Rakesh Rathi

Dr. Vas Narasimhan is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novartis which has an annual revenues of more than $47 bn (approximately 35 bn pound) and 125,000 employees around the world. Under his leadership, the company has made over USD 70 billion in strategic transactions.
Rakesh Rathi, based in Europe, is a senior IT and Business Transformation Executive. He has received multiple corporate awards, including a prestigious and decorated award from President of India for “driving innovative digital business transformation with C-suite executives of large global firms”.
Business Today spoke to Dr. Narasimhan and Mr. Rathi about how innovation and technology are essential leadership traits.

a joint interview of mine with Mukesh Ambani (richest person in Asia with a personal net worth of $80billion).

Surena Gupta spoke to Bill Gates and Rakesh Rathi on their vision for the Next Wave of Innovation under Fortune India Exchange.
Technology, Digitalization and Automation
Bill Gates: We are changing the world with technology, signalling the digital transformation that human society, economic relations and lifestyle are currently undergoing. The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
Rakesh Rathi: Technology has become ubiquitous in the workplace. Every vertical and industry is now disrupted by technology and this then results in improved Customer Experience (CX) impacting everyone B2B or B2C. Customer-centric automation is the centre-stage of the exponential digital revolution where innovation is the game-changer. Cloud, 5G, AI/ML, Collaboration Tools, Cyber Security, Robotics and Quantum Computing would define the next-gen tech. Look, the WFH (Work from Home) business continuity due to the current pandemic has primarily been possible due to technology. We are just at the tip of the iceberg when it comes to disruption and digitalization.