IndiaSoft 2017: connecting Indian IT with global buyers
Sneha Gilada Hyderabad witnessed the inaugural of the seventeenth edition of Indiasoft on February 13, 2017. IndiaSoft is an initiative of the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), meant to connect the Indian IT industry to global buyers and potential clients. The two-day event has an overwhelming global participation of over 400 delegates from 75 countries, making it an irresistible scouting ground for the thriving Indian mid-scale IT companies. The exhibit showcased innovative solutions in the field of big data, outsourcing, cloud computing, SAAS, e-governance, mobile app and website development. As many as 50 IT startups from all over the country exhibited their core competencies at the event, which was supported and funded by the Government of India. At the inaugural ceremony, Chief Guest Y.S. Chowdary, Union Minister of Science & Technology and ...
India committed to imports-free electronics sector by 2020
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business In view of the growing domestic demand and to curb imports in future, the Government of India announced plans to provide proper infrastructure support to the electronic manufacturing sector in the country. In this regard, the government will be investing $10 billion in chip manufacturing facilities coming up in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, where a consortium of manufacturing firms have come up to set up the production bases. This was informed by RS Sharma, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India, in New Delhi on Thursday. Addressing the first Indian Electronics Expo organised by Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), the official also informed India’s move to invest ...