Nasscom VP Sunil Mehta passes away

BANGALORE

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Sunil Mehta, VP of India's IT industry body Nasscom, died in Mumbai this
morning, following a cardiac arrest. He was 41.

His demise came as a shock to many people. A Nasscom spokesperson said that
they were in a state of shock on hearing the news.

Mehta has been instrumental in some of Nasscom's recent initiatives such as
the online national registry of BPO employees and Nasscom Assessment of
Competence (NAC) that involves tests to grade BPO applicants.

Like Kiran Karnik, the president of the industry body, he has also been quite
vocal in denouncing the anti-outsourcing critics and also defended the
country's BPO industry in the light of the certain security breaches at call
centers.

In his role, Mehta was responsible for leading Nasscom's research
initiatives. He also was in charge of Nasscom's international public affairs
and public relations. Mehta started his career with Citibank. In 1989, he
started his own venture, INFAC, an industry research and information company.
INFAC, which was the leading research provider in India, was later sold to
CRISIL in 2000 and Mehta continued to serve as a CEO with the company till the
beginning of 2001.

He has a degree in Bachelors in Commerce from Mumbai University and a Masters
in Business Administration from IIM, Ahmedabad.