Rekha Menon First Woman Chairperson Of Nasscom

IT industry’s apex body Nasscom appointed Rekha M. Menon, Chairperson and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India, as its chairperson for 2021-22. With this, she becomes the first woman to take on the role of chairperson for Nasscom in its 30-year history.

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Published - Friday, 23 Apr, 2021

Rekha Menon First Woman Chairperson Of Nasscom

IT industry’s apex body Nasscom appointed Rekha M. Menon, Chairperson and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India, as its chairperson for 2021-22. With this, she becomes the first woman to take on the role of chairperson for Nasscom in its 30-year history. Menon, earlier the vice chairperson, succeeds U.B. Pravin Rao, chief operating officer, Infosys Ltd, who served as chairman of Nasscom for 2020-21. Nasscom also announced the appointment of Krishnan Ramanujam, head of Business & Technology services, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd as their vice chairperson for 2021-22. In line with the evolving industry dynamics, the newly-appointed leadership along with President Debjani Ghosh, will spearhead the industry in its digital transformation journey, with the imperatives of making India a leading hub for digital talent, catalyzing innovation, and developing a favourable policy ecosystem, Nasscom said. In addition to this, Nasscom also announced its new executive council which comprises industry sectors such as engineering research and development (ER&D), business process management (BPM), IT services, global capability centres (GCC), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups. The new executive council will play a strategic role in enabling India’s tech sector to take leadership on the global map through focused initiatives and programmes. The list of executive Council has 40% representation by women leaders.