Nasscom Foundation facilitates free access to Microsoft Office 2010 for NGO

Nasscom Foundation's  BiGTech programme which provides latest technology to non-profits in India, has announced the availability of Microsoft Office 2010 free of cost for non-profits. To avail of this donation, NGOs can register free of cost at www.BiGTech.in. 

Nasscom Foundation [NF] is the social development arm of Nasscom. It works towards galvanizing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) space for the IT-BPO industry in India. BiGTech is NF's key technology philanthropy programme and through it's partnership with TechSoup Global, USA, latest technology is made accessible to non profits with just a click of a mouse. They receive brand new software and services free, as donation. It has five donors - Microsoft, Eagle Conferencing, Bytes of Learning, Busy Infotech and Quick Heal (anti-virus).  BiGTech has around 880+ NGOs registered from across the country and has made available over Rs.6 crores worth of software donations, including Microsoft Office 2003 and Office 2007, to non profits. Offerings of these donors are available to non profits for free by registering on www.BiGTech.in.

Mr. Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India- "At Microsoft, we believe in the transformative power of technology - and that cost should not be a barrier to access. In India today, there is a need for utilizing technology at the grassroots, and we are glad to be able to play a part in enabling this. Making our software available in association with TechSoup Global and Nasscom Foundation is a step towards reaching out to communities under-served by technology."

Ms. Rufina Fernandes, CEO, Nasscom Foundation added "BiGTech is Nasscom Foundation's inclusive and transparent portal. By encouraging non- profits to acquire the software through BiGTech; we are reducing piracy and ensuring that they increase their efficiency and effectiveness.''

About BigTech
BiGTech.in, in partnership with TechSoup, is the key technology philanthropy program of Nasscom Foundation. This online marketplace was specifically developed to provide original software and hardware to Indian NGOs and social development organizations free of cost. The BiGTech program was set up with the aim of assisting and enabling such NGOs to leverage ICT in the best way possible - with optimum enablement of technology for their processes at the minimum costs possible. BiGTech encourages NGOs to use legal, genuine software and services in its social work.  BiGTech's motto is "Do right while doing good"! For more information, please visitwww.bigtech.in 

About Nasscom Foundation
Nasscom Foundation (NF) aims to channelize the potential of the IT-BPO industry towards inclusive development of India.Nasscom Foundationis the social development arm of Nasscom, the internationally recognized trade body of the Indian IT-BPO industry.

Nasscom Foundation was established to transform the lives of the under-served by leveraging the resources of the IT-BPO industry. Nasscom Foundation is a charity registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 and under Section 12A of Income Tax Act.

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