Press Release No. 83

11 December 2006

Visit of Indian IT Industry Leaders to Egypt

    A high-level 24-member delegation comprising most of India’s leading IT companies visited Egypt from 8-11 December 2006. The delegation, comprising of the Executive Board of NASSCOM, the IT industry association of India, was visiting Egypt to interact with the IT industry here and also held its first off-shore Executive Committee meeting in Egypt. During the visit, the delegation called on H.E. Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif on December 10, 2006. They also called on Minister of Communications and IT, H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel and had meetings with the Information Technology Industry Development Agency of Egypt. Mr. R. Raju, the current Chairman of the NASSCOM Executive Committee and Minister for CIT of Egypt addressed a Press Conference on the occasion. The delegation toured the Smart Village and was impressed with Egypt’s progress in the development of IT incubators, Xceed, and Cultnat. The Egyptian Ministry of CIT also hosted a networking reception and dinner for the visiting Indian IT delegation.

    The NASSCOM visit follows closely on the heels of the successful visit of the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology to India accompanied by a large IT business delegation from November 27-30, 2006. In addition to the MoU on CIT cooperation between the two Governments signed during that visit, three MoUs were signed between IT industries of both countries which would give a boost to human resources and software development in Egypt.  The Egyptian IT industry is also likely to participate in the India Leadership Forum – a global conclave on the IT-ITES industry – organized by NASSCOM in Mumbai in February 2007.

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