Global Exhibition on Services

Human Crayon Management Services Pvt. Ltd. is partnering with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Global Exhibition on Services (GES) for Ecommerce, Retail, SME’s & Startup’s to create the largest B2B Services event in the country.

After the success of the last four editions Department of Commerce, Government of India, SEPC, CII & Human Crayon is organizing the 5th edition from Sep 18 – 20, 2019 at Palace Grounds, Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is an annual event which seeks to enhance strategic cooperation and develop synergies to strengthen multilateral relationships between all stakeholders, tap the potential for services export and increase FDI flow.

Key Stakeholders

• Decision Makers
• Senior representatives of Central & State Governments
• Officials from PSUs
• Leaders from Global Private Industries
• Buyers and Sellers delegations from India and Overseas

Key Objectives

An annual flagship global initiative for

• Increasing trade in Services
• Enhancing Strategic Cooperation
• Strengthening relationships among stakeholders

IT & ITeS Sector

• India has become the digital capabilities hub of the world with around 75% of global digital talent present in the country
• India’s IT & ITeS industry grew to US$ 181 billion in 2018-19. Exports from the industry increased to US$ 137 billion in FY19 while domestic revenues (including hardware) advanced to US$ 44 billion.
• Hardware exports from India are expected to grow at 7-8 per cent in FY19
• Private Equity investments in the sector stood at US$ 2,400 million in Q4 2018
• Venture Capital investments in the IT & ITeS sector stood at US$ 53.0 million during Q4 2018
• 200 Indian IT & ITeS companies have set up over 1,000 global delivery centres in about 80 countries across the world

• Revenue from digital segment is expected to comprise 38% of the forecasted US$ 350 billion industry revenue by 2025
• Indian IT firms are diversifying their offerings and showcasing leading ideas in blockchain, AI to clients using innovation hubs, R&D centres
• Over 1,140 GICs operating out of India
• The cloud market in India is expected to grow three fold to US$ 7.1 billion by 2022 with the help of Growing adoption of Big Data, analytics, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT)
• IT industry employs nearly 3.97 million people in India of which 105,000 were added in FY18 and and is expected to add over 250,000 new jobs in 2019

Key Topics

Government Initiatives

• Information Technology identified as one of 12 champion service sectors and government has set up a Rs US$ 745.82 million (5,000 crore) fund for realizing the potential of these champion service sectors
• As a part of Union Budget 2018-19, NITI Aayog is going to set up a national level programme that will enable efforts in AI^ and will help in leveraging AI^ technology for development works in the country.
• In the Interim Budget 2019-20, the Government of India announced plans to launch a national programme on AI* and setting up of a National AI* portal.
• National Policy on Software Products-2019 was passed by the Union Cabinet to develop India as a software product nation.
• Indian Government has extended tax holidays to the IT sector for software technology parks of India and Special Economic Zones.
• Indian Government is providing procedural ease and single window clearance for setting up facilities.