SPJIMR-Mumbai Hosts its Annual IT Conclave 'bhavITva 2007'

SPJIMR-Mumbai Hosts its Annual IT Conclave 'bhavITva 2007'

Giving his views on Remote Infrastructure Management Services, Mr. Muthu Rajashekar, Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions, spoke about what made the RIM possible from India. He spoke about abundant network and telecom capacities, state-of-the-art tools for IT management and troubleshooting, emergence and adaptation of process standards that boost confidence levels of customers.

Developing vendor's ability to render Quality Services - globally, services and practices compliant with industry standards and the ability to add value and customize services and solutions, can strengthen the RIM capability with competitive edge. He spoke on the plausible threats coming from IT security concerns and data thefts. Wrapping up his speech, he emphasized that tremendous help towards this industry could come from educational institutions, government, product vendors and the media.

The highlight of the event was a Panel Discussion moderated by the Joint Director of SPJIMR, Prof. Sunil Rai. The discussion had the four speakers debate with expert analysts from the industry. The eminent panel comprised of Mr. Baru S. Rao, CEO, CapGemini, Ms. Jaya Vaidhyanathan, Partner, Accenture Consulting Services, Mr. Pradeep Udhas, Global Head of Sourcing Advisory for KPMG, Mr. Gaurav Singh, Senior Manager, NASSCOM Research, and to provide the entrepreneurial insights, Mr. Ajit S. Nagral, Founder & Chairman, NuGenesis Technologies Corporation, Founder & President, Megaware, Inc.

The discussion, well-directed by Prof. Sunil Rai, brought out relevant issues confronted by the IT industry and actions to counter the same.

Ms. Jaya Vaidhyanathan remarked that the absence of innovation arising out of inability of Indian mindset to question efficiency and effectiveness is a major hurdle in achieving success in moving up the value chain. In her opinion, the society, educational institutions and corporates have to endeavor to foster spirit of innovation to prepare talent.

Mr. Baru S. Rao suggested that it is better to start from consulting and build systems, in the course of which, explore operating processes and plausible problems and subsequently attain refinement. He also emphasized that today customers are sensitive to value and they question the expertise of consultants involved in relation to the domain. The key is to sustain accrued advantage He also highlighted an issue of the dearth of deployable resources in the country.

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PRCOM 2006,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.

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