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Collaborating with Industry, Government, and Academia.

About Western Region

The Western Region for nasscom represents a large cluster of companies across Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore and emerging cities of Vadodara, Nasik, Goa, Raipur etc. The region accounts for over 550+ members and has played a key role in hosting nasscom's flagship India Leadership Forum at Mumbai every year.

Members in the region have diverse competencies across IT Services, BPM, Products, Startups, Financial Services and include a healthy mix of large and small players. Nasscom has an office at Mumbai and Pune and Regional Chapter at Gujarat. The Regional Councils in these cities help drive activities for the Western Region.

Priorities
Mumbai
Tier II and Tier III Cities

Engaging with Local Bodies to organize and Promote Tier II / Tier III Cities, conducting workshop, events in Cities Indore, Bhopal, Vadodara, Surat, Raipur & Gwalior.

Local Authorities

Working in partnership with MIDC, Government of Maharashtra on the Startup Warehouse at Navi Mumbai & Pune and with the Education and Skill Development department of GoM for the skill building activity in the State.

Awareness Sessions

Building awareness on issues like Transportation, Compliance, Security and Risk, Lack of Physical infrastructure and how organization can contribute to build sustainable transportation for employees

Member Engagement

Engaging Members through various events and activities in the region, that would not only interest head of the organization but also other functional heads like HR, Finance, Facility and Admin, Marketing and Sales, Diversity and Inclusion.

Council Members - Mumbai
  • Chair
    Nachiket Deshpande Director, LTIMindtree
  • Amit Shah Director, XS CAD
  • Amit Sheth Co-Chairman, aurionPro Solutions Ltd.
  • Anand Bhushan Chief Operating Officer, Saint Gobain
  • Anantharaman Sreenivasan (Ganesh) Managing Director & CEO, NSEIT Limited
  • Ankur Garg Founder, IFI Techsolutions
  • Nasir Shaikh SVP, Head of Human Resources, Atos
  • Prajakta Talvelkar Chief Marketing Officer, Mastek Group
  • Ramakrishna Sundaram Managing Director, J. P. Morgan
  • Roopa Bharvani Chief Human Resources Officer, TIAA
  • Ruchee Anand Senior Director, Linkedin
  • Sharda Gupta Head of Global Business Services, Bayer
  • Sunil Gupta Co-founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yotta Data Services
  • Vijay Shanbhag Executive Vice President, Capgemini
  • Vikas Chadha Managing Director, GI Infotech Private Limited
  • Kamolika Gupta Peres Vice President & Managing Director, ServiceNow
Priorities
Pune
Local Authority Engagement

Collaborate with local bodies like PMC, PCC to drive technology enabled social causes such as Pune Lighthouse project, Digital Literacy Mission etc

Best Practices Platform

Focused groups for leaders across business functions – HR, CTOs, D&I, Admin, Finance to meet and discuss best practices. GIC Council at Pune drives GIC collaboration.

Industry Connect

Build a network of industry leaders, technologists to drive thought leadership and enhance focus on innovation and digital technologies.

Startup Hub

Connecting start-ups with mentors, customers, investors through events, forums and activities nasscom Start-up Warehouse. Build Pune as a hub for start-up growth and new solutions.

Council Members - Pune
  • Chair
    Vijay Yashwant Mhaskar SVP and Pune site lead, Veritas
  • Nikhil Malhotra Chief Innovation Officer, Tech Mahindra
  • Akanksha Sane Senior Director, India HR Delivery, PTC Software India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Radhakrishnan Kodakkal VP & Head, Global Technology & Engineering Center, Whirlpool
  • Manoj Nair Head of Global Delivery Center, Fujitsu India Global Delivery Center, Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sachin Deshmukh Managing Director, Softdel
  • Suchitra Pritesh Global Vice president and Head - Marketing, Cybage Software Pvt Ltd
  • Shaji Philipose Country Head - India, CompuCom Systems, Inc
  • Dr. Rajesh Gharpure Chief Delivery Officer, Persistent Systems Limited
  • Samir Chabukswar Founder & CEO, YUJ Designs
  • Shashikant Shimpi Vice President- Operations, Isobar Commerce India Pvt. Ltd (Dentsu Company)
  • Pranali Save CHRO, Icertis
  • C Manivannan President, Suma Soft Pvt Ltd
  • Sandeep Rane MD & Chief Delivery Officer, Brillio
  • Prashant Deshpande Founder & MD, Expert Global Group
  • Abhijit Datar Vice President, Cognizant
Priorities
Gujarat
Academia Connect

Partner with academia for training programs and student felicitation like the Dewang Mehta IT Awards

CIO and SMB Connect

Build programs to connect CIOs and SMBs with industry and showcase how technology adoption improves efficiency and innovation

Gujarat IT Destination

Work with government and other stakeholders to benchmark IT industry growth in Gujarat and how that can be enhanced

SME Engagement

Work with the members to build specific programs to enable the SME members to enhance their capability and business

Council Members - Gujarat
  • Nilam Patel Managing Director, India Operations
    Chair
    S&P Global
  • Siddharth B. Shah COO
    iView Labs (Product Development Partner)
  • Namrata Gupta Co-Founder and COO
    Synoverge Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • Vivek Aggarwal Business Head
    (n)Code Solutions