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Jeby Cherian is the Strategy Leader of IBM in India and South Asia, andalso serves on the India Leadership Team.He provides guidance to IBM’s Corporate Development team in India, leads and positions IBM’s Security solutions portfolio to the Government of India, and provides executive sponsorship for growing the High End Server business in India. Before this, Cherian worked in Bangalore with IBM’s Global Solutions Delivery Center and with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in FinanceTransformation services. Cherian is a CPA with a Master’s degree in Accounting fromthe University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

India has world’s fifth largest installed capacity for power generation, but more than 300 million people in the country still do not have any access toelectricity. One significant contributingfactor to this insufficiency is the staggering network loss, exceeding 30percent. Such a huge loss in transmission and distribution (T&D) further raises the demand and places increasing pressure on the installed capacity.Though it is difficult to quantify the proportion of electricity theft in T&D losses, it is undoubtedly a major contributor. As a consequence, utility organizations have been running hugelosses, resulting in increased power tariff for the end user.Power theft results in a situation where all the stakeholders, including those responsible for the pilferage in the first place, get affected. While stronger vigilance and better technology can address the issue to an extent, I believe there is a greater need for awareness among people and having greater focus on building the ov

ABOUT INDIA ONWARDThe phenomena of data and cloud are changing the arena of global business andsociety. At the same time, proliferating mobile technology and the spread of social business are empowering people with knowledge, enriching them through networks and changing their expectations.This means that businesses will have to be prepared for the unprecedented amounts of data being generated; they willhave to build a system of engagement to address the ever growing networks of people characterized by a global culture and defined not by age or geography, but by their determination to change the practices of business and society. IndiaOnward, will address challenges that businesses face with the rise of cloud, analytics, mobile and social technologies with expert views and opinions on topics covering new technologies and innovations powering businesses towards growth.

Thank you Akash, this breakthrough in medical science has reached several villagers in Bihar, only becauseof you!”- Mr Rao, Akash’s manager exclaimed. “Sir”, Akash replied, “Pleasedon’t thank me, we just need to be grateful to the wizard called‘SoftLayer’which has made all this possible”.Akash smiled as this was the 10thcongratulatory call that he had received in the last one hour. The phone hadn’t stopped ringing. After all,what Akash and his team had achieved for their company was nothing short of a miracle. Amidst all this adulation, he quickly recalled. It was exactly one year ago when Akash,the newly appointed IT Manager at Mankind Pharma, had taken up his new assignment and a challenging one.Hundreds of rural inhabitants in Bihar were victims of a life threatening epidemic which was fast spreading. Hospitals were falling short of space as there was a steep rise in the patientcount. The authorities hit the panic button and there was a dire need to get immediate medical help. Mank

HomecitiesdelhiRainy morning keepsweather pleasant in DelhiRainy morning keeps weather pleasant in DelhiWeather remained pleasant today in the national capital as showers in the morning brought down mercury significantly.CommentsEmailPrintBy:Press Trust of India| New Delhi |Published on:June 14, 2015 8:08 pm

HomecitiesdelhiRainy morning keepsweather pleasant in DelhiRainy morning keeps weather pleasant in DelhiWeather remained pleasant today in the national capital as showers in the morning brought down mercury significantly.CommentsEmailPrintBy:Press Trust of India| New Delhi |Published on:June 14, 2015 8:08 pm