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16th Nasscom India Leadership Summit gets a headstart today
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 14 February 2008, 18:07 IST
Mumbai: Leadership, globalisation, global Sourcing, gechnology & innovation are the key themes of 16th NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2008 that started today in Mumbai. This year the conclave will celebrate the theme of 'India at 60' to underline 60 successful years of India's independence and will highlight it as one of the fastest growing knowledge economies in the world.
The three day summit that ends on 15 Feb 2008 will see the chiefs of numerous Fortune 500 companies which have a strong presence in India and global customers and will discuss issues relating to customer relationships, competitiveness, talent, leadership, M&A and other challenges facing the Indian IT industry to name a few.
The summit will see presence of distinguished names such as Dr. A P J Kalam, Shri Kamal Nath, James Canton, Institute for Global Futures; Kevin Freiberg, Arun Maira, Boston Consulting Group; Bruce Richardson, AMR Research; David Mitchell, Ovum; Dennis McGuire, TPI; Kurt Potter, Gartner; Peter Bendor Samuel, Everest; Robert Parker, IDC; Phiroz P Darukhanavala, BP; Anand G Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra; Azim Premji, Wipro; Christoph Kollatz, Siemens; Ginni Rometty, IBM; Peter Altabef, Perot Systems; Qi Lu, Yahoo; Rajiv Bajaj, Bajaj Auto; Steve Rohleder, Accenture; Paul Coby, BA; Tarun Khanna, HBS; and Jim Champy, Perot Systems.
NASSCOM along with Deloitte will also release a study - 'Indian IT Industry: Impacting the Economy and Society' - on the last day of the summit. This report is a follow-up from NASSCOM Foundation's annual research publications titled 'Catalysing Change' which highlights the state-of-play of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within the IT/ITES industry. The Report this year has looked beyond the boundaries of CSR activities and has undertaken a more comprehensive study for identifying and assessing the overall social and economic contribution of the IT/ITES industry in India.
The report points out "The IT industry has been the trigger for many 'firsts' and has contributed not only to unleashing the hitherto untapped entrepreneurial potential of the middle class Indian but also taking Indian excellence to the global market. However, equally significant though not always as tangible, has been the significant economic and social contribution of the 'for profit' activities of the industry." This study has been based on the responses received from the participating companies from NASSCOM member companies as well as analysis of facts and information available from various other secondary sources
