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Bengaluru: Indian IT industry apex body’s social arm Nasscom Foundation plans to use corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to skill techies on latest technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics, a top executive has said. The conference had about 400 delegates, including tech company heads, policymakers, CSR heads from various firms, NGOs, and social influencers taking part. Collaboration across the industry was necessary to solve larger national issues, said Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh on the occasion. Pamidi was speaking at the Foundation’s ‘CSR Leadership Conference’ in this tech hub. The two-day CSR conference, which began in the city on Monday, aims to provide a platform for the IT and business process management (BPM) industry to solve India’s pressing problems, he added..