The Government has Taken the Lead on Digital Reforms

India Inc feels the push should come from the top and needs to be accompanied by necessary infrastructure.

- Team forbes India

In India, it is the government that has taken the lead over private corporations when it comes to adopting a digital transformation strategy. The captains of the industry said as much when they came together for the third edition of Forbes India Leader speak— The Digital Transformation Series, a nationwide CEO roundtable by Forbes India in association with Microsoft, held on November 21 in Kolkata. The city’s business leaders who participated in the deliberations were: Amritanshu Khaitan, MD, Eveready Industries, Sunil Kanoria, vice chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance, Raj Jain, chairman and MD, RS Software India, Suvankar Sen, executive director, Senco Gold, Keshav Bhajanka, executive director, Century Plyboards India, Bertrand Launay, chief operating officer, Microsoft India, and Abhrajit Ray, director, enterprise strategy, Microsoft India.

GOVERNMENT TAKES THE LEAD

“In the last few years there has been a huge impetus by the government to create a digital environment,” said Kanoria. “Normally the government tends to lag behind, but when it comes to digitising processes the government has clearly taken the lead. I am amazed at the speed at which the government is moving.”

When it comes to industry, there is divergence of pace at which different sectors have embraced digital reforms, Bhajanka said. Companies in the manufacturing sectors are yet to catch up with their counterparts in sectors such as financial services, he observed.

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