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Kiran Karnik will be new Nasscom president

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Bangalore: Kiran Karnik, former CEO of Discovery Channel(India), has been

short listed by the selection committee as the successor to Dewang Mehta as the

president of Nasscom. "The selection committee has given its

recommendations and the executive committee, which will meet in Bangalore

tomorrow to give approval to his appointment, " said Nasscom chairman,

Phiroz Vandrevala to CIOL Bureau.

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After 4 months of intensive search and scrutinizing nearly 100 candidates,

Nasscom has short listed on Kiran Karnik, even toying with the idea of

appointing a IAS officer for the post. He will be assisted in his

responsibilities by three vice presidents for member services, media and events.

"The Nasscom is undergoing a restructuring process in its organizational

level and the appointment of a president and three vice presidents is one of

them. Handing over exclusive responsibilities to each of the executives will

help focus the association's objective. While the President will over look all

these responsibilities apart from handling strategic partnerships with other

countries," said Vandrevala.

The appointing of vice presidents will be after the new president takes

charge and he will also be involved in selecting them. All the new executive

members will be appointed as full time employees of Nasscom. Information reveals

that the selection of the president was handled by a international HR agency.

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