NASSCOM Product Forum announces formation of ‘PGBP'

Published on Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 16:59 |  Source : Moneycontrol.com

Updated at Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 12:04  

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NASSCOM the premier trade body and the "voice" of the Indian IT industry, today announced the constitution of the 'Product Business Guidance Panel' (PGBP), under its Product Forum Special Interest Group.

 

The PGBP will comprise of a core group of industry representatives, with the objective of functioning as a sounding board for entrepreneurs and/or organizations who wish to be guided on the various aspects of setting up and running a software product company.

 

Commenting on this development, Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM said - "In keeping with NASSCOM's overall agenda of continuously identifying new opportunity areas and creating an enabling environment for the growth of the industry, we are happy to announce the setting up of the Product Business Guidance Panel today."

 

"Even though India has won global recognition as a software powerhouse, the indigenous software product sector is still at an early stage of development and needs guidance from experts, which is what this panel aims to do. Taking a cue from countries like Ireland, Israel, the U.K. and Singapore who are all emerging as strong locations for software development, we need to ensure adequate government support and create an ecosystem that is suited for growth of this segment. We hope to make a beginning towards this objective by setting up this expert panel, under the guidance of the chair of the NASSCOM Product Forum, Mr. Subash Menon," he added.

 

Speaking about the objectives of this panel, Mr. Subash Menon, Chair - NASSCOM Product Forum and Founder Chairman, Managing Director & CEO, Subex Azure Limited said "The objective is to aid the companies and entrepreneurs to build strong software product companies by helping them to overcome a multitude of challenges. The key strength of this panel is the real life experience that the members have - a team of people who have built / are currently building successful product companies."

 

The members of PGBP are


  • Subash Menon - Founder Chairman, MD & CEO SubexAzure
  • Dr. Lin Chase - Head, Accenture Technology Labs
  • Sanjay Swamy - CEO, mChek
  • Sanjay Anandaram - MD, Jumpstartup Fund Advisors
  • Abhay Dubey - VP & GM Operations, Verismo Networks
  • Vishwas Mahajan - MD & CEO, Compulink
  • Samir Palnitkar - Vice President - Engineering, Airtight Networks  

The role of the group will be as below 

  • to be accessible, individually and collectively, and to offer advice and guidance on product and business prospects
  • to facilitate meetings with other ecosystem partners like investors  

Companies or individuals interested in seeking guidance from this panel will be able to contact the NASSCOM Product Forum by email, to seek an appointment and take the discussion forward. In addition to the inputs required by the company, this panel will also advise the company about how to market the product, and guide them for VC support etc.  

 

Sourced From: Text 100 Public Relations Consultancy

  

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