Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) is the national trade body for Software & IT Enabled Service industry of Bangladesh. Established in 1997, the association has been working with a vision of developing vibrant software & IT service industry in the country. BASIS started its journey with only 17 charter members. Today the membership stands more than eleven hundred. Members of BASIS account for the lion share of the total software & IT services revenue of the country. BASIS, through its regular programs and activities, works on the following broad objectives. BASIS has already gained modest success in attaining the above mentioned goals. For domestic market creation, BASIS has wide range of programs and activities. Every year BASIS organizes BASIS SOFTEXPO, the biggest software and ITES exposition in the country. During the recent years, SOFTEXPO has become the yearly mega market place where software & IT service companies in the country project their products and services to potential IT users, both at corporate/organizational and individual level. BASIS periodically publishes software and IT service catalog /directory for promoting local solution providers to the potential business clients. For development of market in government sector BASIS has been working closely with different concerned Ministries and agencies of government. BASIS is trying to play a catalyst role so that its members can effectively provide support and technical guidance to different government initiatives taken in line with the Digital Bangladesh vision of current government. Along with these initiatives of market development, BASIS also provides IT procurement advisory services to both public and private sector clients. Current Projects of BASIS » Software Technology Park -1 (STP-1) » BASIS Institute of Technology & Management (BITM) » BASIS-A2I Joint Project for national portal framework development » CBI-IT Outsourcing Export Coaching Program » NTFIII Project (supported by CBI, Netherlands Government and implemented jointly with ITC, UN and DCCI) » Policy Reform Initiative of BASIS (BASIS in collaboration with The Asia Foundation) » BASIS Softexpo 2017 » Support to Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park Project (BASIS in collaboration with Bangladesh Hi-Tech park Authority) » Leveraging ICT (LICT) Project (With the support of Ministry of ICT) » BASIS History Book