"We can celebrate technology, but if it doesn't truly empower every Indian and every Indian organisation to achieve more...we would have achieved nothing," the Microsoft CEO said in Mumbai.
The footprints of Indian-origin corporate executives at multinationals is expanding, with Sandeep Kataria taking over the reins of footwear major Bata as its global chief executive officer. From FMCG majors to IT titans, Kataria joins the league of Indian-origin executives who have climbed the highest echelons of corporate across diverse sectors globally. From Nooyi to Pichai to Nadella, the list of such people at the helm of multi-billion dollar enterprises is long.
If automation is the future, these jobs will surge in 2018.
The tribal leader, India's youngest president at 64 and the first to be born after Independence, took oath of office in the name of god to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law'.
Dhivya Suryadevara, chief finance officer of the US's largest automaker General Motors, comes in at the 4th spot, followed by Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud (14), cofounder and co-CEO of Robinhood, Baiju Bhatt (24) and Female Founders Fund founding partner Anu Duggal (32).
While the first wave of moving work to India was driven by cost considerations, increasingly companies are banking on local talent to add value to their business by jointly developing products and solutions.
Tokenisation acts as an additional layer of security as it masks sensitive card data such as the 16-digit account number, expiry date and security code. However, the security level of the app and the customer's mobile itself also needs to be taken into consideration, say experts. Nikhat Hetavkar explains the whole idea of tokenisation, how it is enabled, its impact on card transactions and related security guidelines.
NITI Aayog recommendations cite the need for greater industry-academia collaboration to meet skill demand
Blackstone on Monday said funds managed by the private equity firm will acquire a majority stake in IT firm Mphasis Ltd, triggering an open offer for acquisition of up to 26 per cent stake for about Rs 8,262 crore. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), UC Investments (Office of the Chief Investment Officer of The Regents, University of California) and others will co-invest along with Blackstone, a statement said. Based on the open offer subscription, the blended purchase price will vary between Rs 1,452 to Rs 1,497 per share (12-16 per cent premium to 12-month average price and 3-6 per cent discount to 6-month average price) and the purchase consideration will vary between Rs 15,200 crore to Rs 21,000 crore (approximately$2-2.8 billion), the statement said.
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Of the 3.9 million the sector employs, HR experts say at least 100,000 are likely to lose their jobs by the end of this financial year. Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan report.
The firm, which has sacked 1,000 employees, says nothing new about it, laggards weeded out every year, this year is no different
The use of Aadhaar on Skype Lite and LinkedIn will allow Microsoft to bring on board millions in small towns and rural areas lacking e-mail IDs.
The Hyderabad-born Nadella says it's not the AI engine, but the teams that build it as well as the algorithms to make it intelligent have to be diverse and inclusive, so that the solutions they build do not show up any sort of 'unconscious bias' that they may have.
The company employs 4,200 people across three centres in Noida and Bengaluru, which together employ a fourth of its global workforce
Reports have put the IPO pipeline between 19 and 30 issues, of Rs 10,000-20,000 crore or Rs 100-200 billion.
The record in net addition from the top four was in 2016-17, of 59,427 employees.
While recruitment is falling, the capabilities needed to land an IT job are stiffening.
With all of the heavy lifting we have done over the past few years, I am confident that we are now well positioned to build on the Tata Group's unique legacy to steer the 21st century towards a more sustainable, connected, inclusive and efficient future: Chandra in email to staff.
To increase local talent mix in the US like their major peer Infosys
The digital opportunity is not just tech opportunity, but an opportunity to reinvent client business model.
Indian companies seem to be trailing behind. They will have to catch up by reskilling the workforce and ramping up investments.
Where do Indian IT firms stand compared to their global peers in this journey of transformation? Ayan Pramanik seeks answers from IT services analyst Phil Fersht.
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Through these new hires and centres, Infosys will also focus on enhancing its play in new technology areas like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, user experience, cloud and big data.
Tech-driven skills will be in demand in the post pandemic era, alerts Sonya Hooja, COO and co-founder, Imarticus Learning.
TCS is setting up a large BPO operation in Varanasi next year, some staff could be absorbed there
'The JF-17 is the aircraft of today and the Tejas is the aircraft of tomorrow.'
Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.
None of the Big Tech companies or tycoons appears to be playing a meaningful role in the testing, spread, cure, or eradication of the virus or even in contact tracing so far, says Prosenjit Datta.
Backed by China's Tencent and Prosus NV, Swiggy has around 8,000 employees.
Starting on Monday, Microsoft is inviting people to try out the new web experience.
We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games. We are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every institution that people build, said Nadella
Building front-end and stitching it with back-end is a task that IT firms are learning the hard way, finds Raghu Krishnan.
Despite lay-offs and the threat of automation, the industry will continue to be an important driver of growth in employment and GDP, says Ashok Soota.
As Indian IT service entities mature into multi-billion dollar organisations employing thousands, the pressure has increased on them from clients to identify and solve customer problems than working on predefined parameters.
The Micosoft CEO is scheduled to have a breakfast meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.
The ministry of railways is set to invite bids for content on demand and rail radio services, to be provided for travellers in April, says Shine Jacob.Shine Jacob in New Delhi
After another profitable quarter, Anil Chanana, chief financial officer, HCL Technologies, tells Karan Choudhury that customer confidence is at an all-time high.
Did you know that India is among the top five countries in food processing?
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