This year’s NASSCOM was noticeably more exciting than previous years - there was without a doubt, a much bigger buzz, taking us away from the heady double digit growth days to a more reflective, but nonetheless optimistic view of business models of the future.
This year focused more on re-defining the industry, looking at non-linear growth [...]

I spoke with Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar during the NASSCOM conference recently in Mumbai. It was a fascinating exploration of how one Indian tech firm is recovering from the global economic slowdown. He even claimed it’s been a positive learning experience for his company. Ganesh is the immediate past chairman of NASSCOM, so as [...]

In an early session we heard McKinsey outline their view of long-term mega-trends.  These ranged from the impact of differing world demographics and economies that point towards eventual convergence between the GDPs of Asia and Europe in some 15 years time; the concomitant pressure on commodities and natural resources especially water as consumption rapidly grows; [...]

Isaac George, offshore director of Steria, spend his time at the NASSCOM conference in Mumbai jetting between sessions and gathering information from some of the finest minds in the world. In this podcast he recounts some of the most interesting sessions and his overall views on what he learned from the three days of the event [...]

Dr Mukesh Aghi, CEO of Steria in India, knows the market for IT services in India is growing fast. In the past year, spending on IT services in India has grown by over 16% and the government has announced plans to spend over $600bn on technology projects. That’s an immense opportunity.
And it’s no surprise. Even [...]

One of the things I noticed about India a long time ago was this fanatic love of classic hard rock. I know Indian men with an undying love for Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd and I know that every time I walk past the Underground pub in Bangalore, there will be .Net developers standing on [...]

Remember this blog and the reports coming from NASSCOM in Mumbai last year?
Europe was still languishing in a recssion. Mumbai itself had been attacked by terrorists just a few months before the conference. The Satyam accounting scandal was in full flow. There were a lot of hangdog expressions at the conference.
But run forward a year [...]

On Tuesday to Thursday this week the NASSCOM annual conference takes place in Mumbai, India. With over 20 countries being represented at the event, it’s now one of the largest and most important technology and hi-tech service events in the world. And Steria is there as one of the platinum supporters of the event.
If you [...]

It’s the eve of the NASSCOM International Leadership Forum in India. Over the next few days, this blog will be packed full of new content about what is going on in the world of global services - all based on the experiences of the Steria team in Mumbai.
We all hope to have some fun and [...]

Two days to go before the start of NASSCOM’s India Leadership Forum and I have arrived in Mumbai to put the finishing touches to Steria’s participation in this year’s event.
As one of the top level sponsors, we have planned a variety of activities to achieve high visibility for the Steria brand throughout the event.  The [...]