Introduction to Information Technology as Catalyst for Change, Saurabh Srivastava,NASSCOM Foundation

Slide 1: INDIAN IT/ITES INDUSTRY : IMPACTING ECONOMY & SOCIETY Saurabh Srivastava Chairman – NASSCOM Foundation

Slide 2: NASSCOM – Deloitte Study • Analyses direct & indirect contribution to: – Economic growth – Creating diversity in employment – Human resource development – Community through socially relevant initiatives

Slide 3: Contribution to Economic Growth • GDP share increased from 1.2% in FY98 to 5.2% in FY07 • Export earnings in FY08 approx. USD 40 bn • Largest employer in organised private sector • Direct and Indirect employment approaching 10 million • Low quality, low tech  world class technology services/products, competing globally and winning on quality • 65% of companies worldwide with SEI-CMM Level 5 are from India • Front runner in practicing good corporate governance • Spurring first generation entrepreneurship • Sharing wealth through ESOPs - creating salaried millionaires • Helped create brand of “New India”

Slide 4: Balanced regional development • Large companies have 33 to 50% of their employees from non-metro/rural areas. • Move to Tier II / III cities, creating huge employment opportunities & economic impact • Case Study - Bhubaneshwar  Software exports above Rs. 1,000 crores, CAGR above 150%  All major companies and 300 SMEs (CAGR of 117%)  Demand for IT professionals to reach 430,000 by 2011-12  45 engineering colleges, up from 10 in ‘02

Slide 5: Contribution to Diversity in Employment • 64% of companies surveyed employ people with disabilities • Executive development programs for people with disabilities • Women employment set to increase to 45% by 2010 from the current 30% • Largest employer of young people - average age 28.9 years in IT, lower in BPO

Slide 6: Human Resource Development • Top 5 software companies alone investing approx USD 430mn • 68% of companies offer scholarships for higher education • Collaborating with Government / private educational institutes for bridging gap between training imparted and industry requirement • Setting benchmarks for employee friendly work environments

Slide 7: Socially relevant initiatives • 85% of companies surveyed participate in socially relevant initiatives • In education alone top six companies impacted over 1,750,000 lives during 2006-07 • 68% companies focus on Access, Retention, Quality • Computer based literacy programmes have helped over 90,000 illiterate people develop reading skills across 1400 centres • NASSCOM Knowledge network now has 150 centres across 12 states & 75 districts creating enabling environment for underserved communities

Slide 8: Socially relevant initiatives • Healthcare sector - infrastructure development, leveraging technology to enhance reach, building portals & applications, emergency medical services, health awareness • Emergency medical services initiative has responded to 500,000 emergencies and saved 20,000 lives • Rural BPO initiative has imparted over 150,000 person hours of quality training and produced over 500,000 person hours of world class delivery

Slide 9: Socially relevant initiatives • Other initiatives – Micro finance – Hardware / software donations – Tools / applications for visually impaired – Upliftment of women and children – Conservation of resources – energy, water, paper, etc. – Livelihood opportunities for marginalised – Tree plantations, awareness campaigns around environment

Slide 10: Focus of NASSCOM Foundation • Contributing to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • NF STEP (Sustainability through Education, Employability and Entrepreneurship) • NASSCOM Knowledge Network over 30,000 impacted • Building ICT @ the Grassroots (BiG) through training • BiG Tech (www.bigtech.in) • Helping SME’s undertake community initiatives: – Info on best practises, investment opportunities – Advice and support to improve impact/ effectiveness • Initiating award / recognition systems to encourage more companies adopt socially relevant initiatives

Slide 11: Industry Aspiration • Indian IT / ITES industry displayed tremendous innovation and entrepreneurship in making its mark globally • It is determined to leverage the same strengths to make a difference locally

Slide 12: Thank You saurabh@srivastava.info