The unique one-day Summit provided a platform for marketing honchos to learn, develop, connect, and network with each other. The summit gave away an exclusive opportunity to harness the power of advertising, mobile apps, digital marketing and the social media in one single platform.

The key takeaways of the event were intensive discussions on branding businesses. Branding experts spoke at length about how to leverage the social media for marketing. Among the hot topics were Insights about ways in which YouTube can be exploited to position brands as top ones. Strategic Outsourcing Services’ CEO, Stanley Rao spoke about how to market your business successfully on a lesser budget.

The Strategic Outsourcing Services booth was abuzz with a lot of interaction throughout the day. People from various realms of marketing stepped in and engaged in conversations with the company’s representatives. As a Pioneer of Marketing Process Outsourcing, the Company has serviced over 8000 clients globally helping them surpass business goals through Responsible marketing.

About Strategic outsourcing Services

Established in the year 1999, Strategic Outsourcing Services, a Champions Group Company has been a pioneer in offering high-end online marketing to start-ups, small to medium and Fortune 500 companies. The Company is the largest provider of end-to-end marketing and data solutions to its clients. Its domain expertise has helped various clients accelerate their company’s growth. The company is a first of its kind and is the fastest growing in the marketing process outsourcing domain.

Strategic Outsourcing Services has come a long way since its inception. It started 8 years ago with handful employees, and now enjoys the presence of over 1200 motivated employees working in 3 offices. The company and all its employees believe in 4Ps; namely, Personal Integrity, Prompt Fulfillment, Professional Development and Positive Energy. For more information, visit our website at http://www.strategicoutsourcingservices.com

For Additional information contact

Strategic Outsourcing Services

P: +91-80-4143 5564, +91-80-41152610,

E:marketing@strategicoutsourcingservices.com

Addressing 120 gathering of students and faculty, he spoke on ITeS & Cloud Computing. Indian IT BPO industry has grown by 6.1% in 2010 and is expected to grow by 19% in 2011, added Ramesh Bhandari. ITeS is contributing to the economical growth accounting for around 5.66% of the country’s GDP and provides direct employment to about 2.3 million people and indirect employment to many more, he said.

Stating further he added that emerging trends in service delivery like Cloud Computing and Platform BPO are likely to remodel the industry by creating new business opportunities for the IT / ITeS vendors and driving changes in the traditional service offerings.

Cloud Computing is the next BIG thing to happen, he informed. It is the next BIG thing after internet in modern IT era. Cloud Computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the internet, he informed. With Cloud Computing, you eliminate managing Hardware and Software. Cloud Computing application can be up and running in weeks. It is low cost. Just a browser and log in. Cloud Computing when emerged fully IT managers need not lose jobs, he said.

About 85% of the ITeS-BPO revenues come from exports. Total ITeS revenues reached $14.7 billion in 2009-2010 from $2 billion in 2004. While IT services continue to be the largest contributor, the ITeS segment has grown faster over the last five years, he said. During 2009-2010, IT / ITeS distribution out of the 73.1 billion revenue is 36.2% is from IT, 14.7% from Software Products and Engineering Services, 12.8% from ITeS-BPO and 9.4% from Hardware, he informed.

The emerging trends in 2011 include Cloud Computing, Platform BPO, Emergence of Ties 2 Cities as IT / ITeS destinations, growth of Indian Software Product Industry.

He also added that many Indian IT companies are setting up shops in China.

At the end he told the management students to be people manager. The business leader is always a people manager. In IT industry people are their assets. He told them to have focus and carve a niche for themselves. Choose your path correct. Your first step has to be correct even if it is not paid well, he said.

The ITeS industry has lost its charm. He told students to be doubly sure about this sector before they plunge. He also told them not to get into Entrepreneurship unless they are passionate about it. He advised them to change with trends and keep innovating. He also told if you stay long in one job… beware you will be overrun by the competition.

Issued for and on behalf of IMT Hyderabad by: Manoj, Phone: 040-23230750

Deal adds 3.2 million additional policies to total portfolio

London and Bangalore, India, August 03, 2011; Wipro BPO, the Business Process Outsourcing arm of Wipro Technologies today announced that TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, UK’s leading provider of value for money fixed line broadband and voice telephony services to consumers and business users, has selected Wipro BPO as one of its strategic partners for its outsourced contact centre operations. Wipro Technologies is the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT).

Wipro will be responsible for the creation of a new service centre in India to support the group’s resident customers. Wipro will also work alongside TalkTalk to continue to improve the overall customer experience, including the implementation of new CRM technologies.

“Wipro’s engagement with TalkTalk reinforces our leadership as the long-term strategic partner equipped to help global corporations transform their businesses using our process and technology capabilities. We are delighted to work with TalkTalk and help them strengthen their leadership position in the market place.” said Manish Dugar, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Wipro BPO.

Jo Dawson, TalkTalk’s Director of Consumer Operations commented “We have worked with Wipro for many years and look forward to leveraging Wipro’s expertise, particularly in the use of new technologies, to deliver further improvements in our customers’ experience over the years ahead.”

Wipro BPO, the Business Process Outsourcing arm of Wipro Technologies, is one of the largest BPO service providers on a global delivery platform. Wipro BPO has the capabilities to provide onshore, near shore, offshore and hybrid delivery options with operations in more than 28 centres in 11 countries. Wipro BPO’s services involve a broad spectrum of customized outsourcing capabilities leveraging both cross industry and industry specific solutions focusing on sector such as Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Consumer Products & Goods, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industries. The services portfolio spans industry specific solutions in Customer service (technical and non-technical; voice and non-voice), Finance and Accounting outsourcing, Human Resource outsourcing, Supply chain management, Knowledge services including Data Management and reporting, Legal process outsourcing, and Sales and Marketing outsourcing.

About Wipro Technologies

Wipro Technologies, the global IT business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company, that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro Technologies delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through Technology” – helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner’s approach to delivering innovation and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro Technologies has 120,000 employees and clients across 54 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com

About TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC

TalkTalk is the United Kingdom’s leading value for money provider of fixed line broadband and voice telephony services to consumers and business users. The group serves over 4.8 million customers across the UK under the TalkTalk, AOL Broadband and TalkTalk Business brands. Over the past five years, through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, TalkTalk has built one of UK’s largest broadband and voice customer bases.

Media Contacts: Wipro Technologies

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Dirk Lewis
Wipro Technologies
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Wipro Technologies
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UK:

Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
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rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

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This is yet another feather in the cap for Motif, which has previously been ranked among the Top 100 ITO and BPO companies in the world by NeoIT and Global Services for two years in a row, and among the Top 20 ‘Rising Stars’ in the Global Outsourcing 100 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). It has also been named by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as one of the top 5 emerging ICT Enterprise companies in Gujarat.
Commenting on the accolade, Kaushal Mehta, Founder and CEO of Motif, Inc. said, “This award is a testament to the dedication of Motif’s employees and their unflagging pursuit of excellence. We will continue to innovate, improve and strive to raise the bar for BPO service providers globally.”

About Motif

Motif India Infotech Pvt. Ltd (www.motifinc.com), based in Ahmedabad, India is a 100% subsidiary of Motif, Inc. – a leading global Business Process Outsourcing and Knowledge Process Outsourcing company with delivery centers in India, Philippines and Costa Rica. Headquartered in California, Motif provides Customer Support, Online Fraud Prevention, Social Media Research, Business Services and Analytics to Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in the e-Commerce, Retail, Travel, Telecom and Financial Services verticals. Motif services clients across Europe, the United States and Asia. Motif is an ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and PCI-DSS certified company.

For additional information, send an email to: media@motifinc.com

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• Suresh Vaswani to lead Dell Services Applications and Business Process Outsourcing(BPO) global organization as Executive Vice President
• To assume charge as Chairman of Dell India

PLANO, Texas and Bangalore, April 5, 2011: Dell Services announced today that Suresh Vaswani has been named Executive Vice President to lead its Applications and Business Process Outsourcing organization. He will report to Steve Schuckenbrock, President of Dell Services. Vaswani will also assume responsibility as Chairman, Dell India.

The Dell Services Applications and Business Process Outsourcing organization includes more than 15,000 team members globally. Vaswani’s focus will be to build next generation service offerings and grow Dell’s process capabilities on a global basis across multiple industry verticals, service offerings and market segments.

“I am delighted to have Suresh joining our strong team,” said Steve Schuckenbrock, president of Dell Services. “He is a great leader and brings incredible global experiences across the full spectrum of IT and business process services. His leadership and experiences will be very valuable for our customers as they streamline their applications and take advantage of the incredible benefits of the virtual era.”

India is strategic to Dell both as a market as well as for its service delivery capability. In his role as Chairman of Dell India, Vaswani will carry the responsibility of further enhancing Dell’s global delivery capabilities and expanding the company’s strong presence in the Indian IT market. Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, President of Dell India, will work closely with Suresh to continue to position Dell India for long term success and growth.

“We’re more excited than ever about the opportunities ahead of us in India, where Dell has experienced tremendous growth in recent years,” said Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer. “The addition of Suresh to our team will enable us to further accelerate Dell Services offerings while expanding the reach of our global delivery operations – all in service of our millions of customers worldwide.”

“I am very happy and excited to join Dell and help lead the company’s transformation as we expand our Services offerings,” Suresh Vaswani commented. “I look forward to taking the Application and BPO organization to the next level, driven by next generation technology and services. Dell has a great presence in India and I look to enhancing its tremendous Global delivery model to make Dell a leading technology solutions provider in India and reinforce its position as an employer of choice in the country.”

Suresh has had a very successful track record during his 25 years at Wipro. In his last position at Wipro, Vaswani was the co-CEO of Wipro’s IT business and an Executive Director on the board of Wipro Ltd.

About DELL
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Dell Services develops and delivers a comprehensive suite of services and solutions in applications, business process, consulting, infrastructure and support to help customers succeed. Learn more at www.dell.com.

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New Delhi, March 26 2011: Food Packaging major Tetrapak, Auto sector giants TVS Motor Company and Kirloskar Oil Engines; Textile leaders Welspun and Ginni Filaments; and IT majors Infosys and Cognizant were amongst 16 large and small Indian corporates that bagged the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards for 2011.

The awards were presented at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit, India’s first market development forum on Sustainability and Innovation held on March 24.

The Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards, organized by India Carbon Outlook, seek to recognize Indian companies who have embraced sustainability in their business operations and supply chain and have shown leadership by taking initiatives for making their products, processes and facilities sustainable.

The winners were arrived at after evaluating the second stage shortlist of 200 + companies from an initial outreach of around 4500 companies actively engaged in the respective sector value chains. The nominations from these leading companies were judged by industry veterans and experts from the respective sectors such as Lars Domer of H&M, the leading European retailer; Avi Sahi of Nike; Arvind Goel of Tata Auto Components; Neeraj Garg of Piramal Enterprises and Vinay Awasthi of HP.

“Innovations hold the key to our success to create a green and sustainable future. Parivartan 2011 has showcased and recognized industry innovations to accelerate the growth of innovation power in India”, said Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University and a member of the Awards jury, who chaired the technical session on innovations in automotive sector.

Echoing the sentiments, Dr. J.V. Rao, Director NITRA and another member of the Awards Jury stated “The award winners included a number of innovative approaches for catalyzing sustainability in the supply chain, and it is exciting to see such forward thinking leadership by firms.”

The Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Summit and Awards were supported by market leaders like SAP, cKinetics, GIZ, Shell Foundation, Intertek and CIIE- IIM Ahmedabad, amongst others; and were focused on sectors that are increasingly being driven to adopt sustainability measures in their extended supply chains.

“We are extremely delighted to receive the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award 2011. It is a matter of pride and priority for our company to strive for environmental sustainability and we are happy that our efforts are being recognized’’, said Jaideep Gokhale, Environment and Communications Director at Tetra Pak.

“We are very pleased to receive the Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award 2011. It is great to be recognized at such a platform where we have been able to showcase our solutions for catalyzing sustainability to such a large number of companies operating in this space” said V.K. Kripanand, Founder and Director-Solutions, See Beyond Technologies, a winner in the IT sector.

Earlier in the day, at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit, several of the awardees and other senior industry executives deliberated upon the sustainability imperatives facing their respective organizations as also ways in which these seemingly ‘painful’ and ‘cost inducing efforts’ can be successfully converted into newer business lines and revenue sources. The day’s proceedings included a showcase of sustainability initiatives by more than 30 companies in front of more than 200 top managers and industry experts representing various brands, suppliers and industrial customers from these sectors.

Parivartan Sustainability Summit and Awards 2011 has been organized by India Carbon Outlook. For additional details please visit www.parivartanfoum.in
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The winners of Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards 2011 across various categories are:

Energy Conservation Thought Leadership Awards
Kirloskar Oil Engines (Automotive)
Mc Donalds (Processed Food and Beverages)
Nitin Spinners & Welspun (Textile and Apparel)
Infosys (IT and IT enabled services)

Water Conservation Thought Leadership Awards
TVS Motors (Automotive)
TechKnow Consultants (Processed Food and Beverages)
Precot Meridian (Textile and Apparel)

Thought Leadership in Recycling and Reuse
Maharani Paints (Automotive)
Tetrapak and Daman Ganga Paper Mills (Processed Food and Beverages)
Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn (Textile and Apparel)

Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Sustainability through Waste Management
Ginni Filaments

Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Sustainability through Sustainable Material Usage
AnaNaFit

Exceptional Leadership in leveraging IT Products for Catalyzing Sustainability
See Beyond Technologies

Exceptional Leadership for leveraging Internal Measures in IT segment
Cognizant

Special Recognition Award
Exceptional Leadership in Catalyzing Consumer Adoption
KPIT Cummins

Special Recognition Award
Thought Leadership in Shaping Sustainable Ecosystems
Cotton Connect

Media contact
Roselin Dey
Parivartan2011@carbon-outlook.com
+91.11.4105.1195

Receives Awards for Best Referral Management Program

BANGALORE 16th February, – Global Talent Metrics, a leading provider of Hiring Technology and Assessment Tools, was awarded the distinguished ‘RASBIC – Awards’ for: ‘Best Referral Management Program’ at the World HRD Congress organized at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on Feb. 9, 2011.  GTM was recognized for its STAR™ Referral technology platform which enables companies automate their employees referral program from marketing screening hiring and communication across employee and referred candidates.

The RASBIC Award was received by Dr. Cabot Jaffee, Chairman and CEO Global Talent Metrics, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of industry leaders and HR professionals from over 60 countries.

“GTM is honored to be one of the few vendor companies to be awarded the RASBIC. It reflects our focus on bringing predictability and quality through innovation in hiring and recruitment practices and technology.  Our Referral tool has a proven record of reducing hiring costs and increasing employee loyalty.

This is our second RASBIC award in just the last 4 years of our presence in India and we are confident of many more accolades as corporate India adopts some of our innovative technology and tools” says Dr. Cabot Jaffee

About RASBIC Awards: RASBIC Awards recognize innovation and best practices in the hiring and recruitment-scape. This is the sixth year of the RASBIC Awards.

About STAR™ Referral: STAR™ Referral is an easy to use and easy to implement end to end employee referral management tool designed to help organizations automate their internal job referral program and leverage the power of marketing science and hiring technology.

STAR™ Referral is used by India’s largest BPO which employs over 35,000 employees. Over the last year it has increased referral hiring and contributed to 21% of the company’s overall hiring numbers and also reduced cost per hire by INR 3000 – 5000 within 12 months (2009-2010) of adopting STAR™ Referral.

About Global Talent Metrics: Global Talent Metrics (GTM) is a human resource information services company, dedicated to helping organizations and individuals make better hiring and selection decisions with greater confidence and control through process and technology innovation.

Global Talent Metrics product line - STAR™ is based on 30 years of scientific heritage. We believe hiring is not perfect, but it is a science and we can help employers significantly reduce the cost of wrong hires, promotions and selections. All our tools and data are validated and normalized for the Indian market.

Global Talent Metrics provides innovative hiring and recruitment solutions to some of the leading companies in the BPO, BFSI and IT Sectors.

For more information, visit www.stargtm.com.

“It has always been our primary objective to ensure that our customers experience the highest level of service and support and it is indeed a great honor to be recognized by Cisco with their highest customer satisfaction distinction award,” said Jaideep Chakrabarti, Director, Future Netwings Solutions.

“Customer service is a cornerstone of the Cisco Resale Channel Program.  We are pleased to recognize and congratulate Future Netwings Solutions for achieving outstanding customer satisfaction,” said Edison Peres, senior vice president of worldwide channels at Cisco.

Cisco measures the customer satisfaction levels achieved by its Gold, Silver, and Premier Certified partners based on regional target goals, providing a weighted average of a partner’s pre- and post-sales support over a rolling 12-month period. Partners that achieve outstanding customer satisfaction are awarded the Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star and can be found using the advanced search menu in the Cisco Partner Locator <http://www.cisco.com/web/go/partnerlocator>.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides a framework for partners to build the sales, technical, and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills required to deliver Cisco solutions to end customers. Through the program’s specializations and certifications, Cisco recognizes a partner’s expertise in deploying solutions based on Cisco advanced technologies and services. Using a third-party audit process, the program validates partner qualifications such as technology skills, business best practices, customer satisfaction, and presales and postsales support capabilities – critical factors in choosing a trusted partner.

Find More Information Online:

Cisco Certified Partners

Customer Satisfaction

About Future Netwings Solutions

Future Netwings Solutions, an ISO 9001:2008 company, provides end to end Information Technology solutions and support. Managed IT Services, IT Security, Remote Tech Support, Green IT solutions are some of the company’s specialized areas of operations. The company has over a decade of experience in providing IT solutions & support to some of India’s leading corporates. The company also advises organizations on energy conservation practices. Future Netwings is headquartered in Kolkata and has footprints across India and in Bangladesh and Bhutan.

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Future Netwings Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
+919831046826
kunal.d@futurenetwings.com

New Delhi, January 6; India Carbon Outlook, India’s only market access and collaboration platform focused on sustainability and low carbon development, today announced the launch of the Parivartan Awards for Sustainability and Innovation.

Parivartan 2011 Awards for Sustainability and Innovation recognize and showcase such companies that have used innovation for making their products, processes, facilities and operations sustainable. The 2011 Awards are focused on sectors that are increasingly being driven to become more sustainable, namely: Processed Food and Beverages, Textile and Apparel, Automotive, as well as, IT and IT Enabled Services.

The deadline for submission is January 31^st 2011 and the nomination form can be accessed at: http://www.parivartanforum.in/files/award_nomination.pdf.

Sustainability is emerging as the next megatrend for businesses

Businesses sourcing from India Inc. are demanding sustainability in their products and services. Price and quality are no longer sufficient. Sustainability is the new competitive edge. The 4 verticals covered by the Parivartan 2011 Awards will spend `300-500 crores per annum on sustainability related measurement and reporting alone: driven by customer pull and compliance needs.

Parivartan Awards will create visibility for thought leaders

Parivartan Awards will raise awareness on organizations, and their supply chains, that are leading the charge on sustainability. Through Parivartan 2011 Awards, companies will have an opportunity to showcase unique innovations in products and services in front of business clients; as well as build market share and generate ROIs for investments made in making business operations sustainable.

The Parivartan Awards will be announced at Parivartan 2011 (www.ParivartanForum.in), India’s only forum to focus exclusively on driving adoption for sustainability initiatives in businesses by promoting the business case with decision makers: both on the production side as well as on the consumption front. It is the forum of choice to promote sustainably driven market development and innovation.

Who can apply?

Award nominations are invited from the organizations with sustainability innovations in products, processes and operations in the following sectors

» Textile and Apparel

» Processed Food and Beverage

» Automotive

» IT and IT Enabled Services

Award categories

I. Sustainability Award for Product Innovation

A. Sustainable Material Usage

B. Sustainable Packaging and Logistics Innovation

C. Easy Recycling and Reuse

II. Sustainability Award for Process Innovation

A. Process Improvement leveraging Energy Efficiency

B. Process Improvement leading to Water Conservation

C. Process Improvement for Waste Management

III. Sustainability Award for Facilities Design

IV. Sustainable Business Operations Award for IT and IT Enabled Services

A. Facilities Energy Optimization and GHG Management

B. Business Travel and Communication

Coordinator: India Carbon Outlook

Parivartan Awards and Forum are being coordinated by India Carbon Outlook.

India Carbon Outlook is an independent information marketplace. It employs online communications, offline publications and regular fora exchanges to make information available to the various stakeholders and to encourage cross-discipline collaboration.

India Carbon Outlook provides (a) in-depth business and policy analyses, (b) updates on the market participants and latest trends on sustainability initiatives, and (c) expert inputs on the GHG emission reduction and other abatement as well as adaptation measures being undertaken in India.

Media Contact:

For any inquiries, please write to Roselin Dey

Parivartan2011@carbon-outlook.com

+91.11.4105 1195

http://www.parivartanforum.in/files/award_nomination.pdf

The explosion in the holy town of Varanasi (between Shitla and Dashashwamedh Ghat on the bank of the river Ganges) on the evening of 07 December (killing a child and leaving at least 25, including some foreign tourists, injured) is another grim reminder that anti-India forces are working overtime to disrupt communal harmony and create widespread trouble. The blast, a handiwork of terrorists, took place when thousands of devotees and the foreign tourists had assembled at the ghat (bathing area on holy river bank) for having darshan of the Ganga Arti (a daily lamp ritual). Ammonium nitrate and timer was used (set at the time at which maximum crowds assemble at the ghats). Another IED, which was timed to be set off five minutes after the first one to cause casualties on fleeing public, was later recovered and diffused. Two other bombs have been recovered from nearby areas.
Terrorist group Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the blast saying that it is a response to Ayodhya attacks. In an email sent from Malad, Mumbai, they said, “let us feel the pain”.

Some people have been injured due to the blast and some others due to the consequent stampede which occurred due to the collapse of the railing.
The attack was rich in symbolism. Varanasi is the most visited pilgrimage city in India. It is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya where Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992 is in the same state). Tuesday is the holy day with maximum crowds (including foreigners). It was the first Tuesday after 06 December. It may be recalled that in March 2006, over 20 people were killed and 60 injured in three explosions in Varanasi.

A high alert has been sounded across the state of UP and in major cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad etc.

What should corporations be telling their employees?

Terrorism and crime is becoming a reality of the times we live in. Post the incident a high alert has been issued across India. Corporations should warn their employees to be more vigilant, be aware of suspicious activities and suspect packages and report them.

• Avoid unnecessary travel. If still travelling be sure to take “in country briefing” and strictly follow “do’s and don’ts.”

• Don’t congregate in public areas. Always be aware of your surroundings. Only travel in appropriate transport and not on your own.

• Avoid passing through known pockets of influence of pro-Hindu groups (like Dadar in Mumbai) or minority ghettos (like Mahim etc. in Mumbai).

• Be extra vigilant; look for signs of trouble; err on the side of caution (in India situation can deteriorate rapidly and spin out of control).

• Avoid public places frequented by and popular with foreign nationals. Exercise high degree of caution especially at tourist sites and government installations. If in shops, sit away from shop windows and always be aware of exit routes.

• Always have a means of communication with you at all time, and make other aware of your whereabouts if travelling outside of you hotel etc.

• BCM and emergency response machinery should be extra prepared to pre-empt and respond adequately to events/incidents/emergencies/developments/intelligence.

•Try to be in areas where there is a security presence.

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Manila/Mumbai, December 2, 2010: Tata Consultancy Services, (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), the leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, announced the launch of its new business process outsourcing (BPO) center in the Philippines today. This is TCS’ first BPO center in Southeast Asia and the latest addition to the company’s Global Network Delivery Model™ (GNDM™).

The new center, located at Manila, will give TCS a presence in the Philippines, capitalizing on the large pool of skilled BPO talent available in the country. The Philippines is the world’s second-largest BPO destination outside India and the BPO sector is a US $9 billion industry employing 450,000 people in the country.

“Our new BPO center in the Philippines strengthens our Global Network Delivery Model™ and allows us to enhance our delivery capability to our clients across Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. We’re very excited about the talent pool available in the Philippines for our new BPO center and look forward to leveraging our best practices and technology excellence from around the world to further develop talent in this region,” said Vish Iyer, Head, Asia Pacific, TCS.

“TCS has the best-in-class HR practices, and we are replicating these best practices in the Philippines. Through this, we will aim to maintain a high level of engagement with our employees, which in turn will increase the certainty of business outcomes for our partners and clients,” added Vish Iyer.

TCS BPO Services’ continued commitment to employee development and best practices in HR have recently earned it six awards at Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010 in Singapore. TCS BPO Services won the following awards:

Award for Talent Management
Award for Excellence in HR through Technology
Award for Continuous Innovation in HR Strategy at Work
Award for Innovation in Recruitment
Award for Innovative Retention Strategy
Award for Excellence in Training
TCS’ Business Process Services (BPS) offerings include managing operations and business functions for all global customers. TCS’ deep domain expertise helps deliver core business processing services across industries, including analytics and insights and support processes such as accounting, HR and supply chain management. TCS is unique in its ability to deliver customer value beyond the Selling, General and Administrative Expense (SG&A) processes and help customers not only reduce their cost of revenue (COGS) but also identify new revenue streams.

TCS partners with customers to accelerate co-transformation and generate business value through delivery excellence, risk management and innovative models such as Platform BPO, which delivers process as a service.

TCS’ BPS revenues were 11.5% of its total revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 174,000 of the world’s best-trained IT consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $6.3 billion for fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

TCS Media Contacts:

APAC/Australia
Email: vishwendra.v@tcs.com
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November-February is usually the peak business season in India with festivals, increased sales of houses, cars and ornaments and CXOs/ Chairpersons of global MNCs flocking to Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore. The period also witnesses an intensification of terrorist activity and heightened threat levels. Terror attacks of 26/11/2008 were carefully timed to achieve strategic impact and to generate media attention. The Babri demolition anniversary falls on December 6 (on this day in 1992, Hindu fundamentalists had destroyed Babri Mosque in Ayodhya); this is seen as another communally sensitive day. The apprehensions of a communal situation are slightly more this year as this the first anniversary after the Allahabad High Court pronounced its verdict in the Ayodhya imbroglio.

The centre has issued a security advisory to the states and Union territories. The agencies feel that a terror attack timed around the anniversary of either 26/11 or Babri demolition could generate wide publicity, apart from sending out a clear message that the terror machinery is still alive and kicking. The Centre has called for heightened vigil and to beef up security at all vital installations (especially those located near the coast and crowded places).Though no specific intercepts have been reported to be received indicating terrorists’ plans to launch fresh terror strike, the Centre is not taking any chances.

Recently two major events, the Commonwealth Games and visit of the US President were held amidst unprecedented security and passed off without any terrorist incident. While India has been witnessing continued left-wing extremist violence in the hinterland (over 800 people have lost their lives this year), no major terrorist strikes post 26/11/2008 and Pune Bakery have taken place. Many more people die in fires, building collapses, road and rail accidents and diseases, which are not widely reported.

Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore have been identified as the most vulnerable cities. The home ministry has asked the states/UTs to deploy additional forces in markets, religious and other public places for tighter surveillance. Terrorists had struck on November 26, 2008, at multiple targets in south Mumbai, including the landmark Taj and Trident hotels, Nariman House, Leopold cafe and CST railway terminus, . killing166 people in the three-day-long mayhem.

Corporations operating in India should caution their employees to be more vigilant and aware of their surroundings.

During 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Americans, Israelis and other foreigners were targeted by the terrorists. Expatriate employees should be reminded that hotels, markets, and other public places are especially attractive targets for terrorist groups. They should be urged to practice good security, maintain a heightened situational awareness and a low profile. Foreigners / visitors should monitor local news reports and consider the level of security present when visiting public places, including religious sites, or choosing hotels, restaurants, entertainment and recreation venues

Few points which merit attention are as under:

•Foreign nationals should have good in-country briefing before you travel around. Be aware of surroundings and observe security precautions as advised during travel to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other major Indian cities (particularly foreign nationals). Try not to ID yourself by wearing your country colours in public.

•Avoid passing through communally sensitive areas and crowded places.

•Be extra vigilant; look for signs of trouble; err on the side of caution (in India situation can deteriorate very quickly). Be aware of suspect packages or suspicious activities and report them

•Avoid public places frequented by and popular with foreign nationals. Exercise high degree of caution especially at tourist sites and government installations. Try to sit away from shop window and always know the exit routes.

•Always have a means of communication with you and make others know about your whereabouts when you are outside the hotel.

•Health precautions against H1N1 and mosquito induced diseases is a must; ensure food and water hygiene.

•In North India (New Delhi), winter fog/smog can be very dense restricting visibility to few metres; this can disrupt schedule of flights and trains, and cause disruptions in road travel. Avoid night travel.

•BCM and emergency response machinery should be extra prepared to pre-empt and respond adequately to events/incidents/emergencies/developments/intelligence.

Mumbai, November, 22 2010: MAIA Intelligence, a leading provider of powerful, intuitive and robust Business Intelligence (BI) software products for ad-hoc reporting, complex analysis that meet the dynamic MIS needs of corporate business users, today announced Prism Informatics Ltd. being signed as its consulting partner for delivery, training and support of 1KEY BI.

Prism Informatics provides software application development and strategic IT business consulting services to leading enterprise organizations, Implementation and support of third Party Enterprise-wide products including SAP, and is rapidly growing company across the globe with large range of products and geographically well spread.

1KEY BI is a comprehensive Business Intelligence application catering to Strategic, Tactical & Operational data analysis & MIS reporting needs of multiple vertical industries. Under the new agreement, Prism plans to train and certify its consultants on the 1KEY BI in the coming months. The agreement will enable Prism Informatics to use 1KEY BI for development and demonstration purposes, and to promote 1KEY-based solutions to its enterprise customers globally.

‘We are excited to partner with MAIA which is the only Indian BI product company, which has been written about in Gartner Research Reports multiple times, is among the Red Herring’s 100 Global companies and its innovative products are being awarded by Microsoft and NASSCOM for innovation,’ said Alok Pathak, Managing Director, Prism Informatics Limited. ‘Our enterprise customers can now take full advantage of the comprehensive BI suite from MAIA Intelligence while spending less time and money to achieve higher performance. This partnership shall play a vital role in expanding our proven collection of solutions in the market.’

1KEY BI reporting and analytics solutions are well-suited for the enterprise customers of Prism, and shall gain greater business insights from their large volumes of data for hundreds of IT & business users.

‘We are delighted to welcome Prism to our Global Partnership Program and believe this partnership will present us exciting long-term opportunities,’ said Sanjay Mehta, MAIA Intelligence’s CEO. ‘We understand that successful BI project depends on the powerful best-of-breed technology with strategic advice and expertise. Prism has established its expertise in enterprise IT services, and we look forward to work with them to deliver value to its customers with 1KEY BI products and solutions.’

To succeed as an enterprise BI reporting standard, a solution must
• Accommodate thousands of users with ease of affordability without prohibitive software license costs
• Provide flexible reporting that improves decision-making by a wide range of users
• Access any enterprise data source

MAIA Intelligence 1KEY BI has all of the above 3 major points which establishes an enterprise class business intelligence (BI) reporting solutions company and Prism Informatics plans to develop a COE – Center of Excellence around 1KEY BI platform.

The Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (BI&DW) practice of Prism Informatics is one of the leading global providers of end-to end Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Business Analytics solutions. Prism Informatics now offers the entire business intelligence and data warehousing (BI and DW) Solution footprint covering Innovation, Integration, Intelligence, and Insight using MAIA Intelligence 1KEY BI Framework.

About MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in 2006, MAIA Intelligence is a young, innovative company in powerful business intelligence reporting and analysis software product space. The company with its mission to democratize BI and take it from few expert users to the operational managers, frontline executives to back office team is on its way to become the company with the largest BI user base within India. MAIA is Microsoft Gold Certified partner and has been selected as one of the NASSCOM Top 100 IT INNOVATORS in 2007. MAIA’s 1KEY BI software has been tested and certified by Microsoft for ISV/software solutions. MAIA Intelligence is Microsoft’s 1st Indian ISV partner having its product 1KEY BI compatible with Windows 7. Microsoft on its website published case study on MAIA Intelligence and 1KEY products. . MAIA also won the Microsoft’s ISV Innovation Award in 2010. The company was also a finalist at the CXO Awards 2010 for India’s Business IT Innovation of the year.

MAIA recognized among Red Herring Finalist 100 for Asia in 2008 and was also named as India’s Most Trusted IT Vendor by a CIO survey by The CTO Forum. MAIA has been one of the first few companies to be listed in the Microsoft start-up Accelerator program. MAIA’s 1KEY Agile BI Suite has been featured in Microsoft Solution Directory 2008. Readers of IT magazine voted MAIA as the 3rd Most Successful Startup Company in 2008 that will rock 2009. The product was also one of the only Indian BI to be recognized by NICSI (National Informatics Centre) and empanelled in BI Tender alongside MNC products. MAIA has been written in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for ICT in India, 2008, BI Market Trends for 2008-09 APAC and 2010 APAC Emerging Technology for Business Leaders Reports. MAIA has also been recognized among the Red Herring Winners in Asia and Finalist among the Global companies in 2009.

MAIA corporate blog on Business Intelligence http://blog.maia-intelligence.com

Visit www.maia-intelligence.com for more information.

About Prism Informatics Ltd.

Prism Informatics Ltd. is a Software Development and IT Business consulting services provider headquartered in Mumbai, India. Prism is growing at a phenomenal pace by acquiring leading companies in competing and adjacent spaces and keeping a 360 degree presence. This helps in reducing gestation period to enter the new business as well as helps Prism to scale the business quickly and achieve economies of scale. With a vision to be a global world-class organization that provides best-of-breed localized business and technology solutions, with continuous innovation and quality, backed by best-in-class people, Prism is creating a niche amongst the global IT service providers with a strong culture and management. Prism has developed a strong client centric approach, nurturing customers as partners and meeting and exceeding the customer’s expectations. It continues to deliver the same value to customers and stakeholders and is growing it’s relations organically. Prism Informatics is a Bombay Stock Exchange listed, publicly traded company. Prism is now present in a number of countries including Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the USA. It has recently completed acquisition of a majority stake in IMT, the software arm of the Al-Suwaidi group, one of Saudi Arabia’s respected industrial groups. This has enabled Prism to establish a significant base in the Middle East.

Visit www.prisminfoglobal.com for more information.

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San Mateo, CA – Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Asia, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Asia to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Vanuston Intelligence embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Vanuston Intelligence should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in Asia.

eClerx Services Ltd Results: eClerx Services Ltd. to announceQ2, 2011 results on 21st October, 2010; Earnings Call to be conducted on thesame day

Mumbai, October 18th, 2010: eClerx Services Ltd. (eClerx or Company), (BSE: 532927), (NSE: ECLERX), India’s first publicly-listed KPO and a Forbes “200 Best Under a Billion” company, will announce its second quarter 2011 results on Thursday, October 21st, 2010. The earnings call for the results would be held on the same day, and the earnings details will also be available on the company’s website, www.eclerx.com

Earnings Call

(5:30 PM – 6:30 PM IST)

The Company will conduct an hour long conference call on 21^st October at 5:30 PM IST, where the top management of the Company will discuss the results and answer questions from participants.

Participants are requested to log in 10 minutes prior to the start of the scheduled call.

About eClerx Services Ltd:

We provide data analytics and customized process solutions to global enterprise clients from our offshore delivery centers in India. Our portfolio of services comprises data analytics, operations management, data audits, metrics management and reporting services. We provide service solutions using a mix of custom designed data processes, delivery teams comprising generalists and domain specialists, and in-house software to automate processes. We currently offer our services to clients in the financial services, retail and manufacturing industries. Some of our largest clients in terms of revenue to contribution include leading global corporations with whom we have multi-year partnerships.

(* as on 30 September 2010)

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SKG Technologies Introduces Low Cost SEO Packages to Help Small Business Owners

Haryana, India, September 3, 2010: Without an online presence no business can be a successful one. Ventures without proper ranking and search engine presence are now doomed to failure without realizing that a small investment with a cheap website and some simple SEO services the same business could be so different! SKG Technologies, which is a business outsourcing company from India with many years of online business promoting experiences, introduces an easy way for small business owners to stop doing the same mistakes again. Mostly when thinking about hiring a service provider the first hurdle for a small business owner is the high cost to get them done. This is where the services from SKG technologies become important.

While running any kind of businesses whether it’s online or offline the budget for marketing the services or products to the mass is the critical thing. Also to get sales and business marketing and promoting are very necessary things. To bring some good quality seo services with low cost is always difficult. Either the services may not deliver the expected quality or it fails to bring results. Proper seo services are the basic thing when starting a small business. It makes the website or the service popular on the search engines and from where more than eighty percentages of the business or sales happens. SKG technologies have announced a very effective yet low cost seo service solution to get the optimization done without breaking the bank.

Though the company offers different types of website promotion services, there are three particular low cost seo packages to choose from for small businesses. Also the company never locks their clients into yearly contracts. If a customer feels unhappy with their services they are completely free to stop hiring the services and get their word redone delivering the exact results they have agreed while starting the campaign. There is all day customer service section available on their corporate website to handle client requests and campaign updates related to search engine optimization. For complete details about the low cost seo services and to review the details of the previous achievements refer the company website.

About SKG Technologies

SKG Technologies – which is popular for delivering Virtual Assistants, Data Entry Services, Book keeping & Outsourcing was created in response to a global demand for efficient support staff in a world dominated by online business. Small business individuals and big companies depend on the internet to develop their business to the next level. The search engine optimization services provided by SKG are designed to make things easier by helping in a technical way. Sachin Gupta, founder and CEO of SKG Technologies, brings a background of manufacturing management, human resources, administration, IT, marketing and public relations to the company which works on a strong belief that quality customer service is the most necessary ingredient to business success.

SKG Technologies
10 Red Sq. Market,
Hisar,
Haryana
India
Zip: 125001
Telephone: 91-1662-228493
Email: info@skgtechnologies.com

New Delhi, September 1 , 2010: NASSCOM Foundation, the leading Indian development organization that works towards galvanizing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) space in the IT industry in India; and the social development arm of NASSCOM, announces Genpact NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours - 2011 (GNSIH 2011), its annual Honours with Genpact as its Title Sponsor.

Now in its 3rd edition, NASSCOM Foundation (NF) pioneered the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours in 2008, to recognize innovation in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for social development. The annual Honours aim to showcase projects that demonstrate best practices through exemplary use of ICT in areas of social transformation. It aims to identify projects where innovation could be in the form of a process or an application or product. In looking at the process, NF aims to understand systems based on transfer and sharing of knowledge across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. For NF, a social innovation can be a product, process, or technology as also a principle, an idea, an intervention, or some combination of these using ICT.

The winners will receive their Honours at NASSCOM’s biggest event – NASSCOM India Leadership Forum to be held in Mumbai in early 2011. The deadline for submitting entries is October 1, 2010.

The last two years have been an exciting experience both for NASSCOM Foundation and the recipients’ of these Honours. The Honours have received much appreciation and media coverage with one of the highlights being Shri Ashok Chavan, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, honouring the Awardees at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010.

“The power of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been discussed widely by media, academics and practitioners alike. NASSCOM Foundation instituted the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours (NSIH) in 2008 with the objective of nurturing and showcasing innovation in the use of technology that brings about positive and sustainable social change. We are expecting an even higher number of entries this year”, said Jerry Rao, Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation while talking about the Honours.

Pramod Bhasin, President & CEO, Genpact said, “NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours (NSIH) is a unique platform that aims to foster innovation in social development within organizations and individuals. The objective of our collaboration with NSIH is to act as a catalyst to drive growth and prosperity in the not so privileged sections of society. Through our association with NSIH, we aim to highlight the significant changes that technological innovations can bring about in improving the social landscape.”

CALL FOR ENTRIES:

Genpact NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours 2011, a NASSCOM Foundation initiative, is now open for entries for NGOs, NPOs, Corporate, Students, Government/PSUs, Individuals /Groups, across the following seven categories:

·          ICT led Innovation by Non – Profit Organisation
·          ICT led Innovation as a Business Model
·          ICT led Innovation through Corporate Social Responsibility
·          ICT led Innovation by Government Department/Body
·          Multi Stakeholder Partnership
·          ICT led Innovation by Individual/Group
·          ICT led Innovative Student Concept

This year, the GNSIH categories have been expanded to include ICT innovations by Students and Individuals/Groups. By broadening the scope, NF intends to encourage technology efforts through which social change can be accelerated and scaled up nationally.

BENEFITS:
Potential applicants should note that the GNSIH winners get national and international recognition for their innovative projects. Past winners have been able to draw attention to their organizations and generated much awareness in the media as is evident from their testimonials below. In addition, the GNSIH is a unique platform to share best practices with the relevant stakeholders such as industry, government and civil society bodies.
Amongst our partners Ernst & Young continues to be this year’s Process Partner as well. CNBC TV-18, as Media Partner will not only reach out to a larger and wider audience, but also highlight the urgency and need of creating sustainable businesses, programs and projects for social change in India. The Indian Angel Network (IAN) has joined the GNSIH initiative as Knowledge Partner this year and will be mentoring winners in the Student and Individual/Group categories.

HOW TO APPLY:
The application form can be either downloaded or filled online on our website www.nasscomfoundation.org.

LAST DATE to receive the filled application form is OCTOBER 01, 2010

JURY:
The grand jury this year comprises of stalwarts namely:
·         Narayana Murthy, Founder-Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited
·         Jaithirth Rao, Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation
·         Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM
·         Rama Bijapurkar, Independent Market Strategy Consultant
·         T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director, Business Standard Ltd.

PAST WINNERS OF NSIH (not an exhaustive list)
Business and CSR category: Geodesic, TCS, Educomp, Iris Business Services, Multi Commodity Exchange of India, Steria & ITC.
NGOs: Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI).
Government organizations:District Administration, Kolhapur, District Health Society, Baghpat and JP Nagar – U.P, Information and Public Relations Department, Orissa and Jhansi Jan Suvidha Kendra, Jhansi, UP.

The winning projects ranged from Swanchetan Society for Mental Health a 24-hour counseling service run by psychologists that reaches out to victims and their families to provide support in the worst hours of their lives to GeoAmida, the Perfect Last Mile that enables service providers to biometrically identify customers, deliver multiple services remotely and securely, and functions most reliably in every nook and corner of the world. The multilingual, graphical interface (display, print and speak) is designed to address low IT literacy of users and fundamentally improve ease of use.

Another winning project included IRIS which succeeded in generating interest and debate amongst students by creating a mock Internet based voting mechanism through which children in schools of Navi Mumbai who could vote for candidates of their choice.

For complete list and details on past winners, please visit: www.nasscomfoundation.org

WINNERS SPEAK:

“For SMSONE, as a Start-up, NSIH proved to be a stepping stone into the world of ICT for Development. With NSIH endorsement on your visiting card or profile, no one, whether Indian or Global, suspects your innovation’s trustworthiness, reliability or social relevance. NSIH means the last word in the country. From ‘a mere start-up in Pune’ to ‘Forbes – Hot 5 Start-ups in India’ All thanks to NSIH!” Ravi Ghate, Social Entrepreneur & Director, SMSONE, Pune

“The detailed evaluation done by NASSCOM Foundation while selecting us for the Social Innovation Honors 2010 helped us relook at our work more objectively and made us realize that the systems and processes followed by us to leverage information technology in education for sustainable social development could become industry’s best practice and help in furthering developmental work in this sector” Soumya Kanti, President, Educomp Solutions Limited

“The NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours 2010 gave us industry recognition nationally as well as internationally. Impact of our work in social development is widely known and acknowledged. However, recognition by an industry association helped us get more acknowledgement as a serious player within the information technology world as well. We entered into an African partnership after the local partner in the country came to know about us through the award information.” Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, Chief Executive Officer, ekgaon technologies

“By recognizing this very innovative project in the field of Public Grievance Redressal, NASSCOM Foundation has strengthened our commitment for bringing-in Good-Governance (with Efficiency, Transparency & Accountability as Base) for the Common man. It has given us a very strong public appearance and much required recognition for making the system better and to reach out to more and more people. Jhansi Jan Suvidha Kendra (JJSK) which was started as a small local initiative of Jhansi district on 10th June 2009 is now being replicated in all 71 Districts of Uttar Pradesh by the State Government. All thanks to NASSCOM Foundation.” Raj Shekhar, DM, Jhansi

“Winning Nasscom Social Innovation Honours 2010 from NASSCOM Foundation, a premier IT trade body, has increased visibility for Mkrishi. This has lent greater credence to TCS’s innovative concept that hopes to effect social change through a mobile advisory platform.” K. Ananth Krishnan, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

“The Nasscom Social innovation Honours is a very important award for Steria. NSIH has considerably enhanced our image with, most importantly with our clients and helped reinforce our basic and vital business tenet of being a socially responsible corporate citizen. Internally too it has had a very positive impact, inspiring more and more of our younger colleagues to join the CSR volunteer force.” Gayathri Mohan, Vice President – CSR India, Steria

For more information on GNSIH, please contact:
Rajesh Laikh, Vice President at M: +91 9810001974, T: 011 40755731, Email: rajesh@nasscomfoundation.org
Gouri Raverkar, Senior Manager at M: +91 9324902310, T: 022 25190072/73, Email: gouri@nasscomfoundation.org
Or write to nsih@nasscomfoundation.org

About NASSCOM Foundation
NASSCOM Foundation (NF) aims to channelize the potential of the IT-BPO industry towards inclusive development of India. It is the social development arm of NASSCOM, the internationally recognized trade body of the Indian IT-BPO industry. NF was established to transform the lives of the underserved by leveraging the resources of the IT-BPO industry. NASSCOM Foundation is a charity registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 and under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act.

31st August 2010, New Delhi, /IndiaPRLine/Releasing a study done by CII & Yes Bank on “The Indian Processed Food Industry: A Diagnostic Review of Opportunities and Challenges” Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Hon’ble Minister for Food Processing Industries, said that “The food processing sector has the potential to become the outsourcing hub for the world and India will be feeding the world in years to come. He also stressed that the Ministry of Food processing is highly committed to the sector and has announced various incentives and schemes to support new ventures. He stated that the sector is muscular dwarf, which the capacity and capability to do for rural India what IT has done for the urban India. Minister stated this at the 2nd Processed Food – Advantage India ’10, organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The knowledge report analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the processed food value chain, highlighting the blooming opportunities that are unfolding across various sub-segments in the processed food industry, and identifies the investment space that India offers to entrepreneurs looking to leverage on the food processing opportunity. The report was released on the sidelines of the 2nd Processed Food Advantage India 2010.

Stressing on the bridging the gaps in the Food Processing Sector Mr. SK Bansal, CEO, Mother Dairy F&V P. Ltd, stated that “India has an estimated Us $ 5 billion per annum as the supply capacity for the value added products and processed food to harness the potential the sector has to gear up to align with the real time global demand pull, which is increasing international taste for Indian foods, India’s enormous capability to match the demand and acceptance of Indian cuisine all over the World”.

Other speakers at the Meet were Mr. Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, Processed Food Advantage India 2010, and CMD Rasna International ltd, Mr. Salil Singhal, Chairman and MD PI Industries Ltd, Mr. Murat Bayizit, MD & CEO, Kaledonya Dis Ticaret Ltd, and Mr Herman C Claassens, Chairman, Auatralian Culinary Foods P. Ltd.

Mr. Khambatta in his presentation appreciated government’s early steps which have facilitated the growth of the Food Processing industry, ensuring the greater profitability down the entire food value chain. He also said that this is the right time for Indian producers to venture international.

The objective of the Processed Foods Outsourcing buyers – sellers meet, organized by CII was to explore and harness the untapped potential of the processed food segment in the overseas market. The two-day international Summit assumes greater significance due to the fact that for the first time over 50 global buyers had come from all across the World to explore India as an expanding global trade in outsourcing the processed food.

The Meet was attended by more than 50 International Companies engaged in food processing, retailing etc and around 80 Indian Companies. Over 2500 Business to Business Meetings were held and a number of business deals and Joint Ventures were proposed during the meetings.

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