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  No impact of Australian visa move on Indian techies, says Nasscom

  April 20, 2017 8:18 IST

  Indian IT industry's representative body Nasscom on Wednesday said that Indian techies working in Australia would not be affected by Australian government's move on visas granted to them under a specific category.

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  Changed H-1B visa norms don't mean much for India, feels Nasscom

  April 05, 2017 11:07 IST

  The US government’s decision to tighten controls over new H-1B Visa applicants is set to affect the businesses of many IT companies and careers of many IT professionals including those from India.

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  Nasscom red-flags Singapore visa issue, says move will hit future deals for Indian tech firms

  April 04, 2017 12:40 IST

  Industry body Nasscom feels that the clamp down on tech visas by Singapore has shrunk the base of Indian techies to under 10,000 in the South East Asian nation.

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  IT industry to benefit from ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes: NASSCOM

  November 23, 2016 12:53 IST

  The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has said that the government’s ‘demonetisation’ move will benefit the Indian IT industry in a big way.

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  Notes withdrawal a big leap towards e-payments, says Nasscom President

  November 09, 2016 19:52 IST

  IT body National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) on Wednesday said that the electronic payment has moderately little infiltration in India and the government’s move to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes

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  TRAI should allow apps, websites to decide for rewarding free data to customers: Nasscom

  July 04, 2016 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: Nasscom, the IT industry body, said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) should allow apps and websites to decide on provisions for rewarding free data to customers. In response to Nasscom,

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  BPM sector stares at $1 bn loss due to ban on diesel taxis : Nasscom

  May 05, 2016 8:32 IST

  New Delhi:Country's business process management (BPM) sector will suffer a potential loss of USD 1 billion if the ban on diesel taxis in Delhi-NCR continues for another 2-3 weeks, industry body Nasscom said on Wednesday.

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  In 2016, IT hiring may drop 20% as companies focus on automation: Nasscom

  April 22, 2016 11:51 IST

  New Delhi: IT industry will see 20% less recruitments this year, as major players like TCS and Infosys are focusing on more automation, thus hiring lesser number of people, according to Nasscom. Last June, the

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  Cybersecurity to create 1 million jobs: Nasscom

  April 19, 2016 9:19 IST

  New Delhi: Increasing incidents of cyber attacks and data protection efforts globally are expected to create $35 billion revenue opportunity and employment opportunities for about a million professionals by 2025 for India, IT industry body

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  Regulate all messaging, voice call apps: Assocham

  July 19, 2015 23:23 IST

  New Delhi: Welcoming the proposal to regulate domestic Internet call services provided by apps like WhatsApp and Viber, industry body Assocham said the government should expand the scope of regulation to all kind of communication

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  Net neutrality violation against freedom of speech: Nasscom

  India | April 22, 2015 17:48 IST

  New Delhi: Coming out strongly in support of Net neutrality, IT industry body Nasscom today said any discrimination in giving access to Internet amounts to violation of freedom of speech and expression."Any restrictions placed on

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  BVR Mohan Reddy becomes new Nasscom chairman

  India | April 09, 2015 7:54 IST

  Hyderabad, April 8 (IANS) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy has become the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the apex body of India's software industry said on Wednesday.The executive council elected

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  Infosys whistleblower: H-1B workers have minimal skills

  March 18, 2015 19:09 IST

  Washington: H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, a whistleblower from Indian IT giant Infosys has said and asked lawmakers not to increase the number of much sought-after visas

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  PM Modi seeks ideas for PMO mobile app

  India | March 01, 2015 23:33 IST

  New Delhi: Urging young engineers to help move India to the status of an innovation hub, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he will invite ideas from the public for developing a mobile application

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  IT industry to grow at 12-14% in FY16: NASSCOM

  February 11, 2015 14:36 IST

  Mumbai: The National Association of Software and Services Company (NASSCOM) has forecasted that the IT industry will grow at the same rate in FY16 as it is growing in the current Fiscal year.On Tuesday, the

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  India likely to have second biggest start-up ecosystem in 2 years

  February 11, 2015 8:18 IST

  Mumbai: IT-BPO industry body Nasscom tuesday said the country saw 800 new technology start-ups setting shop so far this fiscal and is poised to house the second biggest eco-system for them after the US in

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  President unveils mobile governance in Karnataka

  India | December 09, 2014 6:48 IST

  Bengaluru: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday launched the unified mobile governance platform here to provide a host of services to people across Karnataka.The Karnataka MobileOne multi-mode service, touted as the first of its kind in India,

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  11,500 startups to come up in India by 2020: Report

  October 30, 2014 12:37 IST

  New Delhi: As many as 11,500 startups would come up in the country employing over 2,50,000 people by 2020, according to key findings of India Start-up Report 2014 of industry body Nasscom.Unveiling the findings here

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  BJP MP joins issue with Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | July 26, 2014 7:23 IST

  Bangalore:  After Rahul Gandhi's condemnation of Shiv Sena and BJP over force-feeding of a fasting Muslim, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi yesterday put the onus on the Congress saying some of the MPs were staying in

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  India to connect 2.5 lakh Panchayats through broadband

  India | July 02, 2014 11:38 IST

  Bangalore: India will build a broadband highway connecting 2.5 lakh panchayats across the country in the next three years to provide a host of public services, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad