Chairman NASSCOM Harsh Manglik to visit Sri Lanka
July 21, 2010 03:54 pm
Chairman of NASSCOM, Harsh Manglik will be visiting Sri Lanka on the August 9, 2010 as the Chief Guest of the Business Leaders’ Forum jointly organized by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM).
National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is the premier trade body and the Chamber of Commerce for the IT / BPO industry in India. In this role, he is responsible for representing the Indian IT/BPO software and services industry to multiple stakeholders. His key responsibility areas include enhancing India’s leadership position in the global offshore IT-BPO and work towards further growing the market by enabling industry to tap into emerging opportunity areas and to strengthen the domestic market in India.
As Accenture’s senior leader in India, he is responsible for all Accenture activities in India and for the strategic direction, growth and development of its businesses based in this geography. He is also a member of Accenture’s Executive Leadership Team.
Before Accenture, Manglik was worldwide Vice President, Symantec Corporation. Earlier in his career, Manglik worked with IBM for nearly 10 years and held US, Asia Pacific and global leadership responsibilities. He also served as an executive at Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies Corporation. Earlier, Manglik was a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. He started his career as a Management Trainee with Metal Box India.
He brings with him over 30-years of global business and consulting experience, gained in several world class firms, spanning many domains including aerospace, automotive, electronics, telecom and IT services.
He has been an active participant in collaboration between industry and academia. He is a member of Carnegie Mellon University’s Presidential Committee on India. He previously served on the Founding Operating Committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the “Leaders for Manufacturing” graduate program.
The Business Leaders forum is focused on the theme Innovation and Sustainability and sponsored by Latitude 655, a next generation IT services company focused on innovative products and services. Please reach AmCham (www.amcham.lk) on 2336073/4 regarding further details about the forum and enrollment.
Photo Caption: Chairman and Geography Managing Director, Accenture India and Chairman NASSCOM Harsh Manglik.
