Nasscom
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No impact of Australian visa move on Indian techies, says Nasscom
Apr 20, 2017, 08:18 AM ISTIndian 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
Apr 05, 2017, 11:07 AM ISTThe 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
Apr 04, 2017, 12:40 PM ISTIndustry 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
Nov 23, 2016, 12:53 PM ISTThe 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
Nov 09, 2016, 07:52 PM ISTIT 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
Jul 04, 2016, 11:08 AM ISTNew 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, 08:32 AM ISTNew 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
Apr 22, 2016, 11:51 AM ISTNew 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
Apr 19, 2016, 09:19 AM ISTNew 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
Jul 19, 2015, 11:23 PM ISTNew 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 | Apr 22, 2015, 05:48 PM ISTNew 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 | Apr 09, 2015, 07:54 AM ISTHyderabad, 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
Mar 18, 2015, 07:09 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Mar 01, 2015, 11:33 PM ISTNew 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
Feb 11, 2015, 02:36 PM ISTMumbai: 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
Feb 11, 2015, 08:18 AM ISTMumbai: 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 | Dec 09, 2014, 06:48 AM ISTBengaluru: 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
Oct 30, 2014, 12:37 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jul 26, 2014, 07:23 AM ISTBangalore: 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 | Jul 02, 2014, 11:38 AM ISTBangalore: 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