Aditya Puri is the outgoing Managing Director of HDFC Bank. The 70-year-old banker assumed this position in September 1994. The veteran banker has been instrumental in building the bank from scratch and turning it into the largest private sector lender of the country. More
At a time when artificial intelligence is being framed either as an economic miracle or a mass job destroyer, industry veterans NR Narayana Murthy and Aditya Puri are striking a more measured note. Former HDFC Bank CEO Puri argues that AI today is surrounded by “too much hype” as well as exaggerated fears of large-scale job losses, stressing that while roles will evolve, wholesale replacement is unlikely. Infosys founder NRN Murthy, drawing from his own experiments with generative AI, says productivity gains accrue to sharper, more disciplined minds, urging young professionals to master these assistive technologies rather than fear them. Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth spoke to them recently at the Indian Institute of Management in Bengaluru.
In a recent and rare joint interview, the Infosys founder and former HDFC Bank CEO weighed in on the the advancements around artificial intelligence and why there is too much negativism on job losses.
Murthy described legendary banker Aditya Puri as 'India’s finest entrepreneur post-Independence,' drawing a contrast between the paths taken by Infosys and HDFC Bank in building scale and influence.
Puri will leverage his expertise and experience to help drive a tech-enabled in the financial services sector, Deloitte has said