Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S. named to the 2025 TIME 100 AI List

Cognizant announced that CEO Ravi Kumar S. has been named to the 2025 TIME 100 AI list. This prestigious recognition highlights Kumar’s visionary leadership and contributions to the field of enterprise AI.

The TIME 100 AI list highlights the most influential leaders, thinkers, scientists, and policymakers across various fields, who are shaping today’s AI landscape. Inclusion on this list not only reflects Kumar’s dedication and contributions to advancing AI technology but also underscores Cognizant's commitment to driving innovation and excellence across the industry.

Under Kumar’s leadership, Cognizant pledged $1 billion in 2023 to accelerate enterprise AI. The company is now close to reaching 1MM people with skilling and training opportunities on AI and advanced technologies through its global Synapse skilling initiative. Furthering this commitment, Kumar also recently initiated the world’s largest vibe coding event among Cognizant employees to drive AI literacy at all levels. The event led to a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most participants in an online generative AI hackathon. More than 30,000 prototype projects were produced by more than 53,000 employees across 40 countries who took part in harnessing AI to meet the growing opportunities the AI economy will create.

To fuel continued AI innovation within Cognizant, Kumar has pioneered an organizational structure that supports agile, purpose-driven collaboration in lieu of rigid hierarchies. A primary example of this approach is Cognizant’s Bluebolt program – a grassroots innovation initiative Kumar spearheaded in 2023 to help unlock fresh thinking around AI use cases from across the organization. To date, Bluebolt has empowered employees to share more than 500,000 ideas.

Kumar will amplify his vision for AI further via his roles as a member of the Board of the US Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the AI Working Committee, Board of US India Strategic Partnership Forum, Board of Transunion, Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences, as well as the Chair of the Information Technology and Communications forum of the World Economic Forum and Chair of the Nasscom US CEO Forum.

To learn more about Cognizant’s Synapse initiative and global commitment to upskilling in the AI age, visit the web page here

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

31st TANKER Annual Charity and Awards Nite 2024

Image
TANKER Foundation celebrated its 31st Annual Charity and Awards Nite on Thursday, 25th January 2024 at Hotel Savera, RK Salai, Chennai. The event was a live streaming programme. The programme began with The Mr. Venkatesan & Mrs. Malathi Venkatesan TANKER Foundation Memorial Lecture which was delivered by Ms. Shanthi Rajmohan, a brave warrior and a person who is on CAPD for a long term (20+ years). Ms. Shanthi Rajmohan shared her experiences and several heart-warming stories about her life   and her uphill struggle with her health. She has been on CAPD (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) for over 20 years. Dr. Georgi Abraham, Founder Trustee, TANKER Foundation welcomed the gathering and said that the incidence of kidney disease was on the increase and that more awareness had to be created about this terrible disease. He also was grateful to the sponsors for supporting the awards for research in nephrology and dedicated service of doctors. The Awards nite was a fun...
Read more

INAUGURATION OF A NEW HAEMODIALYSIS MACHINE FOR THE REKHA MEMORIAL RENNY ABRAHAM AMBATTUR ROTARY TANKER DIALYSIS UNIT

Image
  17 th  February 2024    TANKER Foundation runs 14 dialysis units, 11 in Chennai and one each in Madurai, Vellore and Tiruppur.  The Ambattur dialysis unit is supported by the Ambattur Rotary Club and Hospital, the CMCHIS and many valuable donors.    M/s. Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd have donated 1 dialysis machine and 3 defibrillators. The machine was inaugurated by   Mr. Clement Williams, Senior Vice President- FIG   and  Mr. Pawan Soni ,Chief Manager - CSR   . Mr Williams said that he had first hand experience with kidney disease and was very appreciative of the TANKER Team work. Mr Soni said that they were happy to be associated with TANKER and hoped to do more. T his generous donation will benefit all our underprivileged patients.   Mrs Latha Kumaraswami, Managing Trustee of TANKER Foundation said that every donation was precious and  conveyed TANKER's grateful thanks to   M...
Read more

CME on Kidney Health for All

Image
The key takeaways for people at the CME programme held Sunday November 26, 2023, with the theme ‘Kidney Health for All’ were exercise and diet, awareness, screening and timely check-ups to prevent chronic kidney disease (CKD).   Participating as the Chief Guest, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS, laid stress on the fact that kidney disease was increasing and there was a need for addressing the issue. He drew attention to the fact that the Tamil Nadu government scheme, ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’, (Taking Healthcare to People), checked 1 crore people for sugar and BP and the number of new cases was alarming. These are the two major reasons for kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension and so he advised eating the right kind of food, doing regular exercise and creating awareness and screening. He praised the work of Good Samaritans like TANKER Foundation, Kidney Warriors, MOHAN Foundation and Nephroplus who were involved in raising awareness on kidney health....
Read more