As per the latest update, R. Chandrasekhar, a former bureaucrat, will head the Indian IT representative body NASSCOM. This way, Chandrasekhar will succeed Som Mittal as the fourth president of the organization.
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An IAS officer of 1975 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre and retired as Telecom Secretary on March 31 this year, Chandrasekhar’s name has been proposed for the job by a selection panel of the National Association of Software and Services Companies.
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According to a Nasscom spokesperson, it is expected that the panel will announce his nomination on Friday.An official of the Executive Council said, “He (Chandrasekhar) is the right man for the job. He has agreed to join (as President) after he has been assured of full powers to revamp Nasscom."
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Chandrasekhar has had a distinguished career in the Department of Information Technology. He had helped N. Chandrababu Naidu, the former Andhra Pradesh CM, to set up India's first Department of Information Technology and was at its helm from 1997 to 1999. Moreover, Chandrasekhar first initiated the three pillars of "e-Governance", namely Common Service Centre Program, the State Data Centre Program, and the State Wide Area Network Program of India.
