Global Brand IT Major TCS Vice President Hasit Kaji Shares thoughts on Innovation at Banasthali

Learning and innovation which distinguishes between a leader and a follower go hand in hand. Since change is inevitable, it emerges that changes call for innovation which lead to progress.

No one has doubt that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been rated as the World’s most powerful brand in IT Services. TCS has a global network of innovation labs which are classified as technology labs, academic alliance labs and domain labs. The labs create differentiators and build different innovation capabilities for TCS’s businesses, helping its customers with innovation across different time zones. With three decades of existence of these labs, TCS is indeed in a dominating position to show others as to how to go about innovation.

Mr Hasit Kaji whose education spans four top ranking institutions IISc Bengaluru, IIM Ahmedabad and University of Michigan Stephen M Ross School of Business is presently Vice President Special Initiatives at TCS with over three decades of domain expertise in the same organization. On08 Sep 2017, he took time from his hectic schedule to visit Banasthali and address the students on various facets of innovation, design thinking, agile for rapid development leading to MVP Minimum Viable Product.

He also shared details of Digital Impact Square (DISQ) located at Nashik Maharashtra which is an online open social innovation platform which encourages innovation using digital technologies with the objective to enhance the lives of citizens for the larger task of nation building. He also gave details of Societal Impact projects spanning the entire spectrum of Health and Hygiene, Education and Skills, Financial and Personal Security, Energy Water Environment, Food and Agriculture, Housing and Transportation, Citizen Empowerment and Transparency. He also shared details of financial assistance, mentorship, access to ecosystem and world class infrastructure available at DISQ.

He invited students of Banasthali with startup ideas and entrepreneurial flame to transform them from being dreamers to performers and achievers by pursuing Internship at DISQ and assured them that the DISQ experience would make an impact on their creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, collaborative approach, social and cultural values, empathy etc. The session ended with a lively question answer session.

Prof Natarajan gave an overview of the evolution of 82 years young Banasthali and highlights of the broad based integrated interdisciplinary approach including the full semester internship which is an integral component of the academic curriculum in the final year. Mr Hasit Kaji was accompanied by Mr Narendra Singh Chandel Head Talent Acquisition North India TCS. Miss Shivangi BTech final year IT student anchored the proceedings.

The TCS experts visited the newly commissioned Bajaj Automation Centre and also had interaction with senior officers of the University including the Vice Chancellor and expressed their sincere appreciation of the campus infrastructure and educational philosophy.

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About Banasthali: The Institution which is also the largest fully residential women’s university in the world has played a big role in revolutionizing women’s education in the country for the last eight decades with a belief that there is a tremendous role of higher education in empowering the women. Banasthali has scripted numerous success stories in a wide range of fields, and stands tall among the citadels of learning in India today. Team Banasthali with Vice Chancellor J C Bose Memorial Award for eminent scientist recipient Prof Aditya Shastri a highly acclaimed alumnus of BITS Pilani, SUNY State University of New York Stony Brook and MIT USA is indeed racing forward to be the very best among global women universities. Proud to be Banasthali alumni who call themselves as Banasthalites can be found in all latitudes, longitudes and altitudes in all walks of life across the globe.

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