<p>Former telecom secretary R. Chandrashekhar will be the president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) from January 2014, it was announced Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>This decision was taken Friday at the executive council meeting of Nasscom at Pune.<br /><br />Chandrasekhar will succeed Som Mittal, who has held the post for the last six years and has his tenure ending Jan 3, 2014.<br /><br />He will be entrusted with the responsibility to take forward Nasscom's ambitious target of $300 billion of revenue by 2020 from the IT sector, said a statement by Nasscom.<br /><br />Chandrashekhar served as the chairman of Telecom Commission and secretary, Department of Telecommunications till March 2013.<br /></p>
<p>Former telecom secretary R. Chandrashekhar will be the president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) from January 2014, it was announced Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>This decision was taken Friday at the executive council meeting of Nasscom at Pune.<br /><br />Chandrasekhar will succeed Som Mittal, who has held the post for the last six years and has his tenure ending Jan 3, 2014.<br /><br />He will be entrusted with the responsibility to take forward Nasscom's ambitious target of $300 billion of revenue by 2020 from the IT sector, said a statement by Nasscom.<br /><br />Chandrashekhar served as the chairman of Telecom Commission and secretary, Department of Telecommunications till March 2013.<br /></p>