I was reading about the large turn out at this year’s Nasscom conference last February in India, some 1600 delegates from across the world, and couldn’t help wondering how many flights were taken to the event and how much carbon was created as a result.
My inbox is evidence enough for me to understand that to [...]

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 [...]

If you work for Steria then you don’t need any introduction to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) ethic that pervades the organisation. If you don’t work at Steria, then this short video featuring the India head of CSR, Gayathri Mohan, will explain all.
Today, at the NASSCOM conference in Mumbai, Steria was awarded the NASSCOM Social [...]

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 [...]