NASSCOM appoints new Chairman and VC

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has announced Harsh Manglik as the new chairman of its Executive Council for the year 2010-2011. Manglik will take on his new role with effect from April 20, 2010.

As chairman of the Executive Council, Manglik will lead and assist NASSCOM in catalyzing the growth of the Indian software industry and enabling the fulfillment of its future goals and aspirations. Previously Manglik has been a member of NASSCOM’s Executive Council and is currently the chairman and geography managing director for Accenture in India.

NASSCOM has also appointed Rajendra S. Pawar as the vice chairman of the executive council. Pawar is the chairman and managing director of NIIT Technologies.

“I am extremely honored to be elected the chairman of NASSCOM at a time when the industry is designing a new trajectory for its next level of growth over the next 10-years. The majority of this new growth will come from new areas such as public services/e-Governance, R&D, engineering, healthcare and by creating new opportunities/markets driven by innovation and IT based growth engines with strong contributions from start-ups and SMEs.” said Manglik.

Manglik along with Som Mittal and Rajendra Pawar will be responsible for leading the association into carrying out its diverse array of priorities that include initiatives and programs to enable the industry to realize the Perspective 2020 vision of `Transforming Business, Transforming India’.