Kiran Karnik, Nasscom chief

IDG Ventures India on Thursday announced that Kiran Karnik, former president of National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) and a recipient of the Padma Shri has joined the company, on their global advisory board.

IDG Ventures India's advisory board includes icons like N Balasubramanian, K B Chandrashekar, Arjun Malhotra, Sridhar Mitta, Jagdish Sheth and V Sumantran.

Kiran Karnik was president of Nasscom, the premiere trade body and the 'chamber of commerce' for the IT software and services industry in India, till January 2008.

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