The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
Eight directors of Infosys Technologies have pocketed Rs 862 crore (Rs 8.62 billion) by offering 3.60 million shares as part of the company's third sponsored American depositary shares issue.
Akshay Bhargava, former chief executive of Infosys's BPO arm Progeon, has joined 3i -- Europe's leading venture capital and private equity company -- and will head 3i's new focus on the global business process outsourcing market.
N R Narayana Murthy, who stepped down as executive chairman of Infosys last month, says he is keen to take up a professorship so that he could be with younger people.
Infosys to adapt to new business strategies.
Murthy talks about his role at the company, retirement plans and the direction in which Infosys is headed.
At a time when speculation was rife about its course after the organisational rejig last week, Infosys on Friday validated the changes, exuding strong faith in its leadership pipeline and gave a clear signal that the company was unperturbed by the slew of senior exits in the recent past.
Cobra Beer chief executive Karan P Bilimoria has taken over as the co-chairman of Indo-British Partnership.
While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual property, etc, and a lack of support in testing.
'PNB had confirmed compliance with the RBI's prescription in its circular of August 3, 2016, which has now turned out to be factually incorrect,' Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Nandan Nilekani, chief executive officer of IT major Infosys Technologies will be among the world's most prominent business leaders who will address the prestigious 'Fortune 2005 Global Forum' to be held in Beijing from May 16-18.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
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.
Recruitment from colleges should be done and local people be trained to add value to Indian companies, said Murthy.
German Chancellor Angel Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Switzerland President Simonetta Sommaruga would be participating in the 45th edition of the meet.
'You will see more and more people working independently -- starting beauty parlours, driving cars, etc.' This is what we call the gig economy.' 'The same people who have been laid off in India or are unable to get visas to work in the US may be part of this gig economy.' 'India needs billions of jobs, and it can only be created by self-employment or the gig economy.'
GSTN is planning a disaster recovery drill and hence services will not be available for 12 hours, between 9am and 9pm, on July 1, and has requested the taxpayers to plan GST-related activities on the portal accordingly.
Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy said on Tuesday that fairness, transparency and accountability should decide the "compensation" of chief executive officers.
'The failures of private businessmen have set back the process of market-oriented reform, though that is the only way forward,' argues T N Ninan.
As Nasdaq-listed company indicates poor spending in financial services space, Indian firms feel jittery
Elliott Capital's letter to Cognizant, detailing how the latter can reinvent itself, has many lessons for its India-listed peers like TCS and Infosys, says Akash Prakash.
Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Infosys Chief Executive Officer Nandan Nilekani, and Apollo Hospitals' Chairman Pratap Reddy are among the top managers BBC will feature in a seven-part series.
Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Nandan Mohan Nilekani of Infosys Technologies and Ratan Tata of the Tata group - have figured in this year's list of World's 50 most respected business leaders.
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, SBI and L&T among fund managers' preferred bets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet top Australian business leaders, including BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie and HSBC Bank Australia CEO Tony Cripps, at a roundtable in Melbourne next week.
Wipro said recently it was expecting its revenue growth to drop 2.33 per cent or stay flat between $2,015 and $2065 million.
On his three-day trip, the Microsoft CEO will meet governments and businesses to get them to use the company's platforms.
Firm to prune domestic costs through initiatives such as voluntary separation
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
Sikka said he needs to move forward and return to environment of respect, trust and empowerment, where he can take on new lofty challenges.
Indian software firms have been retraining their workforce in emerging technology areas, also helping them get certified
Narayan Murthy says the software industry has boosted the international image of India like no other sector.
While Team Indus had backing from Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, it could not even muster half of the Rs 4.5 billion it required for the mission to the moon.
Amid subdued demand for traditional information technology (IT) services offerings, Indian IT services players are betting on big data, as this is high on clients' agenda.
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