Reskilling tops new Nasscom chief’s agenda

For Keshav Murugesh, the new chairman of the IT industry’s apex body, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), reskilling is the top-most priority, followed by focus on deep technology and increasing advocacy measures against protectionism.

On Friday, Nasscom announced the appointment of Murugesh, Group CEO at WNS Global Services, as its chairman for 2019-20. Murugesh succeeds Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer at Wipro.

“The industry ended FY19 on a positive note, with Nasscom producing higher growth numbers from the revenue and job creation points of view compared with the start of the year. At this point, my focus would be to make sure that all the core initiatives that Nasscom is driving are executed well,” Murugesh told BusinessLine.