Nasscom Chief R Chandrashekhar
Tech industry comfortable with hybrid work model: Nasscom-BCG report
Over 80 percent of the IT companies and GCCs are most likely to adopt a hybrid work model as compared to the rest of the industry segments
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Prolonged lockdown may lead to job cuts in IT industry: Ex Nasscom chief
Chandrasekhar said the work-from-home systems being adopted by several firms across the globe may have a negative impact on the industry in the short-term
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New H1B reform Bill discriminates against Indian IT firms: Chandrashekhar
The Bill, which has support of Microsoft and Facebook, if passed in the current format discriminates against Indian information technology (IT) service firms
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Imagine what drones can do to agriculture: Nasscom chief R Chandrashekhar
----Blurbs'We have recommended to the government, to form a government-industry body to look at regulations on a continuous basis''The way government procurement is currently done, it does not allow a new or an innovative solution' 'China is a very different country and India cannot function the Chinese way. The sooner people realise that, the better'---The country added a little over 1,000 start-ups last year. Investments rose 167 per cent in the first six months but a majority of the funds were to Paytm and Flipkart, says a study. Less than five-year-old start-ups saw funding drop by 14 per cent in the first half; angel funding reduced by over half, due to taxation rules. India sees start-up mortality of 35 per cent, partly due to the tougher rules to open or shut one. R CHANDRASHEKHAR, president of the information technology sector's apex association Nasscom, to Alnoor Peermohamed & Raghu Krishnan. Edited excerpts:Funding in early stages dropped in the past year. Why?There ..
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