Stating that he is looking forward to working with talented Infoscions, Vishal Sikka said, "I am honoured to lead Infosys, an iconic company built by pioneers in the technology industry. I look forward to working with and learning from talented Infoscions around the world."
Do you have the courage to look through failures and unexpected pitfalls?
It may not be an exaggeration to say that in the next three years, in India itself a million jobs or more might be at risk due to automation. How we leverage its benefits will determine our fate in the digital era.
Which sectors will bounce back fast? Which will lag? Has the consumer changed forever? Here are some answers.
During his interaction with the chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that more economic activities would resume; he also said that zone identification may be left to the states.
'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about.'
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
'There will only be an institutional solution between the board and the founders to take Infosys forward.'
Shuvajit was confident of making a huge difference in the lives of people in rural India.
Samuel Stokes made India his home and participated in the freedom struggle. He was the only American to be imprisoned for sedition; the British CID maintained a special file on him.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
If we have to elect Rahul Gandhi to rule the country because 'secularism', of all things, dictates it, we are strengthening the ugly aspects of the dynastic system of democracy that has come to infect India's body politic deeply, says Jaya Jaitly.
The telecom sector is in the midst of another major shift as voice gives way to data.
In an email interview with Ranju Sarkar, International Finance Corporation's South Asia director Mengistu Alemayehu explains why the firm is bullish on building affordable homes in India.
'How can middlemen disappear as long as our political parties are sucking in massive amounts of black money?' 'There is an old political art well practised in New Delhi -- people create artificial problems and then solve it for you to earn your gratitude for a lifetime.'
Of the five towns planned, work is progressing in two, Dasve and Mogao.
The court said that King Ashoka had given several messages to the world which are engraved in rock edicts which shows reverence towards faith of others.
Describing IITians as a 'great force', the Prime Minister said IITs must encourage their alumni to interact with students so that their experience can be leveraged and sought their systemic mapping and grouping for optimum utilisation of their experience.
'If you destroy the assets in Pathankot, you degrade the combat potential of India; you degrade the war potential of India.'
What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?
Health, fitness and healing are the key elements of this entrepreneur's life.
'The stimulus packages, sector reliefs, loans etc are coming to industry, but state governments have not got any money from GST, no money from excise, no money from any income source.'
'Worse disasters -- both natural and man-made -- have come and gone in our country. We are here because our ancestors and we survived.'
The company hires postgraduate and PhD students from A+ grade institutes to be part of its research team.
IT firms are training employees of their clients and even aspiring IT professionals, in order to create fresh revenue streams amid shrinking deal sizes in traditional software maintenance, says Ayan Pramanik.
Growing the number of electric vehicles on Ola's platform is part of the terms SoftBank has put forth for the funding
Go beyond your college classroom. Take part in fests. Pursue an internship, says Abhishek Ajmera.
'Did the government learn any lesson from the disasters of 2008, 1987, 1975?' 'Certainly not!' 'They are making people believe that the 2017 flood was unexpected, so no preventive effort towards reducing the loss of human lives was to be expected from the government,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
'Essentially there are three things the government should be doing: Identify who you are going to get your vaccine from, figure out how you are going to pay for it, and figure out how you're going to deliver it and to whom.'
Incidents like these are a wake-up call, says School Education Secretary Anil Swarup. 'Today, if a particular problem has been found, technology allows solutions to address it,' he says, suggesting alternatives such as printing and distribution of encrypted question papers on the day of the exam. Swarup wants electronic tracking to keep tab on who has access to and can, therefore, leak papers.
'This virus came in December 2019 and how this virus is going to behave in October and November, we don't know yet.'
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
Siddharth Tata's Purple Chilli helps vegetable farmers earn an income 365 days a year.
Networking can be an invaluable skill for job hunting, start-ups and picking up best practices.
Acquisitions are done to synergise with existing offerings of firms; to strengthen or enter new areas, platforms or geography; find new customers for its products; keep parts of the acquired organisation, perhaps the digital in the case of Mindtree, and to sell others to increase its own value. Never is it to grow the acquired organisation more than itself, says Pankaj Chandra.
Apart from skill development, employees are considering work-life balance.
The PM performed Yoga with over 50,000 enthusiasts at the Forest Research Institute campus in Dehradun.
'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.'
'Our Indian culture system is very family oriented.' 'We value and respect the decisions of our parents to a great extent.' 'That can be a pro or con.' 'It's up to the parents to gauge how much motivation, pressure or space a child needs.' 'Every child is different.' 'We are all unique and that is what I intend to drive home to parents.'
The India that needs strategic alliances, defence cooperation and engaging meaningfully with neighbouring countries is quietly moving ahead with confidence, says Tarun Vijay
