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Collaborating with Industry, Government, and Academia.

Regional Council – kolkata

Nasscom Kolkata Regional Office was set up in 2007 and has since then played a key role in shaping the growth of the industry in the Eastern Region. The Eastern Regional Council focuses on member engagement in the region, including an intense focus to engage with the local and state governments, to address business challenges related to policy and enhance the industry growth in the region. A combination of sub councils and special interest groups led by a strong community of leaders have played a key role in shaping the agenda for the region.

Today, there are 200+ members spread across Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Siliguri, Durgapur, Guwahati, Ranchi and many Northeast cities.

Priorities
Academia Linkages

To collaborate with Academia for creation Talent readiness and pool.

working groups and focused forums
Working Groups & Forums

Multiple focused work groups created to help members in some focused areas

Industry Collaboration

To collaborate with various Industry bodies and working towards increasing of technology adoption in different sectors and to create Business opportunities for members

Policy Advocacy

Work closely with State Governments on key policy issues

Council Members
  • Chair
    Sanjoy Chatterjee Director of the Board and CTO , Entiovi Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Surmit De Director , Cegura Technology Solutions
  • Sandeep Sengupta Director , ISOAH Data Securities
  • Niraj Basotia Group COO , Redtech Network India Pvt Ltd
  • Praveen Jaiswal Head - Business Development & Co-Founder , Vehere Interactive Pvt Ltd
  • Sachin Thakkar Director , Triple A Solutions Private Limited
  • Tapishnu Chaudhuri CFO , iMerit Technology Services Private Limited
  • Brishti Mondal VP-HR , Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies Private Limited
  • Arnab Chakraborty Co-Founder , Asmaka Ventures LLP
  • Shantanu Som Director-Technical , Som Imaging Informatics Pvt Ltd
  • Syed Sajid Hussain AVP, Projects & Global Head, SAP Cust Exp , Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited
  • Vishal Agarwal Executive Director , EY GDS
Special Interest Groups

There are 4 SIG groups, Each SIG has its own Goal and the activities of the Councils are based upon those goals.
Odisha SME SIG, West Bengal SME, Cyber Security, & HR Forum

  • Collaborate and help members in GTM – for both Global and Domestic Market
  • Liaison with Govt. to provide suggestions and escalate concern
  • Branding Odisha as an IT hub
  • Improve Tech Adoption at scale in the non-IT industry to create Business opportunities for members – work on cluster approach to increase volumes
  • To create opportunities for SMEs to get an access to International Market
  • To create Talent readiness & pool
  • Policy Advocacy – to help SMEs in the region
  • To help other NASSCOM Members with basic Cyber Security knowledge
  • To create Talent readiness & pool
  • Boosting the process of innovation and enhanced cyber security