Embracing future-ready digital strategies for a greener, equitable world
2 years, 6 months ago

Embracing future-ready digital strategies for a greener, equitable world

Hindustan Times  

As I pause to reflect on the unanticipated challenges that the world has been through in the past few years due to the pandemic, I am reminded of the famous saying by Charles Darwin, “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” The pandemic has changed our lives in multiple ways and has unleashed a wave of transformation within the society for the better. Digital transformation initiatives across industries have enabled businesses and society to reinvent themselves during the adverse circumstances caused by the pandemic. For instance, glaring realities witnessed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic taught us to re-strategise the approach towards health care. They can develop innovative solutions to provide information and knowledge about various agronomic practices, perform organic farming, and automate farming procedures, by leveraging technologies such as big data analytics, IoT, and machine learning.

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Interview | Pandemic accelerated global digitization: Rajesh Nambiar
2 years, 7 months ago

Interview | Pandemic accelerated global digitization: Rajesh Nambiar

Deccan Chronicle  

As the Chairman of Cognizant India, Rajesh Nambiar, is one of India’s top technology industry leaders, and leads India’s associates and enhances relationships with the government and key policy-making bodies. Cognizant has over 2,40,000 employees across twelve locations, based here out of its global workforce of over 3,40,000 employees, the largest ever, besides serving as the president of Cognizant’s digital …

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Writes: Digital Disruption in Healthcare Will Continue in 2022, Can Tackle Access Woes
3 years ago

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Writes: Digital Disruption in Healthcare Will Continue in 2022, Can Tackle Access Woes

News 18  

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a digital disruption in healthcare. Going into 2022, these digital trends are likely to gather steam as technology promises to address the challenges and opportunities of the healthcare industry in this ‘new normal’. As many healthcare providers become comfortable delivering care using digital technology, we are likely to see standard treatment guidelines becoming pervasive, since …

Lessons from a digital 2021
3 years ago

Lessons from a digital 2021

The Hindu  

This is my last column for this year, and what a year it has been. The hope and euphoria that marked its beginning soon gave way to widespread chaos and despair as the second wave descended upon us. If online or hybrid is indeed the future, are we privileging just one month to load up as many hours of content …

Tech-Enabled Firms Have Built Their Own Digital States
3 years ago

Tech-Enabled Firms Have Built Their Own Digital States

Wired  

In 2022, we will build on the virtual existence many of us have been living during the pandemic and enter a world where digital “countries” exist alongside nation states. A new breed of technology-enabled firms will create a kind of “digital state”, which gives its “citizens” rights, tools and the services needed to work, live and consume more flexibly where …

Metaverse: The world of tomorrow or a dystopia waiting to happen?
3 years ago

Metaverse: The world of tomorrow or a dystopia waiting to happen?

The Independent  

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What is Metaverse - Facebook's big bet, and next big thing after internet?
3 years, 2 months ago

What is Metaverse - Facebook's big bet, and next big thing after internet?

Business Standard  

If media reports are to be believed, Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse. Facebook already has 10,000 employees in its Reality Labs division working on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality devices and it has invested heavily in VR and AR with a goal to connect its …

Covid-19 Pandemic Laid Threadbare Issue of Digital Divide: Ravi Shankar Prasad
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Laid Threadbare Issue of Digital Divide: Ravi Shankar Prasad

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world’s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society, according to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who underlined that technology is meant to be a great equaliser and not a source of division. In 2020, the year …

Digital healthcare was the future. Then along came Covid-19
4 years ago

Digital healthcare was the future. Then along came Covid-19

Wired  

In 2021, people will gain access to their health data and use it to make decisions about their medical care. Research published in July 2020 by GSK, the pharmaceutical conglomerate, found that 84 per cent of people in Spain, 77 per cent in the UK, 75 per cent in Italy and 63 per cent in Germany consider it important to …

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