INTERVIEW : SOM MITTAL

‘We can be the global knowledge capital’

Posted: Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 at 0107 hrs IST

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: how offshoring helps them. Now they know that it is a US economy issue and not an issue. US elections will be fought on many issues this time.

What attracted you back to Nasscom? How different is the industry today?

To begin with, industry’s size has more than doubled since my last term as chairman. Companies today are bigger and more mature. Indian majors are no more seen as offshore services companies but global service providers.

In my last term as Nasscom chairman, BPO was just starting out in the country and we called it ITeS then. Today, we divide it into several arms like KPO, analytics, engineering design and animation. Not only is the industry far bigger, different segments are at different levels of maturity and need different level of support and shareholding. It’s an exciting time. It is up to associations like Nasscom to tap into it.

I have worked at top-notch corporations and enjoyed my career setting up centres across the world. Nasscom gives me a bigger canvas. I have been a part of Nasscom and participated in state-level policy issues. With Kiran retiring, I felt I could contribute and decided to move in....

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