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.
"India is well positioned to benefit from the next wave of AI growth as it continues to advance these priorities"
“To make AI more accessible and inclusive, two things are critical. First, using the right tool for the right job - not every AI workload requires GPUs. AI compute spans CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and adaptive computing solutions, and choosing the right mix is key to cost efficiency and sustainability. Second, fostering an open ecosystem that gives developers and businesses greater flexibility and choice, without locking them into proprietary systems. With its strong talent base and growing digital infrastructure, India is well positioned to benefit from the next wave of AI growth as it continues to advance these priorities.” - Vinay Sinha, Managing Director, India Sales, AMD.
"As environments become more dynamic and interconnected, the role of security systems is evolving from passive monitoring to enabling real time, actionable intelligence"
Technology today is increasingly being evaluated by how effectively it strengthens everyday safety and awareness. As environments become more dynamic and interconnected, the role of security systems is evolving from passive monitoring to enabling real time, actionable intelligence.
This shift is driving the need for solutions that can interpret data, anticipate risks, and support faster response on the ground. The next phase of innovation will be defined by how seamlessly technology can move from simply observing events to actively enabling smarter, more informed decisions, making spaces safer and more responsive. Mr. Aditya Khemka, Managing Director, CP PLUS (Aditya Infotech Ltd.)
"As digital adoption deepens across work, learning, and daily interactions, the focus is shifting towards creating more intuitive, human-centric experiences that enhance how people think, create, and collaborate."
Technology today is increasingly being judged not by its capability, but by how seamlessly it fits into everyday life. As digital adoption deepens across work, learning, and daily interactions, the focus is shifting towards creating more intuitive, human-centric experiences that enhance how people think, create, and collaborate. For the industry, the opportunity lies in moving beyond performance-led innovation to building technology that integrates naturally into how people live and work, making it more efficient, accessible, and meaningful . Mr. Rajeev Singh, Managing Director, BenQ India & South Asia
"India now has a historic opportunity to lead the next wave of responsible and inclusive technology transformation for the world"
"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.
"This National Technology Day, we celebrate not just India's technological legacy, but the momentum of a nation actively shaping the AI era. India is at a decisive point in its AI-led techade, which is moving faster and cutting deeper. The Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 99% of Indian enterprises plan to increase their AI investments over the next 12 months, with budgets growing at the fastest pace across Asia Pacific. That is not an incremental shift, it is a supercycle in motion. What makes this moment especially significant is the nature of the change: AI is no longer being piloted, it is being industrialized. Enterprises across manufacturing, retail, sports and other sectors are moving from experimentation to full-scale production, prioritizing real outcomes over proof-of-concepts.
With nearly three dollars expected in return for every dollar invested, AI is fast becoming core business infrastructure. At Lenovo, our 'Smarter AI for All' vision is grounded in the commitment that this technology must be accessible, responsible, and outcome-driven, for every enterprise and every individual. Our full-stack Hybrid AI portfolio, including Lenovo Agentic AI and the Lenovo xIQ platform, delivers the end-to-end lifecycle capabilities enterprises need to build intelligent workflows, automate decisions, and achieve tangible operational results. With its engineering depth, expanding digital infrastructure, and a builder's hunger for innovation, India is uniquely positioned to democratize AI for the real world as an architect of this shift. Lenovo is a committed partner in that journey.” - S K Venkataraghavan, Director of Solutions and Services Group (SSG), Lenovo India, Lenovo.
"National Technology Day reminds us that innovation must serve a larger purpose, while celebrating India’s technological progress and spirit of self-reliance"
"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.
"As enterprises accelerate their AI and digital transformation journeys, cybersecurity must be treated as foundational infrastructure- enabling trust, resilience and long-term growth"
"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.
"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"
"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.
"These are not aspirations on a roadmap, they are engineering principles we bring to every deployment, every conversation, every customer challenge we solve"
"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.
"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"
"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.
"We see this as an opportunity to enable businesses with integrated digital solutions that drive efficiency, enhance agility, and accelerate growth"
"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.
"We are focused on enabling MSMEs with smart, resilient, and easy-to-adopt digital solutions that simplify complexity and help enterprises scale with confidence"
"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.
"The next phase of growth lies beyond assembly, in strengthening components, semiconductor ecosystems, embedded systems, and product design"
"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.
“We believe India’s digital growth story will be defined not only by how boldly we innovate, but by how meaningfully that innovation reaches and benefits people”
“AI is no longer a distant horizon; it is the operating layer shaping modern business. What separates innovation from simple adoption is intent: the commitment to building technology that is responsible, inclusive, and rooted in real-world impact. In retail, AI is empowering brands of every scale to become more intelligent, agile, and consumer-centric. At Fynd, we believe India’s digital growth story will be defined not only by how boldly we innovate, but by how meaningfully that innovation reaches and benefits people.” - Ragini Varma, Chief Business Officer – India, Fynd
“On National Technology Day, we celebrate innovation that doesn’t just add features but adds clarity and purpose to our lives”
"On National Technology Day, we celebrate innovation that doesn’t just add features but adds clarity and purpose to our lives. At Xiaomi, we view AI not as a standalone strategy, but as a core capability - an invisible layer that makes everyday experiences more intuitive and seamless.
This shift reflects across our ‘Human × Car × Home’ strategy, where AI-led capabilities move beyond simple connectivity into an intuitive environment that anticipates user needs. By anchoring our technological reach in human-centric purposes, we ensure technology amplifies human potential rather than just automating it. Supported by India’s strengthening electronics manufacturing policies, we are committed to an India-first strategy that deepens this ecosystem, ensuring that as we lead in global technology, we remain focused on purposeful, human-centred innovation.” - Sudhin Mathur, Chief Operating Officer, Xiaomi India
“National Technology Day reinforces the growing importance of resilience and trust in shaping sustainable progress”
“As innovation accelerates across AI, digital infrastructure, and advanced computing, National Technology Day reinforces the growing importance of resilience and trust in shaping sustainable progress. Organizations today are navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape, where modernization efforts must be supported by strong foundations of data integrity, governance, and cyber resilience to deliver secure, reliable, and long-term outcomes.
"In this environment, advancement and resilience must go hand in hand. Building future-ready digital ecosystems requires systems that are secure, transparent, and recoverable by design, supported by a unified approach where data protection, cyber recovery, and identity resilience work together to ensure continuity and confidence, even in the face of disruption. This becomes especially important in a diverse and rapidly digitizing market like India, where inclusive growth depends on the reliability and trustworthiness of digital ecosystems."
"At Commvault, we see resilience as a foundational enabler of responsible innovation, helping organizations protect what matters, recover quickly, and scale technology with confidence while ensuring that progress remains both inclusive and sustainable.” - Balaji Rao, Area Vice President, India & SAARC, Commvault
"India is the world's largest consumer of artificial intelligence tools it did not build, running on infrastructure it does not own, governed by terms set in cities far from Delhi or Bengaluru"
National Technology Day, it is worth naming the risk we are not talking about loudly enough. India is the world's largest consumer of artificial intelligence tools it did not build, running on infrastructure it does not own, governed by terms set in cities far from Delhi or Bengaluru. We celebrated the IT revolution, but we largely executed it for others. We cannot afford to repeat that mistake with AI. The countries that will lead the next twenty years are not the ones that adopt AI the fastest. They are the ones that own it deepest, the models, the data, the compute, the frameworks. India has the talent, the market, and now the capital. What we need is the conviction to build our own stack, end to end, rather than rent intelligence from elsewhere and call it transformation. Sovereign AI is not a policy slogan. It is the difference between being an economy that shapes the future and one that simply runs on it. Mr. Rahul Garg, Founder & CEO, Moglix
"The next phase of India’s growth will be defined by how effectively we scale AI innovation while ensuring accessibility, efficiency, and responsible use of compute infrastructure"
“As India observes National Technology Day 2026, the focus is clearly shifting from digital adoption to building intelligent, sustainable, and human-centric technology ecosystems. The next phase of India’s growth will be defined by how effectively we scale AI innovation while ensuring accessibility, efficiency, and responsible use of compute infrastructure.
India is uniquely positioned to lead this transition, powered by its developer ecosystem, rapid cloud adoption, and expanding AI-first enterprises. However, unlocking this potential requires democratized access to high-performance, GPU-driven cloud infrastructure that enables innovation at scale, from startups to large enterprises.
At Vultr, we see the future anchored in open, scalable, and sustainable cloud systems that empower real-world AI deployment. National Technology Day is a reminder that technology must ultimately serve people, driving inclusion, resilience, and long-term economic value.”- Piyush Gupta, VP – India, APAC & Middle East, Vultr
"AI is transforming how organizations hire, develop, and engage their people — and HR is where that transformation matters most, because every employee experience is personal"
“AI is transforming how organizations hire, develop, and engage their people — and HR is where that transformation matters most, because every employee experience is personal. With MAAX, our multi-agent architecture, we've built specialized AI agents for each stage of the employee journey: hiring, onboarding, learning, growth, and well-being. It's the next step in a 20-year journey at PeopleStrong, from India's first HR chatbot to Asia's first Agentic HR Operating System.
This is the workplace we're building toward- one where the depth of HR meets the scale of AI, for every employee, in every role.” — Ankit Bhatnagar, Deputy, Chief Product Officer, PeopleStrong
“India has 490 million informal workers, farmers navigating climate uncertainty with limited intelligence systems, patients operating within fragmented healthcare infrastructure, and first-generation learners skilling up in languages most AI systems still barely understand. As per a recent NITI Aayog, AI could become one of the most powerful tools to bridge these gaps. This is not just a statistic about technology. It is a statement about what is at stake if we get this right.
The story of AI has largely been framed through the lens of scale: bigger models, larger compute, and larger markets. And while numbers matter, with India’s AI market projected to cross USD 17 billion by 2027, the more important question that looms is how useful, trustworthy, and accessible AI becomes for real-world India.
At IAIRO, we believe India’s opportunity lies in recognising and responding to the exceptional diversity across regions and needs, and building a different class of AI altogether - compact, domain-specific, multimodal, and deeply grounded in India’s realities. These are models designed not for generic conversation, but for solving high-stakes problems across healthcare, agriculture, climate resilience, governance, education, and enterprise systems. Models that can reason over structured knowledge, work with limited compute, operate in multilingual environments, and deliver reliability where it matters most.
National Technology Day is a reminder that India’s AI ambition cannot be measured only by market size or valuation. It must be measured by whether we build systems that expand capability, reduce inequality, and strengthen strategic autonomy. This is where our work begins. We are building AI that is practical, scalable, sovereign, and rooted in India’s real-world complexity.” Dr. Amith Sheth, Founding Director, IAIRO and Professor at the University of South Carolina
Farming in India is already seeing a big shift with technology quietly becoming part of everyday decisions. From weather patterns to crop health, a lot of information is now available in real time, and it’s helping farmers plan a bit better and avoid surprises in the field. Today, tools like AI, satellite images, and advisory systems are already reaching over 3.8 crore farmers, helping with basic things like when to act, what to watch out for, and how to manage crops more efficiently.
What matters most is ensuring these capabilities translate into meaningful outcomes at the grassroots, where decisions are made every day in the fields. At MapMyCrop, we are focused on building intelligent digital infrastructure that simplifies complexity into real-time, actionable insights, empowering every farmer to make confident, informed, and sustainable decisions." Mr. Rajesh Shirole, Co-Founder & COO at MapMyCrop.
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