MANY GREAT STORIES! WHAT'S YOURS?

When Dataquest started off in December 1982, the entire Indian IT industry was in the region of ₹100 crore. Today just the market leader TCS is in touching range of an annual revenue of ₹2 lakh crore. How times have changed!

BATTLES IN THE BASEMENT

How DQ and its flagship 'Top 20' annual grew into a high-stakes listing that grew from negotiations, arguments and months of research captured in a dBASE database

Enhance Employability And Encourage Startups!

T-Schools are providing a diverse range of courses for students. While the average number of research papers is substantially greater in government institutes, in terms of MoUs, private T-Schools are more active. These are some of the findings of the survey. In terms of recommendations, T-Schools should enhance employability, encourage startups and focus on better placements.

WHY THIS CAN BE INDIA’S TECH CENTURY

Shailendra Katyal, Managing Director of lenovo india, asks whether india can go from being the “Office of the world” to the “Factory of the world”? People are looking for more diversified supply chain options and that’s where Make in india comes in. Edited excerpts from a video interview…

Phygital Is The Way Of The Future

Dr. Yajulu Medury, Vice Chancellor, Mahindra University, explains how they have inculcated new age technologies like robotics, quantum mechanics, Al and robotics in their curriculum.

CAASM proactively addresses the issue of asset vulnerability

A conference titled \"The Emerging Need for Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM)\" was organised by Dataquest and Scrut Automation, a SaaS-based GRC tool that helps companies enhance their information security posture.

CREATE A FUTUREREADY IT FOUNDATION

Atanu Pramanic, COO & VP (IT), RPSG Ventures Ltd (A RP-Sanjiv Goenka company), speaks about the changing role of the CIO, the CDO, the future state of our readiness post-Covid and of course emerging tech like ChatGPT. Edited excerpts from a video interview.

WEB 3.0, METAVERSE & CHATGPT WILL BE DISRUPTORS

Atanu Pramanic, COO & VP (IT), RPSG Ventures Ltd (A RP-Sanjiv Goenka company), speaks about the changing role of the CIO, the CDO, the future state of our readiness post-Covid and of course emerging tech like ChatGPT. Edited excerpts from a video interview.

WE'RE STILL CONTEMPLATING AND VISUALIZING IMPACT OF CHATGPT

Gyan Pandey, Head Digital/ CDO, Voltas Limited (A TATA Enterprise) looks at the differences between various CXO functions and how ChatGPT could disrupt the industry along with its pitfalls. Edited excerpts from a video interview

REMOVING THE TABOO FROM A KEY MARKET FOR WOMEN

The most significant impact created by our company stands to be the social impact to normalize the conversations surrounding lingerie, explains Pankaj Vermani, Founder & CEO, Clovia

DATA-AI INSIGHTS CAN BRIDGE LEARNING GAPS

A classroom is only \"smart\" when students have a voice, feel involved in the learning process, and have a twoway conversation with their teachers. This keeps students engaged and makes sure that every single student's voice is heard

MOONLIGHTING GOES AGAINST OUR ETHOS

According to Mili Panicher, AVP Human Resource & People Operations, WebEngage, when applying for any open position, an individual must work on cognitive intelligence and behavioral skills in addition to technical skills

HANDLING VUCA OR "VOLATILITY, UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY, AND AMBIGUITY"

Mohana MD, Chief People & Culture Officer, Better Place, explains how they follow a three-pronged approach: upskilling through cultural integration, upskilling through experiential learning, and upskilling through courses.

BE ADAPTABLE TO CREATE RIGHT SYNERGY BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL

According to Arppna Mehra Vice President, Human Resources, Global DTS and HR Head for HARMAN India, ability to analyse and interpret large amounts of data has grown in value. Employees should be familiar with data mining, data warehouses, and data visualisation

GENERATIVE AI MADE SEARCH, DISCOVERY AND CONTENT CREATION EASIER

Our students are encouraged and guided to develop small apps using ChatGPT LMM technology, says Dr Abhijit Dasgupta, Director - Bachelor of Data Science, SP Jain School of Global Management

COVID TAUGHT US TO BE MORE INVENTIVE

Our experience under Covid has exposed us to new digital technologies, teaching pedagogies and implementation of a variety of assessments, says Dr. Maneek Kumar, Dean, School of Engineering & Technology, BML Munjal University

DELHI BELLY FOR BOMBAY KA BABU

\"In retrospect, I was fortunate to have been at the right magazine at the right time, when India was taking off,\" says Raju Chellam, who remembers the glory days of the 1980s and 1990s

Innovations transforming the startup landscape: From Cloud, Al to Cybersecurity

TiE Mumbai recently kicked off its Thought Leadership Series Round Table Discussions focusing on the tech startup community. The discussion was on Digital Native Businesses Emerging Models, Managing Scale Cloud Security and moderated by Dinesh Varma, Prisma Cloud Regional Leadesr India South Asia, Palo Alto Networks and Minu Sirsalewala, Executive Editor Special Projects, Dataquest. Excerpts and insights from the discussion

Ignore chips at your own peril!

I have always loved saying this: Without semiconductors, we are dead!

TO BE ON THE CUSTOMER’S RADAR ONE NEEDS A GOOD MAP

Cartographers have discovered continents and Silk-routes in the past. But today Cloud-mapping can be a great tool for businesses specially for realtime data, marketing levers, visitation data, asset management and store performance. Anthony Villanti, Managing Director and Founder, GapMaps sketches a picture and shows how.

Cloud-HoppingNot exactly Pub-Hopping

Imagine yourself in a fast lane on a superhighway. After a few exhilarating minutes of hair talking to the wind, and Beatles blazing in the stereo; you realise that your car is not yet ready for this speed, this road, this toll-tax. You want to change lanes. To slide into a road that matches your driving style, fuel tank and speed limit. But can you?

INDIA BECOMING STRONGER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC

Digital transformation has various facets— ones that emerge from CX needs and ones that arise from the need to do things faster and better internally. Sumanta Ghosh, SVP and Head Technology, Aegon Life Insurance, explains

CIOs NOW EXPECTED TO DRIVE INNOVATION

According to Irshad Saifi, Director IT and Digitization CDIO), Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Co, organizations now expect ClOs to understand business processes and come forward to solve them using technology.

CIOS ARE KEY AS BUSINESS AND TECH HAVE BECOME INTERTWINED

According to Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, CTO, Kyndryl India, ClOs are responsible for successful post-Covid business outcomes in the face of all the changes that took place during this period.

FROM TECH TO STRATEGY: THE CIO TO CXO SHIFT

The traditional responsibilities of the ClO are expanding beyond the realm of technology and into business strategy. As a result, many ClOs are making the transition from CIO to CXO, taking on a more strategic and holistic view of the organization and its needs.

THE CIO TO CXO JOURNEY: TRANSFORMING IT LEADERSHIP

An enriching career spanning over three decades, with stints at Nestle, HCL, Airtel, Vodafone (Hungary) and now running her own company, Amrita Gangotra has been a leading technology leader and instrumental in launching pathbreaking technology solutions in her various roles. From a successful technology leader to a successful business leader, her perspective.

30% improvement in productivity at Shriram Capital with Accops solution

Sendil Kumar Venkatesan, Chief Technology Officer, Shriram Capital Ltd

INDIA AS A PRODUCT NATION

Products will help scale up our selfresilience and kick-start job creation for high-end value jobs and blue-collar workers We need to identify 100/500 products for the next 5/10 years and go after designing and manufacturing these in India.

WHEN "SNAKE CHARMERS" ALSO DEVELOPED GREAT SOFTWARE

When I was asked by the current editor of data-quest to write about the early days of dQ and its influence, the first thought was: Why? What, if any, is the relevance of something that happened 40 years ago?

THE BIBLE OF THE IT INDUSTRY MARCHES ON

It’s really a pleasure to talk to you on the occasion of Cyber Media turning 40 years old along with our first product Data-quest.