New Chairman of the NASSCOM

Question: Who was recently elected as the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)?
(a) CP Gurnani
(b) Rishad Premji
(c) Raman Roy
(d) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:

  • On April 10th, 2018, Chief Strategy Officer of Wipro Limited and Member of Board Rishad Premji was appointed as Chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for the year 2018-19.
  • For this post, he replaced Quatrro Global Services Chairman Raman Roy.
  • Apart from this, Keshav Murugesh was appointed Vice Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2018-19.
  • It is known that on April 2nd, 2018, former Managing Director of the Intel Company (South Asia Region) Debjani Ghosh took over as the President.
  • It is noteworthy that NASSCOM is a broad union of information technology and BPO of India.
  • It was established on March 1, 1988.
  • Its headquarters are in New Delhi.

Reference:
http://www.nasscom.in/sites/default/files/media_pdf/rp-chairman-appointed.pdf
http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/apr/10/wipros-rishad-premji-appointed-new-nasscom-chairman-1799634.html