New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday dismissed the constitution of a task force on exam reforms, headed by Nandan Nilekani, as an exercise aimed to “fix” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “compromised image”. Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and General Secretary in-charge Communications, took to social media to criticise the creation of the task force.“Friends, in June 2024, after it bungled multiple examinations including NEET-UG, the Modi Government constituted a High-Level Com…
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a task force on exam reforms under Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani.Prime Minister Modi said that the report of the task force will be used for taking steps to ensure the credibility of upcoming examinations.The decision to rope in Nilekani, who is the brain behind Aadhaar number, comes a day after a students’ agitation against alleged paper leaks concluded following the resignation by Union Educatio…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) IT bellwether Infosys on Thursday announced that its CEO and Managing Director Salil Parekh will step down from his role after nine years at the helm, as the company appointed Ashiss Kumar Dash as CEO-Designate.The company said Parekh will step down effective from April 1, 2027. Parekh, who joined Infosys in January 2018, is the longest-serving non-founder CEO in the company’s history. His current five-year term was scheduled to end on March 31, 2027.“The Board is del…
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Infosys Limited on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 7,775 crore for the first quarter of FY27, down 8.6 per cent from Rs 8,509 crore in the January-March quarter.On a year-on-year basis, however, the Bengaluru-headquartered IT major registered a 12.3 per cent increase in profit from Rs 6,921 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year (Q1 FY26), according to an exchange filing.Revenue from operations rose to Rs 48,211 crore d…
Bengaluru, June 23 (IANS) Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will not replace IT software companies but, instead, will help in the expansion of firms that adapt quickly to the new technology. In his address at the company’s 45th annual general meeting (AGM), Nilekani said: “The AI deployment gap in large enterprise clients is real, and closing that gap is where the work is. AI will not replace companies like ours. It will amplify those who move wit…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) India is showing the world how fast artificial intelligence can move from ideas to real-life solutions, especially for farmers and the rural economy, Nandan Nilekani said on Thursday during a CEO roundtable.He credited the leadership and vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for enabling rapid AI adoption aimed at improving the lives of ordinary citizens.Nilekani recalled his meeting with the Prime Minister on January 8, when the discussion focused on applying AI in agr…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) At the India AI Impact Summit, Co‑founder of Infosys Nandan Nilekani on Thursday urged stakeholders to work urgently to demonstrate meaningful uses of artificial intelligence and ensure its responsible diffusion, warning that failure to do so could cause a backlash.Nilekani said AI development is currently seeing both a “race to the top and a race to the bottom,” adding that the latter is faster. “All of us, who have a stake in AI being useful to humanity, have t…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam AI on Wednesday unveiled two new large language models as part of India’s push to build sovereign artificial intelligence capabilities. The announcement was made at the India AI Impact Summit here, where the company said both models have been trained from scratch using a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture to improve efficiency and performance.The first model, called Sarvam 30B, has 30 billion parameters. However, the company said th…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes economies and societies worldwide, India is positioning itself at the centre of the global AI conversation with the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 — highlighting its vision of inclusive and sustainable technological growth, a report has said.AI is rapidly transforming India’s economy and is projected to add more than $500 billion to the country’s GDP by 2035, according to Geopolitico report.Over the past few years, the governm…
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Nandan Nilekani, Co‑founder and Chairman of Infosys, said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally change how software is built and deployed, adding that writing code will no longer be the primary job for technology professionals.Addressing the Infosys’ Investor Day, Nilekani described the AI transition as a “root‑and‑branch” change that requires firms to rethink customer journeys, business processes and organisational structures rather…