R. Chandrasekaran takes over as Chairman of NASSCOM for 2014-15

NASSCOM announced that the Executive Council has appointed Mr. R Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice Chairman of Cognizant India, as the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2014-15. Mr. R Chandrasekaran has been a member of NASSCOM's Executive Council and will take
on the new role from April 09th, 2014. He succeeds Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and MD of Mindtree Ltd., who served as Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2013-14. The Executive Council also
announced the appointment of Mr. BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Infotech Enterprises as the Vice Chairman of NASSCOM for 2013-14.

Chairman Mr. R. Chandrasekaran along with Vice-Chairman Mr. BVR Mohan Reddy and President, Mr. R Chandrashekhar will lead NASSCOM to carry out its diverse array of priorities to enable NASSCOM in achieving the 2020 vision for the industry:

1. Enable radical transformation of key sectors in India through use of ICT to reduce costs, increase access, enhance efficiency and enable innovation in the sector
2. Going forward the industry will Collaborate, Connect, Co-Create - specifically tailored model for each specialized domain in the IT-BPM sector
3. Changing models will bring compelling business innovations with greater breadth and specialisation across key verticals- BFSI, telecom, healthcare, social entrepreneurship etc.
4. The need of the hour is to prioritize domains based on potential size possible impact readiness of leadership and role of government
5.Industry is coming together to work towards nurturing the start-up ecosystem with NASSCOM spearheading the cause by providing them various platforms to help Indian start-ups break new ground