Tech4Good Ep 1: Building on Belief

Girish Ramachandran, President, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Asia-Pacific | Aidonna Jun Ayub, Programme Manager, Social Enterprise Education Lab (SEEd.Lab)

26-Jan-22 09:35

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Tech4Good is a new monthly series where we will explore meaningful solutions to the many challenges facing our world, while discussing the role of technology in achieving sustainability.

In this first episode, our focus is on how businesses and social enterprises can harness technology for the betterment of people and the planet and joining us to discuss this are Girish Ramachandran, the President of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Asia-Pacific, and Aidonna Jun Ayub, the Programme Manager at Social Enterprise Education Lab (SEEd.Lab).

Both Girish and Jun also explain how SEEd.Lab, a programme run by PETRONAS and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), hopes to develop groups of individual youths in setting up sustainable Social Enterprise companies, with a focus on addressing social pain points in Malaysia through digitization and technology.

Tech4Good is presented by Tata Consultancy Services - Building on Belief.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs, Richard Bradbury

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: SME, entrepreneurship, business analysis, technology, tech

Tags: Tech4Good, Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Building on Belief, sustainability,

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