Anant Maheshwari elected as nasscom chairperson

nasscom, the tech industry's trade body and chamber, has announced Anant Maheshwari, president, Microsoft India, as its chairperson for 2023-24.

 

Maheshwari takes over from Krishnan Ramanujam, president - business and technology services, Tata Consultancy Services.

 

Rajesh Nambiar, chairperson and MD, Cognizant India, has been named as vice chairperson.

 

Additionally, nasscom's executive council for 2023-25, has a 1/3rd representation by women leaders. 

 

Maheshwari said, “Building on the core capabilities in tech services, India is now demonstrating broader technology leadership for the world, both in trusted innovation capabilities and also as a leading example of digital public platforms with billion population scale implementation. nasscom has had a stellar history of navigating India's tech landscape across a broad set of stakeholders and multiple milestones, to drive inclusive growth with the foundation of a skills-based ecosystem. I am honored and humbled to support the nasscom executive council as its chairperson, at a critical time in India's Techade. I look forward to working with all its stakeholders to continue to establish India as the trusted tech partner for the world.”

 

Debjani Ghosh, president, nasscom, said, “As we are leapfrogging to the next era of digital evolution with emerging technologies and their disruptive potential, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work closely with Anant and Rajesh to continue establishing India as a global hotspot for tech innovation and talent.”