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Industry bodies in favour of 'phased implementation' of personal data bill

Nasscom said the clause on cross-border data flow should recognise a range of transfer mechanisms

Indian tech industry hired nearly 380,000 freshers in FY22: Nasscom report

Indian tech industry hired around 380,000 freshers in FY22 and over 70 per cent of Gen Z students are keen to take up tech jobs in the near future, a Nasscom report said on Friday

NASSCOM Foundation starts Aspirational Districts Programme to skill 3.5 mn

NASSCOM Foundation launched the "Aspirational Districts Programme" intending to digitally enable and skill over 3.5 million people by March 2024

Nasscom hails draft data protection bill for dropping contentious rules

Provisions on non-personal data, criminal penalties, hardware certification scheme, and statutory data residency requirements among those axed

'New PDP Bill to bolster India's narrative as trusted global partner'

Vaishnaw said that as the PDP Bill gets finalised, on cross-border data flows, the government will ensure that the approach focusses on strengthening data protection without disrupting data flows

Only 11% investment in deep tech start-ups, need more seed funding: NASSCOM

India's deep tech startups need higher seed and early stage funding to grow faster as only 11 per cent of technology-related funds reach this ecosystem as of now, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) president Debjani Ghosh said on Friday. Deep tech or deep technology startups are enterprises that work in the area of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, quantum, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), drones and augmented reality (AR). Speaking at a workshop on 'Startups and Entrepreneurship: Vision India@2047', organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce, Ghosh pointed out that of the total 25,000-plus tech startups in the country, only 3,000 are related to deep tech that account for only 12 per cent. India has some excellent deep tech startups working across the entire range of emerging technologies, but only 11 per cent of total technology-related funding i

National security, building cybersecurity products on our agenda: DSCI CEO

'Tremendous amount' of data will be flowing into India, says leader of research and policy group

NASSCOM research group to come up with standards for data anonymisation

'Unfiltered access not advisable', says CEO of Data Security Council of India

Building 5G use cases needs strong public-private alliance: Nasscom study

Sectors such as healthcare, energy & utilities, manufacturing, and retail are expected to benefit from large-scale 5G adoption, which is expected to power up to 2 per cent of India's GDP by 2030

Two-thirds of Indian technology enterprises hiring gig workers: Report

Software development, UI/UX design, data analytics top three skills companies need

65% Indian firms now employing gig workers amid tech talent crunch: Report

While the share of organisations employing gig workers has increased, their proportion remains less than 5 per cent of the total workforce (in companies with more than 2,000 full-time employees).

Largest ever contingent of India Inc participates in GITEX Global 2022

India had the highest number of participating companies after the host, UAE, at the four-day event

Nasscom to train up to 50,000 product managers by 2025: Narayanan

NASSCOM Product Council is a community to cater the needs of 3,720 product companies based in India in both domestic and global contexts

Channelling tech talent: IT majors face headwinds, may cut hiring in India

A Nasscom report indicates that digital core talent has grown faster than IT core talent, as companies undertook skilling initiatives to reorient the workforce.

India the bellwether for global BPM industry, logs $44 bn revenues: Nasscom

India's BPM sector with revenues at $44 billion experienced double-digit growth of over 14 per cent in FY22 as compared to FY21 and accounts for nearly 40 per cent of global sourcing spend

Industry body Nasscom launches responsible AI hub and resource kit

The resource kit comprises sector-agnostic tools and guidance to enable business to leverage AI to grow scale with confidence by prioritising user trust and safety, the Indian IT industry body said.

Nasscom on Moonlighting: We need to reimagine employee engagement models

Moonlight the concept of having two jobs has come under fire as companies pointed out that this is unethical and short of cheating

Moonlighters beware: Companies may start using digital tools to track them

Nasscom calls for firms to re-imagine engagement models

Google Cloud, Nasscom partner to skill students for entry-level Cloud jobs

The beginner-level course aims to provide participants an opportunity to experience cloud computing, cloud basics, big data and machine learning (ML)

Digital engineering taking lead in engineering R&D in India: Report

NASSCOM and Deloitte study calls for improving the ease of doing business and addressing concerns about patents