T4G Day 1_Panel Discussion - NASSCOM Foundation by Rita Soni

NASSCOM Foundation

Rita Soni

Chief Executive Officer, NASSCOM Foundation

Tech4Good Asia-Pacific Summit

May 22, 2012

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Influence policy,

find opportunities

for the industry, and

support on how IT

can enable

development

�BiGTech

�BiGBridge

�ConnectIT

�ICT Audit

�NASSCOM Knowledge Network

�Skills for Employment

�NASSCOM Social Innovation

Honours

• Business

Responsibility

Forums

• Accessibility

• Impact Sourcing

�MyKartavya

ICT Capacity Building

• Tech Support – Mass Civil Society Appeal

– Hardware & Software: BiG Tech & BiG Bridge

– Consultancy: ICT Audit

– Volunteering: MyKartavya

• Platform Building – Specific Sectors

– Recognition & Support for Social Entrepreneurship:

NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours

– Telecenters: NASSCOM Knowledge Network

– Inclusive IT-BPO Sector: Skills for Employment

across BPO & Animation

• International & Domestic Donors

– Spanning most common NGO software needs

– Expanding into SAAS

• Event Management - Acteva

• Tele-Campaign Management – Aavaz

• Data Storage & Back-Up – O&O

– Target Specific Sectors

• Accessibility Tools

• Skills for Employment Sectors

• NGO Reach:

– Nearly 1,800 across 29 States

– Partnerships with NGO Aggregators

Impact: Software Donations Worth $3.7 million

Strategic Volunteering for ICT Capacity

Agenda:Promote volunteering of IT-BPO employees towards capacity building of

individuals, NGOs & staff themselves as well as team building

Sample Activities:• ISGN created drug distribution portal for

Ekam

• Octaware & ITBrahma created online booking

portal for visually impaired persons

• Project Management & MarCom workshops for

NGOs conducted by teams from 7 companies

• Tech Saturday – monthly IT training for

Maharashtra Government staff

• 16 companies formally enrolled with

MyKartavya including 25,000+ employee base

on www.mykartavya.com portal

• 30+ companies & over 6,500 participating

actively in 32 events last year

NASSCOM Foundation

Working across four key stakeholders:

� NGOs

� India Inc.

� Social Enterprises

� Government

Rita [email protected]