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NEW DELHI
APRIL 10, 2007
Nasscom announced the appointment Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Board of
Directors, Cognizant Technology Solutions, as the Chairman of Nasscom for the
year 2007-08.
Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Deputy Chairman and MD, Zensar Technologies has been
elected as the Vice Chairman, Nasscom for the current year, Nasscom said in a
statement.
Announcing the appointments for 2007-08, Kiran Karnik, President, Nasscom,
said, "We are delighted to have Lakshmi Narayanan taking on the
chairmanship of Nasscom. He has played an important role, both as a member and
as Nasscom's Vice Chairman last year. With his direction, we are certain that
Nasscom will attain even greater levels of maturity."
"We are also extremely pleased to have Dr Ganesh Natarajan take the
position of Vice Chairman, Nasscom for 2007-08," he added.
"I am honored to assume the Chairmanship of Nasscom at a time when the
industry is witnessing good buoyancy and is defining newer benchmarks
globally," said Narayanan.
"At this stage of the industry's evolution and maturity, the three areas
that would receive enhanced focus are innovation, talent development, and
security and data protection. The industry needs to bridge the demand and supply
dynamics through focused and rapidly scalable talent development, ensure that
the high levels of security and data protection become a strategic
differentiator, and look at innovation as a sustainable growth engine," he
added.
"The next two years will present challenges and opportunities in
abundance for the industry and I look forward to joining the leadership team of
Nasscom in these interesting times and enable both continuity and change to
happen," Natarajan said. Page(s) 1
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