TECH MAHINDRA-IBM
US $ 1bn in revenue over the next three years and will also co-invest in strategic focus areas including 5G , automation , hybrid cloud , cybersecurity , data , and artificial intelligence ( AI ).
NIKHIL MALHOTRA
TITLE : CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER INDUSTRY : IT SERVICES LOCATION : MAHARASHTRA , INDIA
Tech Mahindra and IBM look to the future to prepare for change Nikhil Malhotra is Chief Innovation Officer at Tech Mahindra and enjoys a fascinating role within the company : to look into the future and ensure Tech Mahindra and IBM explain the true ramifications of technological change for their enterprise clients .
“ That is an interesting job , but it ' s also a job with many responsibilities ,” says Malhotra . “ The whole idea of looking into the future , trying something new , seeing what can be done to disrupt , all of that does not just apply to my professional life , but to my personal life as well . So this job is ideal for me , because I ’ ve been doing this my whole life .”
The biggest challenge Malhotra faces in his current role is to be able to explain the details of the technological changes he sees approaching us in the future . “ It ’ s the innovator ' s conundrum ,” he says . “ Are you talking sense when you ' re talking about the future ? I think that ' s the biggest challenge at this point : can you translate the future into something viable for people to see , touch and feel so that they can be inspired by it ?”
163,000
Number of professionals served by Tech Mahindra across 90 countries
1,200 Tech Mahindra ’ s global customers
EXECUTIVE BIO
Nikhil Malhotra is the Chief
Innovation Officer and creator of Maker ’ s Lab , a unique R & D space within Tech Mahindra with 21 + years of experience . Nikhil is also a World Economic Forum AI Fellow working on responsible AI and Quantum ethics . He is leading the growth of AI , machine learning , robotics , and quantum research within Tech Mahindra . Nikhil ’ s area of personal research has been how quantum computing and neuroscience have inspired the growth of AI and how the two fields can merge in the future . He consults various businesses and academic organisations on the innovative future . He has won numerous awards , including the 2020 and 2021 Innovation Congress awards for the Most Innovative Leader in India category . He holds a Master ’ s degree in Computing with a specialisation in Distributed Computing from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , Melbourne .