VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Haryana State Electronic Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON), to set up a start-up warehouse in Gurgaon. The MoU was signed in the presence of Hon’ble Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister, Haryana; R. Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM; Shri Devender Singh, IAS, Chairman & Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Electronics & Information Technology Department; and Nitin Seth, Managing Director & Country Head, Fidelity. The first-of-its-kind start-up warehouse in Haryana is expected to be functional in the next three months accommodating close-to 85 workstations initially and the occupancy will be expanded in a phased manner. The warehouse will be spread across the 16-acre HARTRON campus and will provide budding entrepreneurs facilities like broadband internet, workstations along with basic facilities like air conditioning to create...

NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-Up Programme has signed an MoU with the Government of Maharashtra to open start-up warehouses in Navi Mumbai and Pune. The MoU signing ceremony was held in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and Hon. Subhash Desai, Minister of Industries, along with Bhushan Gagrani, CEO of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), and R. Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, NASSCOM delegates, along with other industry leaders and entrepreneur community. The key objectives behind the strategic partnership is to build entrepreneurial capabilities in the state, create a vibrant online community to link investors, mentors and start-up entrepreneurs, and create massive awareness about tech-entrepreneurship a preferred career option. The programme will also organize common application process in consultation with the Department of Industries and MIDC to generate massive volumes of start-up applications and make relevant connections ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per a latest update, former Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar has taken charge of President of  Nasscom . He succeeded Som Mittal who served as the President of Nasscom from 2007 to 2013. R. Chandrashekhar was the Chairman, Telecom Commission and Secretary of the Department of Telecom , till March last year. He held a variety of key assignments with many of them relating to the ICT sector, both at the Centre and State level. Prior to this, he had established the first Department of Information Technology in the country in the state of Andhra Pradesh and was Secretary of the Department from June 1997 to December 1999. R. Chandrashekhar expressed, "I feel privileged and look forward to  leading Nasscom in its next journey of achieving the vision and aspiration of US$300 billion revenues by 2020 . The opportunities are very vast at this particular juncture and exciting times lie ahead for the industry. Going forwa...