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Uma Kannan

Bangalore

Journalist @NewIndianXpress. Worked @DeccanHerald @DeccanChronicle

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  • 2 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Uma Kannan

    Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani said both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are not a threat to IT services firms and that they are new ways of growth. Answering a shareholder's query on which is a greater threat to an IT service firm- AI or exponential growth of GCCs, Nilekani at the company's 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday said the current wave of GCC is not about cost arbitrage, it's about innovation arbitrage.

  • 2 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Uma Kannan

    The start-up funding landscape across different stages continues to show a downward trend as start-ups raised only $4.8 billion, a 25% year-on-year (YoY) decline in the first half of 2025 compared to $6.4 billion in January-June 2024. This funding in H1 2025 is about 19% lower compared to July-December 2024 ($5.9 billion).

  • 3 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Uma Kannan

    By Uma Kannan BENGALURU: The recent Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the UK, skillfully negotiated by both sides, is a signpost to the future, said Anand G. Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, in his letter to Tech Mahindra shareholders. " It gives a heartening fillip to the services sector in India and will accelerate the IT industry's global growth momentum," he wrote in the letter, published in the company's annual report.

  • 4 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Uma Kannan

    By Uma Kannan Fabricio Bloisi, Prosus CEO, said "Prosus is rapidly transforming into an operating technology company, focused on lifestyle e-commerce."He said, "We are now building the number one lifestyle e-commerce company in Latin America, in India and in Europe.

  • 1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Uma Kannan

    By Uma Kannan Organisations and Gen Z are now talking about 'working smarter and sharper' and not just working harder. Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), employees are making use of AI to work smarter. Microsoft in its special report titled 'Breaking down the infinite workday' says frontier firms are putting the Pareto Principle into practice, thereby focusing on the 20% of work that delivers 80% of the outcomes. "AI makes this not only possible but scalable.

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Uma Kannan
Uma Kannan @umakannann
28 May 25

Now, doctor at home in 20 min! health-tech #startup Kyno Health launches this service across Delhi-NCR and #Bengaluru . It says doctors will arrive fully equipped with essential medical consumables. @TNIEBiz @Dipak_Journo

Uma Kannan
Uma Kannan @umakannann
28 May 25

RT @Dipak_Journo: @TCS Gen-AI implementation roadmap: -- First, we establish a large pool of #AI agents working alongside our human workfo…

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Uma Kannan @umakannann
27 May 25

RT @rajaarushi: TNIE IMPACT: Upa Lokayukta regd suomotu case on the story titled "Channapatna Lakes Choked By Sewage, Lack UGD System' publ…