1 2 Prayagraj: India has played a pivotal role in information and technology as India invented remote software and IT services that helped the proliferation of systems for the larger good and created wealth, not just for Indians but for people of many other countries, said Kiran Deshpande , former CEO of Tech Mahindra and Co-Founder of Mojo Networks. He was speaking as the chief guest at the 19th convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology , Allahabad (IIIT-A), on Saturday. Delivering the convocation address, Deshpande said that today, IT is at the nucleus of progress made in various areas of life and livelihood.

Whether it is your health, managing our money, travel, entertainment, sports, professional pursuits, or personal needs, computers are at the core of it all. Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman of the National Educational Technology Forum (NETF), chairman of NBA, and chairman of EC-NAAC, said that the National Education Policy 2020 has energised our entire education system through its reformist agenda, such as interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary education and research for the betterment of mankind and society. It provides opportunities to study higher education in any Indian language.

He said that technologies are changing rapidly. The rate of change is faster than ever before, be it Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, Chatbot to Open AI-ChatGPT, which have revolutionised all sectors of human endeavour.

He said that Prime Minis.