Veteran violinist M S Gopalakrishnan died in Chennai on Thursday following a brief illness.
He succeeds Adi Godrej, Chairman of the Godrej Group.
One possible way of accelerating National Education Policy's outcome is to invite 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India in STEM areas to create 2,500 "Train the Teacher" colleges in the country's 28 states and eight union territories, Murthy said.
They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not even seem to recognise that they too have crossed a red line themselves, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, stands to earn Rs 68.17 crore in dividend income from her shareholding in India's second-largest IT firm Infosys. Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 3.89 crore shares of Infosys at the end of December, according to company filings with the stock exchanges. Infosys declared a final dividend of Rs 17.50 per share for FY23 (April 2022 to March 2023).
Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently secretary in the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways.
Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 3.89 crore shares, or 0.93 per cent, of Infosys at the end of September, according to company filings with the stock exchanges.
S Gopalakrishnan's passion for gizmos goes beyond BlackBerrys and iPods. The Infosys head says, he likes to "play around with new technology".
Several observers have questioned the weakness in execution of the 3.0 strategy.
Their investments in start-ups exceed Rs 1,000 crore at present.
Top business leaders to raise issues on investment, trade and the rupee
Top decision-making body, executive council, will be dissolved on April 1.
During the quarter, Infosys and its subsidiaries added 8,930 employees.
The IT companies are not getting clarity about clients' IT budgets because of this uncertainty.
Tributes poured in for violin maestro T N Krishnan, who died in Chennai at the age of 92, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the world of Carnatic music mourning the doyen's demise and recalling his rich contributions.
Raising the share of manufacturing from about 17 per cent to 25 per cent of GDP is necessary, says S Gopalakrishnan.
Enthused by improving global economic scenario and a renewed wave of reforms back in India, IT giant Infosys says it is bullish over better growth prospects of IT sector in 2013 and expects greater job creation this year.
It plans to push the growth further to 8.5 - 9 per cent.
The software services provider looks to cut costs and boost sales.
Company's co-Chairman S Gopalakrishnan says uncertainties continue as unexpected events happen
Infosys felicitates outstanding researchers in various fields.
The revenue of Indian IT sector for 2011-12 is pegged at $100 billion with over 70 per cent of IT exports in US and Europe.
Mukesh Ambani has got company of at least 29 fellow corporate executives, including four from his own group Reliance Industries, in terms of annual salaries running into crores of rupees for the latest fiscal.
Infosys' co-founders, S D Shibulal and S Gopalkrishnan, on Tuesday launched Axilor Ventures, a business incubator and platform for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.
IT major Infosys Technologies will start construction work on its first software development centre in West Bengal, at Rajarhat near here, in three to six months, a top company official said on Friday.
In a major top-level management restructuring, India's second largest software firm Infosys on Saturday named veteran banker K V Kamath as the new chairman to succeed founder N R Narayana Murthy, who retires in August.
The Infosys Science Foundation on Monday announced the winners of the Infosys Prize 2010 recognizing outstanding contributions to scientific research that have impacted India.
Infosys says further deterioration of economic conditions in US and Europe could hit the domestic IT sector.
In a discussion with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Pradeesh Chandran, executive co-chairman designate S Gopalakrishnan talks about the challenges Infosys faces.
"We are looking at a gross addition of about 12,000 in our workforce and we are continuing with yearly target at 45,000 people," Infosys CEO and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan said.
With mounting fears that the city is in danger of losing the tag of leading IT-hub, the software industry-- led by bellwether Infosys - called for development of world class infrastructure and continued government support to maintain its credentials.
Infosys managing director and chief executive officer S Gopalakrishnan speaks about Infosys, version 3.0, the IT major's culture, what it implies and how it will tackle the competition.
Murthy will hand over his role to K V Kamath, who has been an independent director on the Infosys board since May, 2009.
Infosys Technologies beat its own revenue guidance with better-than-expected second quarter (July-October) results, indicating an overall improvement in business and demand.
'Offshore services are expected to grow in 2010.'
After Mexico, the company sets up delivery centre in Brazil
"There is significant opportunity over the next few years. Only 25 per cent of the full leverage of IT is understood and used. The impact of IT will be significant in the next 25-30 years," said Infosys Technologies Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan. He added that there is still money to be made and wealth to be created in this sector.
Amidst the slowdown and the freeze on recruitment, there is some good news for students graduating next year: Infosys is planning to begin campus recruitment across the country from January 2010.
Software major Infosys was eyeing Tier-II cities like Tiruchirapalli and Madurai in Tamil Nadu for its expansion once the global economy recovered from the current recession, a top company official has said.
There is more good news for those looking for jobs at IT companies. Infosys plans to hire 30,000 professionals this year.
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