Sandeep Kataria has become the first Indian to be appointed as global CEO of leading footwear company Bata. He joins the growing league of other Indians who have risen to head global organisations, including Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, just to name a few from the long list. Bata holds a special place for Indian consumers. Watch this video to get a sense of Bata's India connect and its history.

First Indian as Global CEO: Tracking the story behind Bata's India connect

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The Reserve Bank on Thursday announced the setting up of an eight-member committee to develop a framework for responsible and ethical enablement of artificial intelligence (FREE-AI) in the financial sector.
Headed by IIT Bombay professor Pushpak Bhattacharyya (Department of Computer Science and Engineering), the panel will assess the current level of adoption of AI in financial services, globally as well as in India.
It will also review regulatory and supervisory approaches on AI with focus on the financial sector globally.
The panel will also identify potential risks associated with AI, if any, and recommend an evaluation, mitigation and monitoring framework and consequent compliance requirements for financial institutions, including banks, NBFCs, FinTechs, PSOs, etc.
The committee will recommend a framework including governance aspects for responsible, ethical adoption of AI models / applications in the Indian financial sector, the RBI said.
The other members of the panel are: .

The committee will recommend a framework including governance aspects for responsible, ethical adoption of AI models / applications in the Indian financial sector

Delhi Police has stepped up the security around AIIMS, Delhi after the demise of former prime minister Manmohan Singh during treatment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) DCP Ankit Chauhan and other senior police officers of the district reached All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for reviewing the security arrangements.
A senior police officer said that security around AIIMS, Delhi was tightened and a company of paramilitary personnel was deployed.
Extra staff from other neighbouring police stations have also been deployed as senior leaders, ministers and other dignitaries arrive at the hospital.
His body may be shifted from AIIMS to his house in Delhi around midnight, police sources said.
Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died here on Thursday night. He was 92.
His death was announced by the AIIMS where he was admitted in the Emergency ward around 8.30 pm in a critical condition.
An AIIMS bulletin said he was "treated for age-related medical cond

A senior police officer said that security around AIIMS, Delhi was tightened and a company of paramilitary personnel was deployed

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First Indian as Global CEO: Tracking the story behind Bata's India connect

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