As Nandan Nilekani pushes for the tokenisation of land to unlock dormant wealth, Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu has issued a stark warning. Making every asset liquid might look like progress, he says—but it’s a slippery slope. “Companies would arise to offer ‘instant cash out’ of tokens on farm land, homes and so on. I am afraid … Read more
on Saturday said it is deeply concerned with the inconvenience caused by the technical glitches in the new income tax e-filing portal, and it is working to resolve all the issues at the earliest. The new portal was launched on June 7, with the I-T department as well as the government saying it was aimed … Read more
In Kannada, Halli means village and the name literally translates to tech village. Bengaluru has been known as ‘Silicon Valley of India’ for a long time and now a new name has been coined for the city. Business tycoon Anand Mahindra and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani have chosen a new name for Bengaluru city. The … Read more
Last month, GoI undertook a radical makeover of the rules governing the acquisition and production of geospatial data. But for a small no-go list, every bit of geospatial data that will capture the geographical location of a street light, home, office, river, road, etc, can now be mapped by anyone — including the private sector. … Read more
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 … Read more
What if instead of selecting a product listed on a shopping platform, you could go to a delivery platform of your choice and order the same item? Or, select it from a chat app?To imagine another scenario, what if instead of hailing cabs at both ends of a metro ride, you could book an end-to-end … Read more
America is great because of its willingness to accept talented immigrants. That’s what Nandan Nilekani, the billionaire co-founder of Infosys Technologies, would tell President Trump if he had the opportunity. “If you really want to keep the U.S. … globally competitive, you should be open to overseas talent,” Nilekani said on the sidelines of CNN’s … Read more
ET Now caught up with former Infosys Board Member Mohandas Pai for his views on the top level exits in Infosys. Excerpts: ET Now: There are two ways of looking at it the top level exits in Infosys. On the one hand, a lot of people say that there was a team that was probably … Read more