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    Market Forces Alone Not Enough To End East’s Poverty

    Without converting its rich human resource to high quality human capital, the eastern region could see the large population becoming a liability rather than an asset

    Rajiv Kumar - February 01, 2024
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    Rage of the Fast and Furious

    Southern states are angry despite being beneficiaries, along with western states, of the country’s unequal industrial development. In their rush to gather new forms of industrial opulence, they continue to benefit from the cheap labour of central and eastern regions. Will the former share their riches for a more equitable growth of the union of states?

    Abdul Haleem Sherif - February 01, 2024
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    Opinion Code

    Denouncing technology is not the answer to the challenges it poses 

    Suchetana Ray - January 01, 2024
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    Facing GenAI: Can Indian IT Companies Evolve To Turn a Global Monster Into an Ally?

    The Indian IT industry is boldly confronting the generative AI challenge, arming its workforce with cutting-edge training and delving into clients’ needs. Yet, in the ever-competitive realm of emerging technologies, even as it stands resolute and fully committed to mastering the intricacies of the AI landscape, some firms may find themselves at risk of falling behind

    Vinita Bhatia - January 01, 2024
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    Tiger Tyagarajan: GenAI Is a Technology. Embrace It

    Presenting Tiger Tyagarajan, president and outgoing CEO, Genpact, in a passionate defence of the Indian IT sector as it braces itself for an epoch-changing tech disruption. He compares GenAI innovations to the invention of steam engine. Edited excerpts:

    Suchetana Ray - January 01, 2024
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    Collaboration or Cannibalisation? That Is IT’s AI Dilemma, Says Vineet Nayar

    The critical question to ask is not about jobs overall but whether Indian IT can retain its relevance by investing aggressively in AI and its application to service delivery or will it miss the turn that will cost us a lot of jobs

    Vineet Nayar - January 01, 2024
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    Debjani Ghosh on Importance of Human Choices in an AI World

    We, as humans, are not mere bystanders in the progression of AI. The decisions we make—both individually and together—will profoundly shape the trajectory of AI and, in turn, define our own future

    Debjani Ghosh - January 01, 2024