1. NASSCOM Foundation
Rita Soni
Chief Executive Officer, NASSCOM Foundation

2. Tech4Good Asia-Pacific Summit
May 22, 2012

3. BiGTech
BiGBridge
ConnectIT
ICT Audit
• Business
Responsibility
Forums
• Accessibility
GoI • Impact Sourcing
MyKartavya
Influence policy,
find opportunities
for the industry, and
support on how IT
can enable NASSCOM Knowledge Network
development Skills for Employment
NASSCOM Social Innovation
Honours

4. ICT Capacity Building
• Tech Support – Mass Civil Society Appeal
– Hardware & Software: BiG Tech & BiG Bridge
– Consultancy: ICT Audit
– Volunteering: MyKartavya
• Platform Building – Specific Sectors
– Recognition & Support for Social Entrepreneurship:
NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours
– Telecenters: NASSCOM Knowledge Network
– Inclusive IT-BPO Sector: Skills for Employment
across BPO & Animation

5. • International & Domestic Donors
– Spanning most common NGO software needs
– Expanding into SAAS
• Event Management - Acteva
• Tele-Campaign Management – Aavaz
• Data Storage & Back-Up – O&O
– Target Specific Sectors
• Accessibility Tools
• Skills for Employment Sectors
• NGO Reach:
– Nearly 1,800 across 29 States
– Partnerships with NGO Aggregators
Impact: Software Donations Worth $3.7 million

6. Agenda:
Promote volunteering of IT-BPO employees towards capacity building of
individuals, NGOs & staff themselves as well as team building
• 16 companies formally enrolled with
MyKartavya including 25,000+ employee base
on www.mykartavya.com portal
• 30+ companies & over 6,500 participating
actively in 32 events last year
Sample Activities:
• ISGN created drug distribution portal for
Ekam
• Octaware & ITBrahma created online booking
portal for visually impaired persons
• Project Management & MarCom workshops for
NGOs conducted by teams from 7 companies
• Tech Saturday – monthly IT training for
Maharashtra Government staff
Strategic Volunteering for ICT Capacity

7. Working across four key
stakeholders:
NGOs
India Inc.
Social Enterprises
NASSCOM Government
Foundation

8. Rita Soni
rita@nasscomfoundation.org