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Renowned for its commitment to providing highquality education, Parul University has been consistently ranked among the top 50 private universities in India by the Ministry of Education for Innovation Achievements under ARIIA. The University has also received accolades for its exceptional placement record and has been recognized as the Best University in Placements by ASSOCHAM.

A recent report by Avendus Capital says that India is expected to increase its cybersecurity spending by 18% between 2020 and 2025. The report also noted the shift in services towards cloudbased solutions and zerotrust architecture.

The strategy, which Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce today, comes as an array of cyberattacks have battered New York, with the state s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services responding to 57 cyber incidents in 2022.

Leading industry leaders and stakeholders hailed the passing of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP) 2023 by the Parliament as it secured the Rajya Sabha’s nod on Wednesday, terming it a “watershed moment”.Nasscom said this marks a significant leap forward for India to establish a robust framework for personal data protection and build India as a trusted data destination.

The ministry believes the new operating system, based on an opensource platform, will boost cyber security, the source said. Going forward, the ministry wants to install Maya on all systems connected to it. Maya OS was developed by a government agency in six months.

ASSOCHAM Chamber Secretary General Deepak Sood said, It looks like a pause situation when it comes to policy interest rates, given some pressure in prices of food articles which we expect should abate in the next few months.

Saurabh Srivastava, former chairman of NASSCOM, told ET that people doing business were considered immoral and thieves. Moreover, as the government controlled production and protected workers, businesses lacked competitiveness and produced lowquality products.

Most of the experts ET spoke to, are of the view that the layoff season in India’s tech sector is coming to a close. Sangeet Gupta, senior VP at Nasscom told ET that except for layoffs related to funding issues in startups, the environment of layoffs is “largely behind us”.

Ananya Birla is the Chairperson of Svatantra Micro Housing Finance Corporation (MHFC) & CoChairperson of ASSOCHAM’s Microfinance Council of India. She is an alumnus of the University of Oxford and has a keen eye for business and her leadership style revolves around empowerment and transparency.

The panel constituted of Manisha Kapoor, who is the CEO and secretary general at ASCI; Asavari Moon, global marketing leader, Google London; Tanu Banerjee, partner at Khaitan & Co; Supratim Chakraborty, Partner at Khaitan & Co; Amit Bhasin, chief legal officer and group general counsel at Marico; and Ankit Bose, head of AI – NASSCOM.