Forbes India - Tech Conversations
-
EcoPreneurs: Annu Talreja on how Accacia is helping the real estate sector step up decarbonisation
In this episode, Annu Talreja, founder and CEO of Accacia, talks about how her company is helping the real estate sector accelerate their efforts to decarbonise their operations. Annu, an architect and urban planner by training, is building a software as a service platform at Accacia, her second venture, backed by marquee investors including Accel, B Capital, Blume Ventures and Rainmatter
-
Rafee Tarafdar at Infosys on how AI is changing the company from within
Mohammed Rafee Tarafdar, Chief Technology Officer at Infosys, talks about how Infosys is now pushing to become an "AI first" company, after transforming itself into a "cloud-first" tech services provider over the last five years or so. He explains how AI is changing the organisation from within, even as it helps customers implement and benefit from AI applications
-
Rafee Tarafdar at Infosys on how AI is changing the company from within
In this episode, Mohammed Rafee Tarafdar, chief technology officer at Infosys, talks about what generative AI might mean for the future of the IT services industry. Rafee, who's also an executive vice president and the head of the company's strategic technology group, explains how becoming an "AI first" company, back-to-back with adapting to the "cloud-first" transformation in the industry, is changing Infosys from within, even as it helps customers implement and benefit from generative AI applications
-
When Nandan Nilekani and Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi exchanged notes in India's tech capital
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Nandan Nilekani, former chairman of UIDAI and non-executive chairman of Infosys, discussed tech products, services and solutions that work at the scale of a large nation. Nilekani offered pointers on how private companies could build massive services — Uber being a strong example — taking advantage of India's digital public infrastructure. Khosrowshahi spoke about the seven-year journey from his taking the top spot to bringing the ride-hailing service provider to profitability
-
Sidhant Rastogi at Zinnov on the next phase of growth of engineering R&D outsourcing
In this episode, Sidhant Rastogi, managing partner at Zinnov, a technology and management consultancy in Bengaluru, talks about why engineering R&D services is a promising area of outsourcing at the cusp of its next big phase of growth. As the world makes the energy transition from fossil fuel to renewables, the scope of the work that the Indian providers can offer is set to approach close to tier-1 supplier levels, going beyond software, catalysed by the convergence of multiple technologies, he says
-
Jyoti Gera at GE HealthCare on how healthcare could be the next 'digital-first' success story in India
Jyoti Gera, global general manager at GE HealthCare for general imaging and primary care ultrasound, talks about the future of precision medicine, including in markets such as India where access and affordability are crucial factors. Gera also talks about her own career, starting out as an engineer and rising to running a multi-billion-dollar engineering-intensive business, and why someone starting out today should equally care about the long run
-
Deep Tech India S2 Ep1: GS Madhusudan at Incore on India's new semiconductor opportunity
In this year's first episode of Deep Tech India, GS Madhusudan, co-founder and CEO of Incore Semiconductors, gives us a sense of how we missed the bus on the semiconductor opportunity, decades ago. He also talks about how we have the opportunity today, and most of the ingredients, to build our own semiconductor ecosystem that could supply the world with made-in-India chips, starting with embedded applications
-
Madan Padaki on philanthropy and entrepreneurship — an Indian playbook
Entrepreneur Madan Padaki talks about his journey from founding MeritTrac to the Head Held High Foundation and 1Bridge. The foundation is a non-profit organisation that has touched some 30,000 youth with its training programmes. Padaki also talks about how he sees philanthropy and entrepreneurship as two faces of a coin — with the former well suited to boost the capabilities of large numbers of India's youth and the latter acting as an engine to generate economic opportunities for the same young people
-
Madan Padaki on philanthropy and entrepreneurship as engines of socioeconomic change
In this episode, tech entrepreneur Madan Padaki discusses his journey from founding MeritTrac to the Head Held High Foundation and 1Bridge. The foundation is a non-profit organisation that focuses on training rural youth and has touched the lives of some 30,000 youth over the last 15 years. Padaki also talks about how he sees philanthropy and entrepreneurship as two faces of a coin — with the former well suited to boost the capabilities of large numbers of India's youth and the latter acting as an engine to generate economic opportunities for the same young people
-
EcoPreneurs: Bhaktha Keshavachar at Chara on ambition to cut India's dependence on rare-earth metals
In this episode, Bhaktha Keshavachar gives us a quick update on his four-year old company Chara, in Bengaluru, where he and his fellow co-founders are close to commercialising a type of motor that eliminates the need for rare-earth metals. Applications of such motors range from electric vehicles to industrial and HVAC systems, and even household appliances like washing machines. Chara is backed by VC investors including Exfinity Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, and CIIE
-
Harrick Vin and Siva Ganesan on Tata Consultancy's augment-and-enable AI strategy
In this episode, Harrick Vin, CTO, and Sivaraman Ganesan, head of the AI.Cloud business unit at Tata Consultancy Services, talk about the company's AI and generative AI strategies. With software and AI-based automation set to accelerate through this year and beyond, the aim is to augment customers' ability to get more from technology in every aspect of their operations, and help them become owners of creativity, they say