Technology industry seeing improved gender diversity

A sharp rise in enrollment of women coders for the fifth edition of Tech-Gig's Geek Goddess clearly shows that the technology industry is seeing improved gender diversity

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Infosys submits applications with RoC in ex-CFO's severance agreement matter

IT firm Infosys had agreed to pay its former CFO Rajiv Bansal a severance amount of Rs 17.38 crore or 24 months of salary, but the company suspended payments after he got Rs 5 crore as co-founder Murthy and others objected to the package. Bansal's severance payout has been one of the contentious issues Infosys founders had raised to allege governance lapses.

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Infosys opens innovation centre in Dusseldorf, Germany

The innovation hub of Infosys would serve as a link between businesses and the leading educational establishments in Germany in a move to bridge the STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics) talent gap in the region. Infosys said there would be strategic partnerships with regional academic institutions such as Hochschule Dusseldorf and WHU.

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Ask almighty or Nilekani: Sebi chief on even God can't change numbers remark

Nilekani said processes at the company are so strong that even God cannot change the numbers.

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Former Star and Disney head Sanjay Gupta to head Google India

A post graduate from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata, Gupta is an engineer from Delhi College of Engineering. Gupta joins Google from Star and Disney India where he was the Managing Director. He also had stints at HUL and Bharti Airtel as Chief Marketing Officer.

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India should emulate China in tech transfer, IP: Arogyaswami Paulraj, inventor of MIMO

In the last 25 years, we would have bought maybe close to $800 billion worth of high technology stuff, but we have got no transfer of technology. We need to do this properly and we need to hire the best talent to do it for us, said Arogyaswami Paulraj, professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and the inventor of MIMO.

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Ayushman Bharat can open up opportunities for AI-based services: NetApp

Valluri believes AI has primarily been restricted to innovations done by startups in India, while the government agencies and other large enterprises have not used to the core of service offerings and operations. The Union Government’s AIforAll initiative has set the tone for an AI-based transformation, but it would higher adoption, he said.

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