The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, a milestone event that will mark NASSCOM’s 20th year, will bring under one roof industry leaders, thought gurus, analysts, Government decision makers, academia and IT users from across the world.

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Recession in US and downturn in India is exerting lot of pressure on Indian IT/BPO industry, to devise a calibrated strategy to come out of the uncertain times unscathed.

Add to it the situation of mistrust emanating from unfortunate Satyam scandal, which has cast serious aspersions on the structure of corporate governance for Indian IT/BPO industry, a industry which hitherto were seen among the most trusted and transparent industries.These uninvited incidents has put an added onus on the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum that apart from helping Indian IT software and services industry stay on track to touch $60 billion in exports during FY 2009-10, the forum has to imprint the thought that partnering with Indian IT/BPO industry is the best bet for countries to get out of recession.

NILF 2009 also finds itself bagged with additional responsibility of assuaging the fears of world community regarding security, not only of data but also people, property and IT investments in India following the recent Mumbai terror attacks.

Sangeeta Gupta, vice president, NASSCOM in an interaction with Idhries Ahmad of CIOL expressed confidence that NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009 will be successful in assuaging the concerns of Indian and international community both in terms of recession and security.

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