Dr Ganesh Natarajan will answer your questions as a Special Guru on rediffGURUS from May 26 to June 1. All you need to do is create your account on rediffGURUS and ask him what you want to know.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies -- Nasscom -- on Monday announced the appointment of Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and managing director, Zensar as the chairman of Nasscom for the year 2008-09. Pramod Bhasin, president and CEO, Genpact has been elected as the vice chairman of Nasscom for the current year.
Information technology leader Ganesh Natarajan hailed N R Narayana Murthy's reappointment as executive chairman and additional director of Infosys on Saturday.
Ganesh Natarajan answered many IT-related questions during an hour-long rediff chat on Tuesday.
What impact will the Budget have on the IT sector?
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Dr Ganesh Natarajan offers practical advice on the importance of skill development.
'...are young Indians with aspiration to go to the US.' 'The dream has to be more about working in India...'
'I tell young entrepreneurs if you don't have a great idea, if you don't have a good business model, don't think of a start-up.'
While TCS cited evolving business needs and future readiness as reasons, industry experts say the action is a cost-cutting measure aimed at improving operating margins that have remained below the firm's aspirational range despite multiple efforts.
'It is the responsibility of industry to take the very bright talent whose knowledge of software engineering basics is very high, and then give them additional skills.'
Transcript of the Ganesh Natarajan chat on rediff on Friday.
To position Bhubaneswar as a sought after IT destination, Orissa needs to build a world class workforce for IT and BPOs, ensure digital acceleration and focus on upgrading social infrastructure to attract global IT citizens. This was pointed out by Ganesh Natarajan, chairman, NASSCOM at an IT conclave on Destination Bhubaneswar.
Was this Chennai? Or Singapore? There's an area in Singapore that looked like a suburb of Chennai.
Two-day event saw participation of venture capitalists, private equity funds, angel investors, etc.
The new government will have to start by addressing some key policy concerns, says Ganesh Natarajan, and draws up a checklist. Continuing our series on the state of the Indian economy ahead of the general elections.
The company is planning to open a global development centre in Jordan.
IT-BPO company Zensar to have 30% workforce based at home to cut office spends, draw talent
Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and managing director, Zensar Technologies Limited has been appointed vice chairman, Nasscom for the current year.
Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Zensar grew 23 per cent sequentially last quarter. Natarajan says a lot of growth will come from the increasing use of IT within Indian companies.
Nasscom chairman Ganesh Natarajan, who will lead the team that will also have president Som Mittal, said the five-day visit would focus on three things -- totalisation agreement, immigration issues and benefits of outsourcing. Nasscom is lobbying for totalisation pact with the US, which already has this agreement with several countries to avoid double taxation of income with respect to social security taxes.
Oracle has announced the availability of a hosted Enterprise Resource Planning solution for small and medium enterptises in India through its certified partner, Zensar.
Zensar Technologies, the Rs 900 crore RPG Group's software services company, expects Rs 200 crore from its domestic business this fiscal, up from Rs 40 crore last year. In an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, Vice-Chairman and CEO Ganesh Natarajan says the company is on an expansion and hiring mode, defying the freeze in the industry
Pramod Bhasin has been appointed as the chairman of the executive council of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) for the year 2009-2010.
Nasscom chairman Ganesh Natarajan on Bill Gates' legacy.
Indian company Zensar Technologies has formed a joint venture with a Chinese software firm in Shenzhen that will boost the latter's bid to become a major global outsourcing centre.
Cheteshwar Pujara's presence did not help Saurashtra as a gritty Tripura humbled the defending champions
Gaurav Gogoi will head the screening committee for Rajasthan with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot included among the ex-officio members of the panel.
Scam tainted B Ramalingham Raju to have tougher times ahead.
New models of skilling will provide both jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities to inspire recipients to capture the jobs or entrepreneurial opportunities they seek and provide them the agency to stay on and improve on their skills on the job, says Ganesh Natarajan.
All credit to the finance minister for walking the fiscal and expectation tightrope extremely well in his budget speech, says Ganesh Natarajan.
A new motivation needs to spread through the existing ranks to upskill and reskill themselves in the 55 new job roles for digital, says Ganesh Natarajan.
The challenges before the IT industry are many and its response over the coming months will shape the future of what has been one of the most vibrant value-creating and livelihood-enabling sectors.
While 39 members of the all-important panel are general members, it has 32 permanent invitees, including some in-charges of state and 13 special invitees.