NIPP Flashback_July to September 2020

The study features insights from 60+ industry participants across the Indian SaaS ecosystem. The study covers the current SaaS landscape and key trends at a global level, Indian SaaS overview and strategies in the new normal, addressable market opportunity and outlook for the industry.

Imperatives & Recommendations

The last decade between 2009-2019 has witnessed tremendous change in Indian Start-up ecosystem. As the ecosystem has matured, more institutional support is being provided at ideation and problem solution stage. This is evident from the presence of 520+ incubators and accelerators in the country. A major growth driver and the key enabler for this change is strong government resolve and support by Government of India. While Start-up India has provided the much needed impetus, the State governments have also propelled the growth with State policy implementation being a key performance indicator in State start-up rankings. This is evident from the fact that about 72% of the programs are either Centre or State government supported. Another noteworthy paradigm has been active participation of Corporates and private players in accelerating start-ups. While corporates are offering various offerings to start-ups and deriving key tangible business outcomes from collaboration, private players are more driven to scale startups leveraging their network, expertise and previous experience. Notwithstanding this trend, Incubators and Accelerators in India, compared to global peers, are catching up to create high valued start-ups. This report is one such step to further the growth of Incubators and Accelerators in India and help make a strong impact for Indian start-ups.

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is not a novel idea for organisations of today and it has been a boardroom topic for some time now. Various studies have categorically established the business impact of having a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is now a leadership mandate and has pushed D&I initiatives from a Good-To-Have to a Must-Have. India’s technology industry has been growing its D&I mandate and this is evident from the fact that the industry boasts of over 35 per cent women workforce at about ~1.5 million, a growing number of Persons with Disability (PwDs) and LGBTQI+ are being on-boarded and trained for operations and client facing roles. And this journey continues. Promoting diversity and inclusion is a core value for technology companies and NASSCOM. It is in this context that we have been conducting the annual D&I summit and recognizing companies that are leading the way in ensuring a more equitable workforce. This report highlights the D&I trends in India’s technology industry and showcases some of the diversity pillars from companies that were shortlisted for the D&I Awards 2019. It also highlights the impact of these programs on the workforce and the organisations. I hope you find this report useful.

NIPP Flashback Q2 2019

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Authored by: Rathnaprabha Manickavachagam, Head Innovation, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

The banking ecosystem, as we currently witness is in a steady state of transformation, with evolving technologies, changing consumer behaviors and expectations. This makes it paramount for service providers to develop new and value-added services that are simple to use and that offer direct benefits to the customer.

At Societe Generale Global Solution Centre, the fastest growing subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group, which is one of Europe’s largest financial services groups, we started our corporate accelerator journey during the year 2016 and called the program ‘Catalyst’. Catalyst, was born from the organization’s desire to impact every discerning customer across the world positively. And HOW?

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