New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) IT trade physique Nasscom on Thursday stated it has appointed Accenture in India Senior Managing Director Rekha Menon as its Chairperson for 2021-22.
She is the primary girl to tackle the position of Chairperson for Nasscom within the affiliation’s 30-year historical past.
Menon will take the place from her earlier position as Vice-Chairperson, succeeding UB Pravin Rao (Infosys Chief Operating Officer). Rao served as the Chairman of Nasscom for the yr 2020-21, a press release stated.
The trade physique has additionally appointed Krishnan Ramanujam — President and Head of Business & Technology Services at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — as its Vice-Chairperson for 2021-22.?
The newly appointed management together with president Debjani Ghosh will spearhead the trade in its digital transformation journey, with the imperatives of creating India a number one hub for digital expertise, catalysing innovation and growing a beneficial coverage ecosystem that helps innovation, expertise progress and ease of doing enterprise, the assertion stated.
“I am honoured and humbled by this vote of confidence by the Nasscom Executive Council at such a crucial time for our industry,” Menon stated.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to check the resilience of our greater than 4 million folks, even as it has created new alternatives for progress with expertise rising as the lifeline for societies and economies the world over, she added.
“As we cautiously navigate the pandemic, I look forward to working with the Nasscom Executive Council and its members to drive our industry’s long term growth by augmenting India’s position as the digital talent nation for the world, driving people-first innovation, and working with the government to create a conducive policy environment needed for sustainable growth,” Menon stated.
In addition to this, Nasscom additionally introduced its new govt council, which contains trade sectors like ER&D, BPM, IT Services, GCC, SME and Startups.
The new council will play a strategic position in enabling India’s tech sector to take management on the worldwide map by means of targeted initiatives and applications, it stated.
“As a champion of future skills and inclusive growth, Rekha’s past contributions to Nasscom have been invaluable, and we look forward to working together to take our industry to newer heights in this new normal where amalgamation and integration of technology are going to continue, and digital skilling is going to be the cornerstone for a collaborative development,” Ghosh stated.
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