Ajit Balakrishnan

Global innovation frenzy: Can India match the pace of tech growth?

India also has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines?

Genes vs merit debate: What drives success - genetic destiny or hard work?

Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to society, perhaps, so does the gene, particularly in debates like 'genes vs merit'

This Salman Khan book shows how AI can transform education systems globally

'Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)', by Khan Academy founder, is a valuable read for those puzzling over AI's role in education and society at large

Invention factory: New India dawning

Invention versus innovation

India's new trilemma

…kids, jobs, emigration

Coping with the data flood and drought

IIT/IIM grad Nitin Seth's book offers a systematic process to harness wisdom in the deluge of data in our data-first world

We missed Industrial Revolution

Is India headed there again?

Socially construct the right AI

…and achieve societal benefit, not harm

Exciting world of data science

...and say bye to the humanities-science divide

Truth in the AI era

Can legislation enable this?

Updating India's rituals

Particularly economic ones

Decoding India's dress code

…is a cultural swaraj under way?

In the wings: The creator economy

…current industry models will soon fade out

Treading the AI path sensibly

… while learning from past tech revolutions

The times they are a-changin'

… And what explains the directions of change?

A 'Make in India' achievement

A quiet revolution is underway in India that could upend the notion that Indians are tech adopters, not innovators

Young Indians' endless struggle

Being driven to abandon Indian middle-class values?

Personal data protection

A thinking person's guide

5IR: Inventing a positive world

Amidst the bewildering advancements and debates surrounding technology, Pranjal Sharma's book offers a peek into the potential benefits of the Fifth Industrial Revolution

Is WFH a societal shift?

…or just a Covid-era practice?