John - Re.: ...crunch for y2k programmers...
Here is something I found. No idea what NASSCOM recommended. Hope they realized the seriousness of the y2k problem in India. Ram
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The Hindu, July 7, 1998:
Four-Minister panel formed on info-tech
The Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, has set up a four-member ministerial committee to examine the recommendations of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software, which submitted its report to him on July 4. The ministerial panel, consisting of the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, the Communications and Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, the Human Resource Development Minister, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, and the Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, has been asked to submit its report within 10 days. This was announced by Prof. M.G.K. Menon, co-chairperson of the task force, and three of its members - Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni, Director (Communications and Research) at the Prime Ministers' Office, Dr. N. Seshagiri, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, and Mr. Dewang Mehta, Executive Director, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). Dr. Seshagiri was also the member-convenor of the task force. <<<< |
