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About Us
NASSCOM, a not-for-profit industry association, is the apex body for the 154 billion dollar Indian IT BPM industry.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, referred to NASSCOM as a “revolution”, beyond its time-tested role as an association.
Established in 1988, NASSCOM has relentlessly catalysed the Indian IT BPM industry in its journey towards building an innovation led growth sector, with transformative business models, expanding its value proposition and becoming a partner of choice for global businesses.
Latest At NASSCOM
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Approaching Escape Velocity
In this year so far (calendar year 2018), 1200 startups have been added, 8 new Unicorns recognized so far, and funding doubled over the previous year. Adding to this increasing list is the admirable 40% y-o-y growth rate of Advanced Tech Startups which is veritably leading the digital transformational journey. AI/ ML/ IoT, AR/VR, Blockchain & 3D Printing have strongly emerged particularly in the last 1 – 2 years.
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NASSCOM DSCI AISS 2018
The three days at AISS 2018, scheduled on 4th, 5th & 6th December 2018, will bring in global thought leaders, cyber security practitioners, policy specialists and India’s new age technology innovators in cybersecurity, and assemble in the capital to create a unique discussion and showcase platform of security in India with 80+ sessions, 150+ speakers and 800+ participants.
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Facing up to the AI challenge
NASSCOM’s primary focus right now is to catalyse industry-wide digital transformation. NASSCOM’s FutureSkills initiative addresses the nine disruptive technologies such as AI, Analytics, AR (augmented reality) and RPA (robotics process automation), describes the 66 job roles in those technologies and offers learning content on the 155 skills required for those job roles.
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Design4India Summit and Design Awards 2018 brought together the best from both the design and tech world
The NASSCOM DESIGN4INDIA Design Summit, in the last two editions, brought together designers, entrepreneurs, designers, corporate leaders and academicians from all walks of life to discuss ways to promote India’s design quotient.
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EMERGE 50 - 2018: Winners Announced
EMERGE 50 is now truly synonymous with high caliber, innovative software product companies helmed by never-say-die entrepreneurs. Emerge 50 has been consistently successful in spotting these emerging companies way before they achieve their pinnacle. Thus, providing greater visibility to the dark horses of the future. Check out the list of winners announced at NASSCOM Product Conclave 2018.
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MyGov Seeks Partners to go Real-time
MyGov in association with CoE-DSAI (NASSCOM) has launched “Citizen Voice Challenge” to explore application of “Artificial Intelligence” towards automation leading to targeted governance, effective and timely response in resolution of Citizen issues.
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NASSCOM's Delegation to GITEX 2018
NASSCOM is back in GITEX 2018. With more delegated, bigger space and larger audience. Architecting the network that connects innovations with industry verticals, this year GITEX has dedicated exhibiting zones for artificial intelligence, smart home, smart workplace, future transportation and blockchain and other NEW age technology. Check out this dossier with a list of Indian companies participating at GITEX 2018.
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Tax Collected at Source on E-commerce companies - relevant notifications and FAQs
The Tax collected at source provision becomes effective on E-commerce companies from October 2018. Relevant notifications pertaining to TCS provision effective from October 2018 and a summary of the key clarifications is accessible at the below link.
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“Silicon Valley” in the East – Innovation Hub to come up in Kolkata
Far too long, West Bengal has borne the brunt of being critiqued for not providing sufficient global opportunities to entrepreneurs, particularly the ones who have adopted cutting edge technologies in their delivery model. It seems that the Bengal Government has decided to answer its critics boldly by setting up an Information Technology (IT) hub in New Town, near Kolkata, on the lines of the famed Silicon Valley in the USA. In fact, during a recent administrative meeting, the Hon’
Government extends exemption from IGST and Compensation Cess to STPI/ EOU's till March 2019
The much awaited notification on STPI / EOU exemption from IGST on import of goods is released extending the benefit of exemption from Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess up to 31.03.2019 on goods imported by STPI/ EOU. Over the last few months NASSCOM has been asking for an extension of this exemption and had very recently represented the matter with the GST council secretariat and concerned CBIC officials.
Our Initiatives
"NASSCOM works with diverse stakeholders to build focused initiatives that enable the growth of the sector through policy advocacy, skill building, research, startup programs, facilitate business and increase industry outreach."
Design4India
Creating impact for the product and startup ecosystem in India.
CoE – IoT
To jump start the ecosystem by converging hardware & software capabilities.
Policy Advocacy
Liaisons with government and industry to influence a favourable policy framework.
Research
Industry insights on growth opportunities to enhance competitiveness and strategic decision-
Security
Renders a safe & secure cyberspace, and evangelizes a proactive approach in stakeholders.
CSR
Social arm - builds and sustains inclusivity through IT BPM industry’s competitiveness.
Diversity and Inclusion
Facilitates diversity & inclusivity best practices w.r.t gender, generation & PwD.
Startups
Fosters the ecosystem to scale up the number of startups by 10X.
Industry Development
Through our Verticals (7 Councils) and Horizontal Services, we facilitate industry growth.
Sector Skills Council
Enables continued skill building to sustain industry competitiveness, and leverage demographic
Global Trade Development
Safeguards industry’s interests, addresses policy challenges and facilitates global outreach.
Knowledge Centre
Latest Publications
Aims to study how digital technologies are making inroads into ER&D. It analyses in detail technologies like IoT, Big Data Analytics, AI & Machine learning, cyber security
This report is a compendium of the Top 50 AI Game Changer Solutions. It covers the best use cases we received as part of the first NASSCOM AI GAME CHANGER AWARDS 2018, applicable across verticals and horizontals
NASSCOM- [x]cube LABS report titled Product Opportunities Driving a USD 10 Trillion Economy presents the growth trajectories and causal factors of other emerging economies and comes up with theINSIS (Innovation, No friction, Specialization, Infrastructure, Skills)
The fourth edition of the NASSCOM-Zinnov report titled “Indian Start-up Ecosystem 2018: Approaching Escape Velocity” is a compilation of facts, trends, and insights on the Indian Tech Start-up landscape. The report examines the evolution of the ecosystem,
Analysis of Indian IT-BPM industry performance during the quarter ending June 2018. This analysis is based on the quarterly results declared by the top listed India-centric IT-BPM companies which comprise over 46% of the industry.
Our Blogs
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NASSCOM DeepTech program was initiated to promote the creation and evolution of world class DeepTech start-ups. The DeepTech club involves start-ups working on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), AR/VR, Robotics, NLP and similar
Upcoming Events
Media Centre Press Releases
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NASSCOM Partners With Prefectural Govt Of Hiroshima To Develop It Corridor To Promote Co-Create Culture Between Japan And India -
India’s NASSCOM signs First MoU in the MENA region with Dubai Internet City to further support and boost UAE’s SME ecosystem18th October, 2018, Dubai-UAE: Dubai Internet City (DIC), the leading technology community in the... View Details
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NASSCOM makes clarion call - Mission 2020 for Accelerating Growth of NewTech Products from India24th October, 2018, Bengaluru: As part of its ongoing efforts to evangelize the products landscape... View Details
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Government of Haryana and NASSCOM Partner To Set-Up Centre Of Excellence For IoT at Gurugram5th October, 2018, Gurugram:The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) today announced... View Details
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Indian BPM Industry shows consistent growth capitalising on newer technologies and re-skilling4th October, Bengaluru : Inaugurating the BPM Strategy Summit 2018, the National Association of... View Details
