Building awareness on issues like the use of public transport, lack of physical Infrastructure, transportation and how companies can contribute towards a sustainable transport system.
Regional Council - North
NASSCOM is headquartered in the NCR Region and also has a separate Regional Team that leads the membership and state government connect for the region. The Regional Councils of Noida and Gurgaon have played a key role in working across policy makers for the infrastructure issues in these cities, engage members in specific groups related to technology, business functions and facility management. The region is the hub for diverse companies across IT Services, BPM, GICs, Ecommerce and Startups.
Today, there are close to 450 members spread across Northern region. Gurgaon & Noida are the two biggest IT clusters in northern region, while emerging locations include Chandigarh, Jaipur and Lucknow are fast emerging as alternate centers. NASSCOM also runs a Startup Warehouse at Noida and another one is coming up at Gurgaon. The activities for the Northern Region are driven through separate councils for Noida and Haryana and focused chapters in the emerging cities of Chandigarh and Jaipur.
The Regional Council – Haryana is a representative body of the IT-BPM (companies in the state with an aim to “Develop Gurgaon as the most preferred destination for the IT/BPM industry”.
This vision has three components to it – (i) Gurgaon as a great city to live and work in, (ii) Gurgaon as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship and (iii) Gurgaon ecosystem as a nursery for world-class talent.
The activities and initiatives may best be summarized as:
Building awareness on issues like the use of public transport, lack of physical Infrastructure, transportation and how companies can contribute towards a sustainable transport system.
Engaging the member community through various activities and events that would interest the leadership and other functional heads of HR, Finance, Marketing, Admin.
Working closely with local authorities like Gurgaon Police on areas like security, capacity building, cyber training etc. Initiatives like Cyber training, donation of fully loaded patrolling vehicles, have been conducted under this.
Engaging with Haryana Government in policy formulation, the most recent example being, the setting up of the state-of-the-art Incubation centre in Gurgaon.
Establishing Special Interest Groups for niche areas like promotion of the Startup ecosystem; Driving Diversity & Inclusion; Green Gurgaon initiative.
Showcase programs of NASSCOM affiliated bodies like Data Security Council of India and NASSCOM Foundation.
Engaging with local bodies like Noida Authority and Noida Police, on issues like infrastructure improvement, security, and assisting in capacity building through training.
Promoting Noida as a technology hub for North India through focused programs for developers and software professionals, such as the Tech Series and Annual Technology Conference.
Building a network of industry veterans and new leaders, through exclusive sessions like the Breakfast series.
Engaging with the member community through various activities, events around leadership, technology, business functions like HR, Finance & Tech, Admin.
Leveraging programs of NASSCOM affiliated bodies like Data Security Council of India and NASSCOM Foundation and getting our members to participate.
Through our local chapters in emerging locations we try to provide subject matter expertise, linkages, establish collaborations with local stakeholders & likeminded bodies, and mobilise outward delegations. These locations are fast emerging as favourable destinations for Startups, MNCs looking to expand and Product Engineering R&D kind of work. While these are non-metro locations, they enjoy unmatched advantage of cost competiveness, controlled attrition, quality of life and overall a stable business environment.
