

Poojitha Jayadevan
Staff Writer
Poojitha Jayadevan writes for Computerworld India and CIO India.


Bharat Bytes: Quantum programming; the privacy hiring challenge; Meity to hire CTO; Fintech Open Summit begins
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India's regular round-up of news from the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: skills portal; Google invests in Airtel; data centre boost; Google tracks Indians; 5G auction on track
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s regular round-up of news from the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Rising pay and prices; smart cities’ open data; Modi promotes India; more satellite internet; India Inc. invests in Europe
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s regular round-up of news from the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Edge computing on track; RBI takes fintech seriously; ITeS attrition rates; CCI investigates Google; Tax filing deadline extended; Sutherland sold
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Apple under investigation; Hughes-Airtel satellite JV; new internet exchanges in UP; data retention extended; 5G test bed
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Card tokenization deadline extended; crypto bill delayed; AI ROI; phone exports; single sign-on for all; Logistics hackathon
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Funding for chip makers; security tools outdated; IT BPM jobs up; translation help for IT; universities cleared to teach online
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: Home-grown microprocessors; IT spending to top $100B; SaaS investment rises; gender gap in internet usage; WFH FTW; smart cities against COVID; Japan co-op
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: data centre capacity grows; ecommerce network finds buyer; Starlink stopped; online dispute resolution; 5G auctions consultation
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Bharat Bytes: India to build own cryptocurrency, ban others; mobile prices rise ahead of 5G auction; draft data protection report finalised; IT employment to rise
Bharat Bytes is Computerworld India’s weekly look at the world of IT.

Freshworks IPO: What’s next for Indian SaaS
Freshworks’ growth from an office in a 700-square-foot warehouse to a $10 billion valuation in a decade shows the world’s appetite for Indian SaaS expertise.

H-1B visas are once again open to Indian IT workers
The US government has reversed regulatory changes that would have narrowed the definition of the H-1B visa program. It comes as a relief for its major beneficiaries, Indian IT workers.

8 Indian agritech start-ups to watch in 2021
India’s agritech market could be worth $24 billion by 2025; these are some of the businesses vying for a share.

Notebooks are the stars as Indian desktop PC sales fall by a third
PC sales declined 6.4% in India in 2020 — but desktop and notebook numbers tell vastly different stories.

What India’s geospatial data liberalization means for mapping innovators
Enterprises can now create and manipulate mapping data without waiting for government authorisation.

Outlook optimistic for IT jobs and revenue in India
India’s economy was hard hit by the pandemic, but NASSCOM sees a swift recovery ahead for the IT sector.

The most in-demand programming languages in India
Computerworld India offers some help choosing which programming language to learn first, or next, from among the hundreds available.

Modi sees digital adoption as way of life at BTS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Bengaluru Tech Summit he wants the IT industry to help enable health care modernisation and agricultural reform.

Making India’s broadband internet access faster
India classifies internet connections as ‘broadband’ if they offer a download speed of 512kbps or more. Many stakeholders say this bar is too low.