Nasscom announces 2010 Emerge Leaders
National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), on Thursday, announced the names of top 10 Information Technology startups for 2010 at the Delhi edition of Nasscom Emergeout Conclave 2010.
The winners, chosen from a total of 236 initial applicants, include companies that provide a range of IT services covering healthcare, education and training, banking, travel and social networking.
The focus of this year’s Emerge Conclave was exploring how emerging and start-up companies can build economic value out of emerging web based social platforms, mobile and AppStore, Nasscom said in a release. AppStores give small software developers an opportunity to be discovered and a fair chance of ‘trial’ by a large number of consumers.
Speaking at the conclave, Nasscom President Som Mittal said “the SME segment represents a huge opportunity for India to retain its competitive advantage and sustain future growth.
Over the past few years Indian SMEs, which are a significant contributor to IT industry, have excelled in building niche products and services and tapping non-core markets.” There are about 38 incubator centres in the country, which have already helped develop close to 28 software product companies, the release said. 
