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

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    1. INDIAN IT/ITES INDUSTRY : IMPACTING ECONOMY & SOCIETY Saurabh Srivastava Chairman – NASSCOM Foundation
      • Analyses direct & indirect contribution to:
        • Economic growth
        • Creating diversity in employment
        • Human resource development
        • Community through socially relevant initiatives
      NASSCOM – Deloitte Study
    2. 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
      • He lped create brand of “New India”
    3. 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
    4. Contribution to Diversity in Employment
      • 64% of companies surveyed employ people with disabilities
      • Executive development programs for people with disabilities
      • Women employ ment 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
    5. 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
    6. 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
    7. 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
    8. 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
    9. 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
    10. 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
    11. Thank You [email_address]

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