Government officials, Tech4Good champions, social innovators under one roof to encourage the use of new-age technologies to solve the social development issues at the grassroots.

NASSCOM Foundation and Mphasis give 40 Lakh Rupees in Grants to Social Innovations

NASSCOM Foundation, in collaboration with industry leaders Mphasis, announced the winners of the tenth edition of the NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF) - a platform that fosters innovative use of technology to create sustained social impact. The announcement was made at the World Congress on Information Technology – The Olympics of theglobal ICT Industry.

Design4India Design Studio Launch @ WeWork Kormangala

Design4India with Facebook, as Lead Partners, and WeWork, as Workspace Partner, unveiled the “Design4India Studio” on the 12th of March 2018 at WeWork’s Kormangala facility in Bengaluru. The Design4India Design Studio is a dedicated “Open to all” space for web, mobile, augmented reality and virtual reality platforms for start-ups and designers.
The studio will provide startups & product companies’ access to user experience design process, interaction design, usability testing and augmented reality and virtual reality toolkits.

Women Wizards Rule Tech (W2RT)

NASSCOM Diversity and Inclusion initiative has launched a new program to upskill women in core technology areas. The program will leverage the NASSCOM Futureskills initiative and blend this with focused learning programs, webinars, mentoring and peer learning.

Kotak Mahindra Bank, NASSCOM Announce Winners of its Maiden Payment Co-creation Programme

Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) and NASSCOM announced the winners of its maiden payment co-creation programme for start-ups and fintechs. Of the 133 entries received for the programme, 12 fintechs were shortlisted after a rigorous evaluation process. The jury* has finalised 6 winners – Automaxis, Dairy Plus, Nukkad Shops Technology, MyCarIQ, Highway Delight and FTL Technology.

NASSCOM, Russoft tie up to provide IT solutions in India, Africa & West Asia

NASSCOM signed an MOU with Russoft, Russia's leading association for Software industry to promote mutual cooperation particularly in the field of Emerging Technologies.

Both sides agreed to build connects and facilitate exchange of best practices among member organizations to explore joint opportunities. Other areas of cooperation include skills development and capacity building, raising awareness ICT and Business landscape on both sides, Innovation & Startup ecosystem, participation in Government businesses,

CSR : Microsoft India and NASSCOM Foundation partner with UNDP & Govt. of Delh ito launch Youth Spark Code Career

Furthering its commitment to empower and enable girls through technology and build greater diversity and gender equality in the IT-BPM sector, Microsoft India has launched YouthSpark Code <A> Career program in two Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Delhi.

GDPR NASSCOM - DSCI Helpdesk

NASSCOM-DSCI are glad to make available the GDPR helpdesk for members. This joint initiative will seek to respond to basic queries of members and offer general guidance, and is not meant to offer detailed advise on the actual implementation process.

Securing India’s Digital Payment Frontiers

DSCI & PayPal India today released a joint study-‘Securing India’s Digital Payment Frontiers’ highlighting the current state of cyber security in the digital payments ecosystem. The key objective of this study was to analyse India’s journey in digital payments and its cyber security dynamics, prevailing cyber threat landscape, polices, regulations, standards along with the future trends and best practices at enterprise level.

NASSCOM signs MOU with Niti Aayog to accelerate Women Entrepreneurship

On International Women’s Day, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and [Partner] and NASSCOM 10,000 Startups signed an MOU to accelerate women entrepreneurship under the Niti Aayog Women Entrepreneurship Cell (WEC)