Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence on Saturday for “a detailed and wide-ranging discussion” on synthetic intelligence.
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (@vsikka/X)
“It was a privilege to meet the Hon. Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi for a detailed and wide-ranging discussion on AI, its impact on India and several imperatives for the time ahead. I left the meeting both inspired and humbled by his extraordinary grasp of technology’s impact on all of us and how its use with democratic values can uplift everyone,” Vishal Sikka stated in a put up on X.
Who’s Vishal Sikka?
Sikka holds a bachelor’s in laptop science and engineering from Gujarat College, India, and a Ph.D. in AI from Stanford College.
After serving in numerous corporations, Sikka joined Infosys because the CEO and Managing Director in 2014. He turned the corporate’s first non-founder CEO.
Throughout his tenure, Sikka reworked the corporate right into a technology-driven and innovation-focused organisation, specializing in next-generation providers like automation, cloud computing, and analytics.
He additionally launched the “Zero Distance” initiative to carry the corporate’s providers nearer to its clients. The initiative inspired workers to establish and remedy issues at each degree.
Sikka additionally spearheaded the event of the corporate’s AI platform, NIA (Subsequent-Technology Built-in Synthetic Intelligence). The platform helped automate repetitive duties and supplied superior analytics, thus decreasing purchasers’ prices.
The previous CEO additionally established Infosys Mana, an AI-powered information platform designed to assist companies cut back prices and drive innovation.
Sikka resigned from Infosys in 2017 on account of disagreements with the corporate’s founders, notably Narayana Murthy, over company governance.
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“We had a great conversation about the potential for AI adoption in India and worldwide,” the techie added.
(With company inputs)