Provide sops to IT cos to join public governance digitalization projects: Narayana Murthy
Mumbai, March 23, 2022: Creating an incentive scheme for software professionals and Indian software companies to participate more enthusiastically in public governance digitalization projects is critical to developing a digitized India at par with developed nations, said N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Infosys.
Mr. Murthy was speaking at ABP Network’s inaugural ‘Ideas of India’ summit that has brought together the brightest brains from diverse sectors to discuss India's 75-year journey, its present status, and the way ahead. ABP Network is the leading multi-language news channel reaching 535 million individuals in India.
At a Special Session titled, ‘How can India Leverage The Power of Digitalization for Bettering its Future?’, Mr. Murthy also spoke about the need for transformation of culture among IT professionals. “The biggest challenge for India is whether we can develop a culture of aspiration, national pride, problem-solving orientation, benchmarking with the global best, professionalism, discipline, meritocracy, encouraging English education, hard work, quality, productivity, honesty, open-mindedness, pluralism, humility, desire to learn from people who are better than us, etc.
“How can digitalization accelerate national development? What is national development? National development can be defined by three parameters; all of which help in improving the quality of life of its citizens and in improving the future of our nation. The first parameter is good, innovative, efficient, and honest public governance, the second is human development index, and the third is per capital work productivity, innovation, and problem-solving resulting in improving per capita gross national product,” he added.
About ABP Network’s Ideas of India summit
The summit is hosting leaders, visionary businessmen, cultural icons, and civil society pioneers, who will be discussing wide-ranging ideas over 25 sessions, spanning more than 20 hours. The speakers include Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Shiv Sena leader & Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Former Deputy Vice-Chairperson of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Aditya Birla Education Trust Founder & Chairperson Neerja Birla, Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, Managing Director & CEO of Mahindra Group Dr. Anish Shah, innovator & educationist Sonam Wangchuk, actors Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan and Taapsee Pannu, singer Usha Uthup, film directors Ramesh Sippy, Karan Johar and Kabir Khan, lawyers Indira Jaising and Harish Salve, motivational speaker Gaur Gopal Das, renowned journalist Fareed Zakaria, and Super 30 founder Anand Kumar.
ABP Network’s Ideas of India has opened the stage for leaders across the spectrum to discuss the empathy Index, the impact of technology on our lives, sustainable development, the pursuit of happiness, the possibility of a $5 trillion economy, a new governance agenda, the spirit of entrepreneurship, the freedom paradigm, the emergence of the Alpha woman, the brand ‘Made in India’, the importance of mental wellbeing, and most importantly, India's place in the changing world order.
The summit is presented by Wild Stone, associate partner Nerolac Paints, wellness partner Himalaya and state partner Government of Chhattisgarh.
About ABP Network
An innovative media and content creation company, ABP Network is a credible voice in the broadcast & digital sphere, with a multi-language portfolio of news channels reaching 535 million individuals in India. ABP Studios, which comes under the purview of ABP Creations – the content innovation arm of the network – creates, produces, and licenses original, path-breaking content outside of news. ABP Network is a group entity of ABP, which was incorporated almost 100 years ago and continues to reign as a leading Indian Media Conglomerate.
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