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Feb 16, 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015 in New Delhi.The prestigious prize, established in 2009, is given in six categories. The six categories are – Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
These six winners in six different categories are
- Jonardon Ganeri: He was awarded in Humanities category for his outstanding work in interpreting and scrutinizing analytical Indian Philosophy.
- Umesh Waghmare: He was awarded in Engineering and Computer Science category for his innovative use of first-principles theories and modeling of certain materials such as topological insulators, multiferroics, ferroelectrics and graphene.
- Mahan Maharaj: He was awarded in Mathematical Sciences category for his contributions to low-dimensional topology, geometric group theory and complex geometry.
- Amit Sharma: He was awarded in Life Sciences category for his contributions in deciphering the molecular structure at the atomic level of key proteins involved in the biology of pathogenesis of the deadly malarial parasite.
- Ravindra Kumar: He was awarded in Physical Sciences category for his pioneering experimental contributions to the physics of high intensity laser matter interactions.
- Srinath Raghavan: He was awarded in Social Sciences category for outstanding research that synthesizes military history, strategic analysis and international politics into powerful and imaginative perspectives on India in global context.
Oct 20, 2015
Infosys to acquire US based firm Noah Consulting
India’s second largest software services major Infosys has announced acquisition of US-based oil and gas consulting firm Noah Consulting for 70 million US Dollars in an all-cash deal.
This acquisition is part of Infosys strategy to bring next generation data analytics solutions to the oil and gas industry.
Noah Consulting was founded in 2008 and has emerged as a leading provider of advanced information management consulting services for the oil and gas industry. It helps oil and gas companies to create and deploy information solutions in order to generate value from their oil and gas assets.
It should be noted that this is third acquisition of Infosys in 2015. Earlier in
Oct 13, 2015
Infosys appoints Ranganath D Mavinakere as new CFO
India’s second largest software services firm, Infosys has appointed Ranganath D Mavinakere as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
He will succeed Rajiv Bansal who was Executive Vice President (EVP) and the CFO of Infosys and had resigned from the company.
Prior to this appointment, Mavinakere was EVP and head of strategic operations and CEO’s office of Infosys.
He has rich experience of about 18 years across banking and IT services industries. In his 15-year career with Infosys, he has held several leadership positions in the company.
Mavinakere worked with ICICI Limited from 1991 to 1999 where he was senior Vice President of Treasury and Planning.
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