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What is the full form of NASSCOM?
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Answer: Option A — National Association of Software and Service Companies
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NASSCOM stands for the "National Association of Software and Service Companies", the main trade association of the Indian information technology (IT) and business process management (BPM) industry.
About NASSCOM:
- It was set up in 1988 as a non-profit organisation.
- Its headquarters is in Noida (earlier New Delhi).
Its founders included Harish Mehta and other IT entrepreneurs. Dewang Mehta, its President in the 1990s, played a major role in promoting the Indian software industry worldwide.
It has more than 3,000 member companies, including Indian and multinational companies, large firms and start-ups.
Its work:
- It represents the IT industry to the government, and helps shape policies on taxation, data protection, skills and trade.
- It publishes reports on the growth and trends of the Indian IT industry.
- It promotes India as a global hub for software and IT services.
- It works on skilling through programmes such as "FutureSkills Prime" (with MeitY) for emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity.
- It runs "NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups" to support technology start-ups.
- It works with the government on data security through the "Data Security Council of India" (DSCI, 2008).
About the Indian IT industry:
- India's IT-BPM industry earns more than 250 billion US dollars in annual revenue, with most of it from exports.
- It is one of the largest private-sector employers in India, with more than 50 lakh workers.
- Bengaluru is called the "Silicon Valley of India".
- Major companies: TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro and Tech Mahindra.
Related abbreviations:
- MeitY: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- STPI: Software Technology Parks of India (1991).
- CERT-In: Indian Computer Emergency Response Team.
- BPM: Business Process Management.
Why not the other options?
- ✗"Systems Computing" is not the correct expansion.
- ✗"Alliance of Software and Service Corporations" is not the correct expansion.
- ✗"Semiconductor and Software Companies" is not the correct expansion.
Quick tip
Remember: NASSCOM = National Association of Software and Service Companies (1988; IT-BPM trade body; DSCI 2008; FutureSkills Prime); STPI = Software Technology Parks of India (1991).
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