NASSCOM, the premier trade body and “voice” of the IT software and services industry, today announced that it will host its annual Quality Summit in Bangalore from 5-7^th September 2006. Themed ‘Setting Benchmarks in Global Outsourcing’; the summit will focus on addressing the present and future quality requirements of the global outsourcing industry. The three day summit will comprise of ‘Tutorials’ on day one, followed by an industry conference, over the next two days.

The NASSCOM Quality Summit 2006 will have keynotes by renowned national and international experts and will bring together thought leaders from industry, academia and government for experience and best practice sharing on varied topics.

The day long ‘Tutorials’ will cover topics such as ‘e-SCM’, ‘An Integrated View of Enterprise IT Practices’ and ‘Personal Productivity Improvement’ among others. The industry conference will include thought provoking panel discussions on ‘Does Too Much Process Stifle Innovation?’ and ‘People Factor - Impact of People Quality on Business Value’ and insightful parallel sessions on topics such as ‘Process Innovation & Change Management’, ‘Excellence in BPO & Beyond’, ‘Setting the Quality Standards in BPO’ and ‘Technology Platforms For Global Delivery Operations’ among others.

Announcing the event Ms. Sangeeta Gupta, Vice President, NASSCOM, said, “Quality and Innovation will be the key differentiators and growth drivers for Indian IT-BPO companies, in the future. Indian companies having established themselves as preferred outsourcing partners globally, are now redefining/setting global benchmarks in quality to differentiate and attain business excellence.”

“The NASSCOM Quality Summit 2006 will look at all key aspects of quality and set benchmarks for Indian companies to achieve and emerge as centres of excellence for the global industry to mirror,” she added.

India has 82 SEI CMM Level 5 certified and more than 400 quality certified IT-ITES companies; higher than any other country in the world. Today, almost all companies have dedicated quality departments responsible for developing, deploying and reviewing quality policies and practices.

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