National Technology Day is no longer just a reflection on India’s scientific milestones. It has evolved into a powerful reminder of how technology is shaping the country’s economic resilience, industrial strength, and global influence. From the historic breakthrough of Pokhran-II to India’s emergence as a fast-growing hub for semiconductors, AI, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, and electronics manufacturing, the nation’s innovation journey is entering a transformational phase driven by scale, self-reliance, and strategic vision.
As India accelerates toward becoming a digitally empowered economy, the conversation has moved beyond innovation for innovation’s sake. The focus today is on building responsible, secure, and inclusive technologies that create real impact across industries, enterprises, MSMEs, and communities. Whether it is strengthening AI-ready infrastructure, building resilient cybersecurity frameworks, advancing semiconductor manufacturing, enabling intelligent observability, or empowering businesses through connected digital ecosystems, industry leaders believe India stands at a pivotal moment in its technological evolution.
On the occasion of National Technology Day, leading voices from across India’s technology industry shared their perspectives with DT on the innovations, opportunities, and strategic priorities that are driving the country’s rapidly evolving digital future.
National Technology Day symbolizes India’s journey from scientific aspiration to technological leadership. From the landmark Pokhran-II tests to today’s rapidly expanding semiconductor and electronics ecosystem, India has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to build strategic capabilities with confidence and scale.
Over the last few years, India has made unprecedented progress across semiconductor design, innovation, and manufacturing. India today is not only a global hub for semiconductor design talent contributing to cutting-edge technologies worldwide, but is also rapidly building its domestic semiconductor manufacturing, OSAT, display, electronics manufacturing, and deep-tech innovation ecosystem. The momentum created through national missions, policy initiatives, startup innovation, global investments, and industry-academia collaboration is laying the foundation for India to emerge as a trusted global technology powerhouse.
India now has a historic opportunity to lead the next wave of responsible and inclusive technology transformation for the world. By combining trusted innovation, scalable manufacturing, design excellence, skilled talent, and democratic digital infrastructure, India can build a resilient, self-reliant, and globally competitive technology ecosystem that contributes meaningfully to both national development and global progress- Ashok Chandak, President IESA
National Technology Day reminds us that innovation must serve a larger purpose, while celebrating India’s technological progress and spirit of self-reliance. The theme ‘Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth’ reminds the need to build technology that is advanced, yet accessible and equitable. At Acer India, we believe true progress lies in bridging digital divides and empowering communities through purposeful innovation. As technology reshapes every aspect of life, responsibility must remain central, ensuring solutions are scalable, sustainable, and inclusive. The real impact of innovation will be measured not just by what we create, but by how many lives we uplift- Sooraj Balakrishnan, Associate Director & Head of Marketing, Acer India
National Technology Day is a reminder that India’s digital progress is not just defined by how fast we innovate, but by how securely we scale that innovation. As enterprises accelerate their AI and digital transformation journeys, cybersecurity must be treated as foundational infrastructure- enabling trust, resilience and long-term growth. In an AI-first, hyper-connected world, the threat landscape is evolving rapidly. From deepfakes to automated attacks and AI-driven vulnerability discovery, attackers are operating at unprecedented speed and scale. This requires organisations to move beyond reactive security models and adopt continuous, real-time threat detection and response frameworks.
At the same time, identity has emerged as the new perimeter. Securing access, validating trust and ensuring visibility across systems is now critical to enterprise security. The shift we are seeing is from compliance-led approaches to resilience-led strategies where organisations are not just prepared to defend, but to adapt and recover in real time. As India continues to lead in digital adoption, building secure, resilient and responsible technology ecosystems will be key to sustaining that momentum - Sunil Sharma, Managing Director & VP - Sales (India & SAARC), Sophos
National Tech Day is a powerful reminder of what India is capable of when ambition meets engineering excellence. This year’s theme, ‘Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth,’ sets an important benchmark that the true measure of tech progress isn’t speed of innovation alone, but the breadth of lives it improves and the trust it earns.
At New Relic, we work at the intersection of innovation and accountability. Our AI-strengthened intelligent observability platform gives engineering teams, be it global enterprises or Indian startups, real-time intelligence into how their systems behave, where they fail and how quickly they recover. In a country where a single digital outage can affect hundreds of millions of people using government portals, UPI payments, or healthcare platforms, reliability is a social responsibility.
The country is writing the playbook for inclusive digital growth that the world will study for decades. We are honoured to be part of the ecosystem that keeps those systems observable, resilient and trustworthy because growth that can't be measured can’t be sustained, and innovation that can’t be trusted can’t truly be responsible- Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Director of Solutions Consulting, New Relic India
Every technological leap in history has been preceded by an infrastructure revolution, and AI is no different. But here is what we observe on the ground: organizations are not failing at AI because they lack ambition or talent. They are failing because their data infrastructure was never built for this moment. Fragmented storage, siloed environments, and governance frameworks designed for a pre-AI world are the real blockers, and they are far more common than the industry likes to admit.
At NetApp, we have defined what AI-ready infrastructure actually demands: data that is unified across every environment, performance that scales without compromise, and governance that earns trust at the enterprise level. These are not aspirations on a roadmap, they are engineering principles we bring to every deployment, every conversation, every customer challenge we solve.
The organizations that will lead the AI decade are not waiting for better models. They are the ones fixing the foundation today. The AI era will be won not just by those who write the best models, but by those who build the most dependable ground beneath them- Vasanthi Ramesh, Vice President of Engineering and Site Leader, NetApp India
India crossed a technological threshold in 1998 that quietly changed the trajectory of a nation. Twenty-seven years on, the ambition has scaled, but so has the stakes. The next decade of AI will be won in the infrastructure layer, in the power systems, the cooling architecture, and the data center design decisions being made right now. Vertiv believes in building the critical infrastructure that ensures India's AI workloads run at the speed and scale the country's growth demands. National Technology Day is not just a commemoration. It is a checkpoint. And the only question worth asking is whether we are engineering boldly enough for what is coming. - AS Prasad, Vice President, Product Management, Vertiv
National Technology Day is a reminder of how innovation continues to redefine the way businesses operate, compete, and grow. Today, technology is no longer just an enabler, it is the foundation of resilience, agility, and long-term competitiveness. As enterprises and MSMEs accelerate adoption of cloud, AI, and digital platforms, the focus is steadily shifting from adoption to meaningful integration where connectivity, intelligence, and security come together to deliver tangible business outcomes.
The next phase of digital transformation will be shaped by how effectively organizations leverage AI, automation, and analytics to simplify operations and enhance decision-making. At the same time, building secure, reliable, and scalable digital infrastructure will remain critical as businesses become increasingly distributed and data driven.
At Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), we see this as an opportunity to enable businesses with integrated digital solutions that drive efficiency, enhance agility, and accelerate growth. Backed by robust network foundation and by bringing together connectivity, cloud, collaboration, and cybersecurity, TTBS is committed to helping enterprises and MSMEs unlock the full potential of technology and contribute meaningfully to India’s evolving digital economy- Pravir Dahiya, CTO, Tata Teleservices
India’s digital transformation is entering a more mature phase, with the focus shifting from access to technology to delivering tangible business outcomes for MSMEs. Today, small businesses are leveraging digital capabilities not just to stay connected, but to drive growth, improve cash flows, and build stronger customer relationships.
At Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), we are focused on enabling MSMEs with smart, resilient, and easy-to-adopt digital solutions that simplify complexity and help enterprises scale with confidence. As we mark National Technology Day, the next phase of transformation will depend on how seamlessly MSMEs can adopt and integrate these technologies. Making solutions intuitive, outcome-driven, and accessible will be key to helping businesses compete and grow in an increasingly connected economy- Vishal Rally, Chief Revenue Officer, Tata Teleservices
India’s technology journey is entering a decisive phase, where manufacturing is converging with innovation, design, and advanced technologies to drive long-term competitiveness. Over the last decade, electronics manufacturing output has grown nearly sixfold, with exports rising eightfold. The next phase of growth lies beyond assembly, in strengthening components, semiconductor ecosystems, embedded systems, and product design. At Optiemus Electronics Limited, we believe sustained investment in localization, innovation, and strategic partnerships will position India as a globally competitive technology powerhouse - Nitesh Gupta, Director, Optiemus Electronics Limited
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