Cloud, AI and data to transform India in next decade: Nilekani
By IANS |
4 Views
Nandan Nilekani. (File Photo: IANS) Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 20 : Although there is an acceleration in tech adoption and innovation across sectors in India, the key challenge now is to scale new-age technologies like Cloud, AL/ML and data in a way that these can empower more than a billion people in the next decade, global IT major Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday.
In a conversation with Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft during the first virtual edition of ExpertSpeak, Nilekani said that in health, education and financial services, tech has an extremely important role to play.
Saritha Rai, Bloomberg News A vendor wears a jacket featuring the logo for Amazon.com Inc. at Sadar Bazaar in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. In the heart of New Delhi s largest wholesale bazaar, merchants who normally compete with each other have united against a common enemy. The sit-in, which created more chaos than usual among the rickshaws, motorbikes and ox-carts plying the market road, was one of as many as 700 protests against Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. owner of local e-commerce leader Flipkart that organizers say took place at bazaars across India on a recent Wednesday.
Healthcare to benefit from digital transformation: Nilekani
By IANS| Published: 30th January 2021 3:21 am IST
Bengaluru, Jan 29 : Global IT major Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Friday said healthcare would one of the big sectors that would benefit from digital transformation.
“Besides healthcare, education, retail and logistics are other big sectors that will benefit from digital technology,” he said in the first annual lecture organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), through virtual platform.
Admitting that solving complexities of the country required diverse skills and experiences, Nilekani called for local strategy and partnerships on priority.
“To bring policy changes, stakeholders should have facts to demonstrate through data a positive network effect on society,” he said.