Accenture’s Rekha Menon Becomes First Woman Chairperson of Nasscom

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has appointed Rekha M Menon, Chairperson, Accenture India, as Chairperson of the software organizations association. Menon has become the first woman to take the top role in the software lobby group’s 30-year history. TCS President Krishnan Ramanujam will be the vice-chairperson of the association.

“The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to test the resilience of our more than 4 million people, even as it has created new opportunities for growth with technology emerging as the lifeline for societies and economies across the world,” Menon said in a statement. She succeeds UB Pravin Rao, CEO of Infosys as Nasscom’s chairperson.

BP, Infosys to Develop Integrated Energy-as-a-Service Offering

Tech services provider Infosys and energy major BP has entered into an understanding to develop an integrated energy as-a-service (EaaS) offering that will provide end-to-end management of a customers’ energy assets and services.

Together, the companies intend to explore opportunities using BP’s energy and mobility expertise and Infosys’ digital capabilities to manage energy assets, provide low-carbon power, low-carbon heating/cooling and low-carbon mobility to campuses, driven by an AI-based digital platform, according to a release from Infosys.

The EaaS solution aims to enable Infosys campuses to access reliable low-carbon energy and mobility options, use energy more efficiently, and optimise supply and demand across multiple users and assets, without having to invest in additional energy infrastructure.

Following a pilot at Infosys’ Pune campus, the companies now intend to extend the offer to other campuses of Infosys.