Rahul is fascinated by history and ancient texts
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the government on the issue of intolerance telling it not to learn the "wrong lessons" from the Pakistan.
E-commerce giant Amazon and Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy's Catamaran Ventures have "mutually decided" to not continue their joint venture (JV) beyond the end of its current term. The JV, Prione Business Services, which has been running successfully for the past seven years, was coming up for renewal on May 19, 2022. The JV enabled over 300,000 sellers and entrepreneurs to go online. It also enabled 4 million merchants with digital payment capabilities, providing these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and merchants access to millions of customers across the country.
The tax portal problem is a goof-up by both sides, and making Infosys the only villain in the story is quite unfair, argues Shyamal Majumdar.
The report published by an English daily said the promoters wanted to sell their entire stake as they were unhappy over the manner in which the company was being run.
His celebratory gesture on Thursday night marks a first for Downing Street, which annually sees the UK prime minister host a Diwali gathering and an Annakut, or spread of festive food, from London's Swaminarayan Mandir next door at No 10.
India's second largest software services firm, Infosys on Thursday saw the exit of its global head of strategic sales, marketing and alliances Prasad Thrikutam.
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has singled out "erroneous policies" pursued by successive governments at the Centre.
After Chanda and Deepak Kochchar, the Kudvas are the second power couple in the financial world to come under the regulatory glare.
The conversion facilitated range enhancement and improvement in Pinaka's accuracy.
The matter pertains to the Rs 173.8 million severance offer given to former CFO Rajiv Bansal in October 2015 when he was allegedly forced to step down due to differences with then chief executive Vishal Sikka over the acquisition of Israeli technology firm Panaya for $200 million.
As per the award, Infosys is required to pay Bansal the outstanding severance amount of Rs 12.17 crore, with interest
In another senior-level exit from Infosys, Humberto Andrade had quit as head of the company's Latin America business process outsourcing (BPO) operations to join rival Capgemini.
Parekh, who is joining the company from Capgemini, will take over on January 2, 2018..
Seshasayee has been an independent director on the company's board since January 2011.
'Indian companies has a responsibility to create jobs for Americans, too'
Last year in January at Amazon's flagship event Smbhav, Infosys Co-founder N R Narayana Murthy had to shorten his keynote speech from 20 minutes to about five because the event was delayed by 1.5 hours. "I will try to finish it in five minutes, because I am not used to delays," said Murthy, while addressing hundreds of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) about building businesses that last. In the audience was Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Murthy referred to Bezos' prediction that the 21st century will be the Indian century. "That confidence enhances our enthusiasm," said Murthy. The relationship between Murthy and Bezos dates to 2014, when Prione, a 49:51 joint venture (JV) between Amazon and Murthy's venture capital company Catamaran, was formed.
Exuding confidence in Narendra Modi's leadership, IT industry veteran NR Narayana Murthy today said the new Prime Minister is "in a position to change the course of dialogue" on US visas for the over $118 billion industry.
Global investment is agnostic when it comes to nationalism, says Kanika Datta.
Infosys was the worst performer among the bluechips on both the key indices.
Murthy said he was anguished by the allegations, tone and tenor of statements made by the Infosys board.
The reduction in holdings comes at a time when technology firms are facing cross currency headwinds due to volatility in the global financial markets
The work environment has definitely changed at Infosys after the return of NR Narayana Murthy, reports Vikash Nanjappa
Sanghrajka has spent 13 years in Infosys over two stints and has performed various leadership roles in the finance section.
Analysts say the company remains on a firm footing, stake sale by the founders will not impact fundamentals.
Nilekani is an organised person and his strength is simplification of complex ideas, said Murthy.
Weeks after NR Narayana Murthy returned to Infosys, the country's second largest software exporter on Tuesday saw its global sales and marketing head Basab Pradhan quitting the company.
As the second phase of polling commenced on Thursday amid heightened security, bigwigs came out to cast their votes for constituting the 17th Lok Sabha. Among those who took to their respective polling booths were former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth, BJP candidate from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya, and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, among others.
After his retirement from Infosys last year, Gopalakrishnan has been active in philanthropy, science and technology
I have no hesitation to say that the cultural milieu is different, said chairman R Seshasayee in a rare media interaction.
In his blog, sikka said, "It is clear to me that despite our successes over the last three years, and the powerful seeds of innovation that we have sown, I cannot carry out my job as CEO and continue to create value, while also constantly defending against unrelenting, baseless/malicious and increasingly personal attacks."
Infosys has opened a new Sydney branch office to keep pace with business growth of more than 500 per cent in New South Wales over the past five years, the company said in a statement.
Pratt, who joined the firm in 2004, has left the company to start his own entrepreneurial venture.
This time an anonymous whistleblower made an appeal to market regulator Sebi to probe an agreement made by the tech giant with some of its ex-directors.
While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced.
The industry is looking at a promising 2016, though experts and even the investors anticipate correction on the valuation side
Murthy sought the shareholders understanding, support and encouragement in this exciting and rewarding journey of the next three years.
His mandate at Infosys, he says in an interview at the family office in Jayanagar and his first after the stint at Infosys, was to solve the problem of how to measure the individual productivity of a software engineer.
Murthy, said Mohandas Pai, should focus on mentoring the next generation.