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Usage Of Tech Solutions Saves ₹800 Cr For Nagpur Metro
THE WORK ON Nagpur Metro is moving as per the timelines and 10 per cent of the cost has already been saved, as quoted in the Detailed Project Report, which amounts to about 800 crores. This has been possible due to the use of advanced technology tools, says Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maha Metro to ECs Abhishek Raval.
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October 2018
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Fullerton India's Digital Business Has Grown 10x In The Last One Year
FULLERTON INDIA PROVIDES instant Cash-in-account to salaried individuals, for up to 60,000 for new customers applying on its Instaloan app, fully leveraging the advanced data-analytics capabilities. The digital business has grown 10x over the last one year, and over 20% of new salaried customers have originated via its digital business. ECs Abhishek Raval speaks with Rajashree Nambiar, CEO & MD, Fullerton India Credit Company.
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October 2018
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AP Govt To Enhance 50% Of Rural Road Network Using Drones By March 2019
GIVING FILLIP TO the Centres e-governance initiatives, Andhra Pradesh is leading itself in this direction with innovative use of emerging technologies. Atluri Rama Rao, Executive Director (Technical), Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet (APSFL), shares how drones are changing traditional governance and administration activities.
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October 2018
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Connecting Odisha With Fiber Grid
ODISHA HAS BEEN very successful in implementing e-governance initiatives. Today, all the government offices and secretariats are paperless and the state plans to adopt the upgraded version of the paperless office system. Similar steps have been taken in the area of land records digitisation. In an exclusive interview with Mohd Ujaley, CJ Venugopal, Principal Secretary, Electronics & Information Technology Department, Government of Odisha speaks about the focused efforts of connecting all panchayats with the fiber-grid, to enhance inclusiveness.
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October 2018
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How Hero Motocorp Is Using Emerging Technologies To Accelerate Its Growth
From AI to AR to IoT - the country's largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, is taking a series of huge digital bets to redefine its future
6 min |
July 2019
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Inside India's First Iot Implementation In Glass Manufacturing Industry
AFTER IMPLEMENTING THE Real Time Manufacturing Insights at Piramal Glass, the production efficiency has been enhanced by 1 per cent, which means the production lines (in five plants) are able to manufacture 1 per cent more, amounting to 20 crore in monetary terms, since the technology started working in all the plants over nine months back. EC’s Abhishek Raval speaks with Vijay Shah, Director - Piramal Glass & Executive Director - Piramal Enterprises and Poorav Sheth, CDO, Piramal Glass
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March 2019
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Sharda University: Tech Enabled Campus For Academic Excellence
LOCATED IN GREATER Noida, Delhi NCR, Sharda University has a multi-discipline campus spread over 63 acres and equipped with world class facilities. Prashant Gupta, Executive Director, Sharda University highlights the various ways technology is playing a significant role in ensuring academic excellence at the prestigious institution
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March 2019
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Automation Enables Instantaneous Disbursal Of Flight Delay Insurance Claims
INSURANCE COMPANIES are using automation and blockchain to disburse flight delay claims even before they are filed by the passengers
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June 2019
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How Traditional Businesses Are Disrupted By A Spark Of The Digital
VS PARTHASARATHY, Group CIO & Group CFO, Mahindra & Mahindra, gives a perspective of how traditional businesses are getting disrupted by the digital phenomenon
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June 2019
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JK Cement Is Banking On IoT, RPA, Analytics For Digital Growth
JK CEMENT, one of India’s premier cement companies, has undergone a massive digital journey in the last two and a half years. The company has now become more data-centric and technology-driven than ever before
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June 2019
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Urban Local Bodies (Ulbs) and State Governments Beginning to Go Digital
MAJOR MUNICIPAL corporations have already taken the digital runway with multiple small steps and plans to takeoff with opportunities for widespread adoption.
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Securing SAP Data Of A Premier Indian Defence Research Center
THE CRUCIAL SAP data of India’s premier laboratory of the Ministry of Defence, Research Centre Imarat, is being secured through a slew of advanced security solutions
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February 2018
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Our Objective Is To Democratize AI
DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE of AI, Prakash Mallya, Managing Director for South Asia, Intel, in an interaction with EC’s Rachana Jha, states why Intel is bullish about India’s market potential, and highlights the company’s efforts in making 5G a reality in India
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February 2018
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BSE's Cyber Security Operations Center Is AI Enabled
BSE IS implementing a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) with Artificial Intelligence capabilities on the back of an orchestrated approach wherein multiple advanced cyber technology solutions are integrated to provide contextual intelligence, explains Shivkumar Pandey, CISO, BSE
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February 2018
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ICICI Bank Reimagines Banking For The Digital World
The bank, while continuing to undertake transformational steps in the current scheme of operations, and introducing instant banking products and services, has also ensured adoption of new age digital technologies to serve the current banking products and services at a fraction of the cost. Express Computer’s Srikanth R P, Abhishek Raval and Mohit Rathod report on how the bank is using emerging technologies to significantly alter the way banking services are consumed and delivered
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April 2018
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Technology Has The Power To Transform Healthcare In India
RIDING HIGH ON the rapid stride of digital transformation in the health sector in India, Royal Philips, a Netherlands based healthcare player believes this change will bring strong opportunities for the global player. The company is looking to bring in a major shift in the way it operates in India so far and make the business processes simpler and seamless
4 min |
April 2018
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Digitization: Transition Not Seamless, Yet Essential
Digitization: Transition Not Seamless, Yet Essential
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April 2018
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How Sify Technologies Transformed Itself Into A New Age ICT Services Provider
In the last five years, under IT veteran, Kamal Nath’s leadership, Sify Technologies has rapidly evolved to be one of the key players in the digital transformation journey of customers
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December 2017
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There Is A Need To Have A Very Robust Information Security Risk Management Framework
BEFORE THE SCAR of the previous cyber attack heals, another starts haunting the cyber world. The factors influencing cyber attacks are constantly changing and hence it’s becoming difficult for information security and risk management professionals to manage the risks. Satyanandan Atyam, CISO, Bharti AXA General Insurance, in a conversation with EC’s Rachana Jha, speaks about the biggest security concerns in the insurance industry and how Bharti AXA General Insurance has taken a holistic view of its security policy. Some edited excerpts…​​​​​​​
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December 2017
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ICICI Bank Leverages Ipal Chatbot For Customer Service
ICICI BANK’S AI POWERED iPal chatbot has interacted on the bank’s website and mobile application with close to 3.1 million customers, addressing 6 million queries with nearly 90% accuracy in eight months (Feb – Sept 2017).
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December 2017
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How DBS Bank's Kai Virtual Banking Chatbot Is Setting A New Benchmark In Customer Service
IN THE last two years, the Kai virtual banking assistant has been able to handle 80% of the queries received by the bank with close to 80% accuracy. This has led to a reduction in the call centre hiring
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December 2017
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Cloud Computing:The Changing Paradigm
Cloud has come a long way from the time when it was distrusted and suspected as a gateway for all security threats. Presently, cloud is being hailed as a foundation for innovation and rightly so.
8 min |
October 2016
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How the Election Commission Is Using Technology to Deliver Credible Elections
Encouraged by the role of technology in the successful conduct of elections in Bihar and the high turnout in recently conducted West Bengal and Kerala elections, the Election Commission of India is banking high on technology and has already initiated the process of monitoring the preparation of upcoming state legislative assembly elections for Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In an interview with EC's Mohd Ujaley, Om Prakash Rawat, Election Commissioner of India talks about innovative use of technology in the upcoming elections. Edited Excerpts:
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October 2016
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Jm Baxi Embarks on Digital Transformation Using Cloud as the Foundation
As the group embarks on a digital transformation drive across the group, the cloud is the first step and foundation for enabling this transformation.
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October 2016
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Cloud-based Erp Gains Traction
More and more companies are turning to cloud-based financial management systems to replace their legacy ERP systems.
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October 2016
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'AWS' Journey in the Indian Government Sector Is Just Beginning
Amazon believes that the opportunity in the government space is huge, as the cloud is perfectly suited for handling large sets of data and gain rich insights. In an interaction with Jasmine Desai, Teresa Carlson, VP, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services (AWS), shares how Government departments can benefit from the agility and scale of cloud enabled innovations.
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October 2016
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Learnings From India's Best E-governance Projects
Express Computer presents a snapshot of India’s most innovative e-Governance projects that involve interesting usage of technology to solve some of India’s most pressing issues from Right to Education to curbing revenue leakages
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May 2018
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'Designing GSTN Was Like Building A Ship While Its Sailing'
Although, it hasn’t been even an year since the GSTN was launched, the journey seems to be long and tortuous.
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May 2018
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Banking so smooth that it is almost invisible
Because of our investment in human centred design we have come up with the concept of, ‘Making banking joyful’, says Paul Cobban, MD & COO,Group Technology & Operations, DBS Bank
3 min |
December, 2016
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AI To Improve Employee And Customer Convenience At Indiafirst Life Insurance
IRIS will be used for customer queries and requests. The bots can also be used by both the distributors, and the sales force for solving service and product requests from customers. EC’s Abhishek Raval speaks with Mohit Rochlani, Director - Operations and IT IndiaFirst Life Insurance
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