TCS, Infosys, Nasscom to lobby US forum to keep outsourcing engine chugging
The possible presence of United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the event has made the attendance appear more beneficial to Nasscom.
By Sumali Moitra, TNN |
KOLKATA: Their hopes aroused by US President Barack Obama's latest speech on comprehensive immigration reforms at the American University School of International Service last week, an Indian IT industry delegation will travel to Washington in September to lobby the issue afresh at a forum representing the interests of the US services economy.
A Nasscom contingent — comprising its president Som Mittal, vice-president Ameet Nivsarkar and representatives from some of the biggest guns of the tech world such as TCS and Infosys — has decided to participate in the Coalition of Service Industries’ (CSI)-organised Global Services Summit to be held in Washington on September 22 so that it can use the platform to make a fresh pitch for keeping the outsourcing engine chugging.
The possible presence of United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the event has made the attendance appear more beneficial to Nasscom. Incidentally, Union commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma, too, is expected to be there at the CSI programme. Last year, Sharma was a speaker at a similar CSI function.
As per its website, the CSI “represents the interests of the dynamic American service economy, which employs 80% of the workforce and generates 3/4 of national economic output.” Its members include companies engaged in banking, insurance, telecommunications, IT, express delivery, audio-visual, energy services, and other service industries . CSI constituents conduct business in all 50 US states and in over 100 countries.
Speaking to TOI on Monday, Nasscom vice-president Ameet Nivsarkar said the software industry body is likely to use the visit to also catch up with influential Congressmen and Senators or their aides to gauge their minds on the possible shape that immigration reforms may take.
The US is the No. 1 destination for Indian IT and accounts for about 60% of this country’s software exports. Although the industry has been trying to reduce this reliance, there is unanimity that America would always remain the topmost market.
On July 1, Obama had said: “I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that’s accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people’s fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that’s who we are as Americans.”
A Nasscom contingent — comprising its president Som Mittal, vice-president Ameet Nivsarkar and representatives from some of the biggest guns of the tech world such as TCS and Infosys — has decided to participate in the Coalition of Service Industries’ (CSI)-organised Global Services Summit to be held in Washington on September 22 so that it can use the platform to make a fresh pitch for keeping the outsourcing engine chugging.
The possible presence of United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk at the event has made the attendance appear more beneficial to Nasscom. Incidentally, Union commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma, too, is expected to be there at the CSI programme. Last year, Sharma was a speaker at a similar CSI function.
As per its website, the CSI “represents the interests of the dynamic American service economy, which employs 80% of the workforce and generates 3/4 of national economic output.” Its members include companies engaged in banking, insurance, telecommunications, IT, express delivery, audio-visual, energy services, and other service industries . CSI constituents conduct business in all 50 US states and in over 100 countries.
Speaking to TOI on Monday, Nasscom vice-president Ameet Nivsarkar said the software industry body is likely to use the visit to also catch up with influential Congressmen and Senators or their aides to gauge their minds on the possible shape that immigration reforms may take.
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The US is the No. 1 destination for Indian IT and accounts for about 60% of this country’s software exports. Although the industry has been trying to reduce this reliance, there is unanimity that America would always remain the topmost market.
On July 1, Obama had said: “I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that’s accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people’s fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that’s who we are as Americans.”
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