Avik Das

4 weeks ago | business-standard.com | Avik Das

Wipro Chief Technology Officer Sandhya Arun is readying the IT services firm to work in frontier technologies such as quantum, agentic artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain, as she believes these will converge with AI in the not so distant future. In a conversation with Avik Das in Bengaluru, Arun talks about Wipro Innovation Network, importance of data and what are some of the key pillars enterprises should build to become AI-powered. Edited excerpts:

4 weeks ago | rediff.com | Avik Das

'This means that there will be more than 1,000 tech talent in India over the next 12-18 months.'Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, which has been in India since the start of the century, is focusing on insourcing technology over the last few years. It has led to higher demand for data and analytics engineers, who help in preparing better risk models. This helps underwriters price the products better.

1 month ago | rediff.com | Avik Das

Mid-tier information-technology (IT) companies last financial year reported better growth numbers than their larger counterparts, highlighting their ability to navigate the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Most of these companies — such as Persistent Systems, Coforge, KPIT, and Mphasis — focus on niche businesses and industries that allow them to go deeper in terms of client mining and expanding wallet share from existing customers.

1 month ago | rediff.com | Shivani Shinde |Avik Das

Sector analysts in India feel that the new convention may not lead to a significant increase in the number of Indian employees being sent to the UK. Image used for representational purpose only. After the free trade agreement (FTA) was signed between India and the UK, the double contribution convention that exempts employees posted in either country from national social security deductions, has emerged as a contentious issue in the UK, spurring worries about job losses.

1 month ago | business-standard.com | Avik Das

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, which has been in India since the start of the century, is focusing on insourcing technology over the last few years. It has led to higher demand for data and analytics engineers, who help in preparing better risk models. This helps underwriters price the products better.