Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will deliver the valedictory address on February 9
With Indo-Pak relations entering a new phase, the first ever information technology delegation from Pakistan will participate in the National Association of Software and Service Companies' annual summit, starting next month.
The traditional model of IT is being commoditised and players are losing margins. Industry needs to focus on innovation-based start-ups for next round of growth.
The aviation ministry is not in the business of regulating tariffs, says its president Aditya Ghosh.
Global business consultancy firm, Deloitte, plans to almost double its India workforce to 24,500 over the next 30 months, a top company official said.
Infosys Chairman Narayan Murthy equated the present economic crisis in the US to the Great Depression. "The present crisis in the US reminds me of the 1929 depression. More signals are emanating of the 1929 depression than the 70s' one. I have a suspicion that it (the present crisis) could be a longer one," he said. A recovery from the present crisis may take longer than 18 months, he said.
However, a large number of businesses around the world are unable to quantify accurately the benefits their outsourcing arrangements would bring in for them.
Right from day one, the delegates were faced with external odds over which they had little or no control. For instance, would the Software Technology Parks of India scheme be extended beyond 2009? They could only take home the assurance that Minister for Communications and IT Thiru A Raja was on their side.
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The first phase of integration is already over
Gulshan Rai talks to Surabhi Agarwal about the tussle with social media companies over sharing data, Section 66a of the Information Technology Act and his new job.