In recent years, India has made significant advancements in the technology sector and has surprised the whole world with some great innovations. Technology enthusiasts in India are raising the bar and bringing futuristic products and solutions. At such a rapid pace, India is on its way to becoming the global center of technology innovations. In addition, technology has become a great enabler for businesses to succeed in today’s time. Organizations across every sector are now adopting new technologies to grow faster and improve their scalability. National Technology Day is aimed to celebrate the contribution of our scientists, innovators and engineers in making India a leading country in the field of technology. On this day, DIGITAL TERMINAL brings this special story from industry leaders who have shared their views on how technology has become the lifeline for surviving in the fast-growing world.
“Our Aim Is to Increase Efficiency and Boost Performance of End-User Computing”
“In todays’ digital age, technology is driving human progress and the driving force behind technological growth comes with introducing disruptive ideas. Dell Technologies continues to be one of the global leaders in producing server tech, and India has a key role to play in this. Our Bengaluru R&D centre has been instrumental in bringing about cutting-edge technology in the server portfolio. Right from conceptualization of the servers, to product upgrade and then retiring the offerings, and thinking about the next product and technology trends, the Bengaluru R&D centre is the locus of innovation. Having filed over 100 patents in the last 3-4 years, the team at the Bengaluru centre has been dedicatedly helping Dell Technologies meet their goals of driving growth through technology.
To integrate software and hardware with specific capabilities, the R&D centre runs about 7 petabytes of networking traffic, 1600 virtual machines and 1400 test configurations to mimic all possible customer scenarios before making solutions available to global markets. With highly skilled engineers, distinguished technical staff and a dedicated team of designers and developers, the team is able to churn out adaptive and autonomous modern infrastructure solutions aligned with modern workloads which meet the customer interests in the areas of cloud computing, AI, analytics and edge computing. Our aim is to increase efficiency and boost performance of end-user computing with new developments and improvements to their PowerEdge portfolio, which allow customers to bring the computing power closer to their data, and our R&D centre is at the cornerstone of these innovations.” - Sudha KV, Vice President, Dell Technologies, India
“NetApp is Many Years Ahead of Its Closest Competitors in The Fight to Modernise and Transform in The Cloud”
“At NetApp, innovation is at the heart of everything we do, and it all starts with our ability to harness the power of the data we have and use it to change people's lives. Management of storage, regardless of where it exists across clouds, infrastructure, and as a service, has become a vital competence for all enterprises as India experiences the age of cloud adoption and data explosion.
NetApp is many years ahead of its closest competitors in the fight to modernise and transform in the cloud. Because of its unique ability to function smoothly across hybrid clouds, NetApp's flagship data management software, ONTAP, is immensely popular with its customers throughout the world. Our secret sauce is ONTAP, which was co-developed by the company's Bengaluru R&D team.
Our industry-leading storage infrastructure capabilities may be expanded to any format – on premises and in the cloud – and even between cloud service providers using ONTAP. This is the cornerstone for hybrid multi-cloud, and it also simplifies the management of both structured and unstructured data, reaping tremendous benefits in terms of manageability, storage efficiency, and interoperability. The team in India is responsible for a large portion of this effort. On National Technology Day, we look back with pride on how our innovations work to make our customers take advantage of technology at an accelerated pace.” - Ravi Chhabria, Managing Director, NetApp India
“We Are Investing In Various Startups To Help Create A Deep-Tech Ecosystem In India”
“To make India a global technology leader, we need to create a culture where long-term R&D is prioritised and incentivised, particularly in developing deep-tech capabilities in critical sectors such as healthcare and semiconductors. In order to do this on a large scale, we need to tap talent that exists in rural and non-urban areas in India, and invest in upskilling them. Zoho has developed its own technology stack over 25+ years of dedicated R&D, and now has products that compete with those by global giants. We are also investing in various startups to help create a deep-tech ecosystem in India. This National Technology Day, we hope that more entrepreneurs will work towards building technological capabilities in the country that will help us not just be atmanirbhar but also compete at a global scale.” - Praval Singh, Vice President, Zoho Corp.
“Organisations Need To Focus On Imbibing Digital Literacy And Upskilling Employees”
“Post pandemic, technology has become a mainstay for every sector and company. With deep tech innovations such as AI, IoT, ML and cloud computing becoming the norm, and technology being leveraged for even the most basic requirements, people lacking digital literacy will find it difficult to prosper in the new normal. Organisations need to focus on imbibing digital literacy and upskilling employees to participate in the tremendous growth opportunities available across sectors. At MediaTek, which is a global fabless semiconductor company, our employees are already well-versed in digital initiatives but we offer our associates the opportunity to further upskill themselves through dedicated technical training sessions and tech talks aimed at optimising their inherent potential.” - Anku Jain, MD, MediaTek
“We Strive to Provide Modern Data Protection To Our Customers”
“Digital technologies have the potential to revolutionize and reinvent how everyone does business in an increasingly connected world. In recent years, organizations have seen a rapid increase in the adoption of digital services as a result of hybrid work models, growing data security concerns, and overall business disruptions. As per Veeam's Data Protection Trends Report 2022 "84 percent of Indian organizations experienced ransomware attacks, making cyber-attacks one of the leading causes of downtime for organizations, for the second year in a row." The growing importance of digital services, data proliferation, and the ever-changing threat landscape have resulted in an increase in cyber-attacks (ransomware), making it critical for businesses to ensure that their organization's data is always secure. As a result, organizations are now considering aligning with a data protection framework that provides a dependable strategy when normal operations are disrupted.
We at Veeam believe that secure backup is the last line of defense against ransomware. We strive to provide modern data protection to our customers by delivering secure and reliable backup solutions that eliminate downtime, minimize data loss and prevent organizations from paying a costly ransom, ensuring business continuity, and thus contributing to a sustainable future.” - Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President, Veeam Software – India & SAARC
“One of The Key Technology Shifts in The Manufacturing Space Is Deploying Technology Solutions Driven By Artificial Intelligence”
“Manufacturing Industry has been in constant lookout for technology advancements that would eventually help increase operational efficiency, better quality control, lower production costs, lower maintenance costs, increase revenue, etc,. With adoption of Industry 4.0 principles, the industry has been addressing challenges like having to deal with complex processes, high costs due to legacy tools and technologies.
Some of the key assessments required to be done before the tech shift include 1) the equipment readiness to be connected to a central data system, 2) Software and Hardware required for addressing loads of data being generated 3) Capacity of the IT systems like storage, processing, etc, 3) Readiness for Smart Operations and 4) Change Resistance in People
One of the key technology shifts in the manufacturing space is deploying technology solutions driven by Artificial Intelligence. Some of these AI driven use cases include: 1) Detection of anomalies and perform predictive maintenance to save huge repair costs. IIOT devices help with collection of relevant data sets 2) Improve quality control by statistical process control 3) Inspection of products/components using AI based visual tech and thereby reduce human errors
Another key AI use case is Digital Twin technology where in a physical object, process or a whole factory for example is represented digitally. Some industry examples include engines, wind farms, buildings, cities, etc,. The digital twin technology can be used to collect data, create simulations that can predict how a product or process will perform.” - Satish Pala, CTO, Indium Software
“We Will Continue In Our Efforts To Bring Innovative And Advanced Technology-Led Solutions To Marketers”
"COVID-19 has resulted in a surge digital adoption across industries and geographies, transforming the way organizations function, and compelling them to adopt new technologies overnight. As digital adoption took a quantum leap, businesses tried to survive and stay relevant to customers and their evolving needs. These technology-led changes transformed the way companies interact with their customers. Brands that adopted the 'adapt and respond' strategy to combat this change are today leading the way in customer engagement.
On National Technology Day, we at Netcore Cloud, would like to acknowledge the important role that technology plays in building customer experience and engagement. We are constantly striving to incorporate new technologies that provide CMOs and growth managers more intelligent and meaningful ways to engage, acquire and retain customers. We will continue in our efforts to bring innovative and advanced technology-led solutions to marketers across the globe as we scale.” - Kalpit Jain, Group CEO, Netcore Cloud
“Gofrugal Will Continue to Make Technology Easy, Intuitive, And Affordable To Help Businesses”
"The future is much larger and many times scarier than it has ever looked in the past. Smart companies are ones that would use technology as a smart platform for all stakeholders to seamlessly collaborate, paving the way for connected business. Omni-channel experiences will continue to evolve so far as to let consumers enjoy a seamless shopping experience - both offline and online.
Gofrugal will continue to make technology easy, intuitive, and affordable to help businesses, agnostic of size and style, to stay competitive. Gofrugal has, is, and will continue to enable businesses to win by letting them work with minimal staff, with least skills, yet make 100% reliable with accurate predictions and decision recommendations-based solutions " - Kumar Vembu, CEO & Co-Founder, GOFRUGAL
“I Am Optimistic About The Efforts Put in by Technology Workforce to Build SaaS Platforms”
“Within the logistics sector, traditional digitization efforts have lasted several decades, however most of these technologies are now obsolete or based on on-premise solutions. Cloud computing has revolutionised numerous businesses, including logistics. Software as a Service, or SaaS, has emerged as a winning business model for new high-growth technology companies. Customers and technology suppliers both profit from this. Customers benefit from a product that is constantly upgraded, and it lowers the bar for technology providers to produce better products.
Working in the SaaS space, I have seen that this model significantly reduces software costs. In addition, once a piece of software is produced and deployed in the cloud, it requires very little upkeep. When software was installed on-premise, a specialised support team was necessary, and each deployment required many servers to manage. There is only one deployment using SaaS, and it is delivered over the cloud. This translates in gross margins of 85 percent on average, which is a fantastic standard.
According to the most recent Gartner forecast on Transportation Management Systems (TMS), the market will expand from $1.32 billion to $2.11 billion globally (from 2019 through 2024). That's a 60 percent increase in just five years. And SaaS-based automation solutions are responsible for the majority of this. On National Technology Day, I am optimistic about the efforts put in by the technology workforce to build SaaS platforms that are true game changers in the logistics industry.” - Dhruvil Sanghvi, Founder & CEO, LogiNext
“I Work with A World-Class Team of Engineers and Tech Enthusiasts to Realise The Company's Shared Vision While Instilling A Strong Digital-First Culture”
“As a woman in the technology industry for the past two decades, I have encountered a variety of challenges and opportunities to create a niche for myself. It's encouraging to see a surge in female talent and a growing interest in upskilling. It is unquestionably a sign of India's bright future in the technology industry. This, combined with the government's laser-like focus on digitising the country, has boosted the industry and created an inclusive environment for all genders to thrive on a national and international scale. At Hero Vired, I work with a world-class team of engineers and tech enthusiasts to realise the company's shared vision and growth goals, all while instilling a strong digital-first culture.” - Geetika Goel, Head of Technology, Hero Vired
“Whatfix’s Game-Changing Digital Adoption Platform Has Been Enabling Organizations to Drive Speed and Efficiency”
"This year's theme for National Technology Day – Rebooting the Economy via Science, Technology, and Research Translations – is deep-rooted into the start-up diaspora in India. It truly resonates with Whatfix, as remote or hybrid work becomes the norm, Whatfix’s game-changing Digital Adoption Platform has been enabling organizations to drive speed and efficiency in their adoption of new technology offerings. Whatfix simplifies enterprise software adoption, improving the ROI of the organisation’s technology stack.
We accelerate the user’s time to learn a new software application. With step-by-step walkthroughs on how to use a feature, users get an interactive way to learn on the job. This helps users interact with an application, identify areas of friction and improve their experience. Whatfix understands users’ pain points by tracking actions and completion rates to see how they can improve feature adoption. These solutions have helped us envisage our future, make it more technology-friendly, and make business transformation easy with in-app pop-ups that highlight and explain new processes and application changes." - Khadim Batti, Co-founder and CEO, Whatfix
“With Technologies Like AI, IOT, NLP, 5G and RPA Enabling The Economy, The Need is to Encourage More Usage And Adoption Across Industries”
“As the world continues to navigate the pandemic, we are also thankfully turning to technology to revitalise our economies. RBI recently stated that India will take until 2035 to overcome the losses suffered as a result of the pandemic. The outline of reforms proposed by RBI focuses on seven wheels of economic progress including technological progression. With technologies like AI, IOT, NLP, 5G and RPA enabling the economy, the need is to encourage more usage and adoption across industries.
Conversational AI has been a great demand driver in India as it has changed the face of experiential engagement in the last few years. If leveraged well, Conversational AI-led innovation can provide interactions and greater engagement, marketing, sales and support at scale across verticals, users and platforms, enabling enterprises across industries to grow exponentially. It is making it possible for companies of all sizes and capabilities to move towards green initiatives while also improving their business practices.
At Yellow.ai, we are continuing to invest and innovate heavily on our Total Experience (TX) solutions, powered by AI. The industry is moving towards a horizontal model where businesses now require Virtual Assistance across functions like Customer Experience, User Experience, Employee Experience, Marketing & Automation, etc. to expand around channels and capabilities. Our aim is to harness the power of advanced AI for enterprises and provide them seamless experience across verticals and thereby an edge over others.
Moreover, we see the government sector leveraging our Conversational AI solutions across functions to improve services for citizens, providing them contactless and constant support for elevated experiences. Over the past two years, we have helped various government agencies to bring out relevant and credible information to the masses and digitally deliver government services. In the near future, we expect an increased adoption of Conversational AI by government agencies in order to make services more accessible across the country.
As we celebrate National Technology Day and laud the technological development in the country, it is also important to continue to create an enabling and innovation friendly ecosystem. As tech innovators, we advocate the democratization of artificial intelligence, by improving access, upskilling the workforce and encouraging adoption. This means making intelligence accessible for every organization and for India’s current and potential workforce. The real impact will only be visible when we put these capabilities in the hands of every individual who aspires to become a part of India’s digital transformation story.” - Raghu Ravinutala, CEO and Co-founder, Yellow.ai
"In This Dynamic Era of Evolution, Technology is The Only Constant”
"In this dynamic era of evolution, technology is the only constant, depending on which businesses survive and thrive. Use of technology has put logistics sector out in front and made it a backbone of the economy. Tremendous growth has been seen through it and with innovations that results in even better efficiency, the sector looks to grow in folds." - Prasad Sreeram, Co-founder & CEO, COGOS
“At Syska, We Focus On Delivering Technology-Led Products That Conserve Energy and are Sustainable”
"Brands have been sharpening their expertise in cutting-edge technology as it has altered our lives, from the evolution of voice assistants to the introduction of smart products. The technological era has charged an exhilarating stage in the smart product market, delivering consumers with unique and improved smart home technologies which are leaning towards an interconnected, easy-to-control habitat. Lifestyle patterns are constantly shifting, not just as a result of external forces, but also because of shifting consumer patterns fuelled by the rapid growth and adoption of innovative technology. Hence, brands today are offering products basis evolving necessities and are prioritising around incorporating technology for a sustainable environment. At Syska, we focus on delivering technology-led products that conserve energy and are sustainable. Our LED products save energy up to 70% by application, and our wires are made basis Indo-European technology which saves up to 3% energy. In addition, our fans are built with BLDC technology which saves up to 50% energy. As we celebrate National Technology Day on 11th May, we believe there is a need to celebrate the innovative technology that focuses on making conscious products for future living.” - Rajesh Uttamchandani, Director, Syska Group
“We At Pi Green Innovations Stand Committed To Continue Developing The Latest Technologies”
“Technology and tech-led innovations have been a game-changer for the environment and society. Recently we have observed massive progress in technological innovations across multiple businesses particularly, in the environmental health space. Technology is taking over the world, and we can safely say that it has the potential to provide solutions for most of the problems across sectors. Environmental issues are no different. Today with the help of evolved and advanced technologies, one can address and beat air pollution. Pollutant monitoring devices, retrofits, scrubbers and similar solutions are promising technologies that have contributed to the system. We have introduced the patented ‘Filterless Carbon Cutter Technology’, a revolutionary innovation rated as one of the best technologies globally to reduce air pollution. As we observe National Technology Day on 11th May, we at Pi Green Innovations stand committed to continue developing the latest technologies and support bringing about a positive change through our efficient offerings.” - Irfan Pathan, Co-Founder & CEO, Pi Green Innovations
“In Recent Years, Technology Has Played A Huge Role In Country’s Development”
“In the recent years, technology has played a huge role in the country’s development and advancing its infrastructure. Today with the increase in urbanisation, cities are facing a crunch at every aspect, especially the rising congestion on roads disrupting the free flow of traffic. With the advancement in technology and smart parking solutions, this issue can be handled well. The integration of Information Communications Technology (ICT) solutions and the use of Internet of Things (IoT) and data have greatly improved the overall efficiency of the Indian parking industry. Today, we are able to eliminate the need to drive around in circles endlessly in search of a parking space ensuring that we, drivers save time while contributing to reducing emissions as well. On the occasion of National Technology Day, we would like to extend our appreciation to the efforts of the Government in this endeavour while committing to creating better tech-enabled solutions for the future of this country.” - Rajesh Kabra, Managing Director, RR Parkon
“We Are On A Relentless Pursuit Of Making Lives Better With The Power Of Our Digital Platforms”
“On National Technology Day, I’d like to honour and celebrate the contribution of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam as a scientist, people’s President, and exceptional teacher. His exemplary work in the fields of science, technology, and rural empowerment has always inspired me and the world. I also want to take this opportunity to appreciate and applaud our scientists, innovators, and technologists playing a pivotal role in transforming lives with deep tech solutions. Similarly, at Fulcrum Digital, we are on a relentless pursuit of making lives better with the power of our digital platforms. We help customers bring technologically advanced and future-ready products faster to the market through our integrated suite of platform, digital engineering services, and technology consulting.” - Rajesh Sinha, Founder and Chairman, Fulcrum Digital
“We at Aurionpro Solutions Are Committed to Innovate, Adapt and Succeed in Leveraging Emerging Tech”
“Buckminster Fuller, an American architect once quoted ‘You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete’. The quote clearly defines the need & capability of model improvisation to develop, change & implement the new technologies in everyday life for all firms & entities. Technological innovations will be key to the futuristic survival of all industry sectors. We at Aurionpro Solutions are committed to innovate, adapt and succeed in leveraging emerging tech to build products of the future, and placing customer needs at the core of what we do. As we celebrate National Technology Day, I’d like to express my gratitude to all our tech leaders for doing their best to place India at the forefront of global tech innovations.” - Paresh Zaveri, Chairman & Managing Director, Aurionpro Solutions
“Future-Ready Organizations Will Start Understanding How They Can Use Cloud Communications in Metaverse”
“It’s wonderful that we have a special day like the National Technology Day to recognize the efforts of tech companies and engineers towards simplifying lives. During the pandemic, for instance, we saw the critical role that technology played.
In our sector, cloud communication technologies enabled remote-working and business continuity for thousands of businesses. In fact, over the last ten years, cloud communications have been on an unstoppable rise. With technological advances and government support, we can see a thriving business environment that shows no sign of slowing down. Moreover, because AI and cloud are interlinked, cloud transformation is also essential for companies to drive digital transformation and automation. Here cloud technology enables businesses to integrate their communications with other cloud tools to break silos and transform the role of contact centers.
Today cloud communications are evolving into digital-first, automation-first solutions that enable personalized interaction on every channel and at every step of the customer journey. It’s all about learning to blend human and AI support perfectly at critical customer touchpoints.
The next step in the journey is to tap the millions of customer conversations to derive critical business and customer experience insights through speech analytics. Finally, future-ready organizations will start understanding how they can use cloud communications in the metaverse.” - Chaitanya Chokkareddy, Chief Innovation Officer, Ozonetel
“Indians Have Historically Looked at Holistic Development”
"This May 11th, our National Technology Day, I would like to thank all whose contributions we are enjoying which also spur us to chip in. Anuj Vaid For far too long, the concept of ‘development’ is based on how much of earth's resources have been exploited efficiently. This has created its own challenges – climate change being key. Indians have historically looked at holistic development and it is this differentiated approach that we should embrace as we bring to bear new technological interventions for a superior sustainable future. Thought leadership intermeshed with intrinsically sustainable designs must propel our technology leadership on the global stage." - Anuj Vaid, CEO, CMS IT Services
