Shashi Shekhar Vempati

BharatGen: Beyond a model, India's AI Manhattan Project in making

Bharat will not simply depend on imported intelligence; it will harness the talents of its best to build it on its own terms

From space to drones, PM Modi-era will be known for deep-tech forays

The confluence of technology, nationalism and communication skills of PM Modi can be appreciated from his interventions during emergencies

Operation Sindoor: Information dimension emerges as key battlefront

The several days leading up to Operation Sindoor saw a series of measures being taken by India, which shaped the dominant narratives within the information theatre

Artificial intelligence & India: The Modi model of technology diffusion

While much of the public discourse has been around this stack of Digital Public Goods and their population-scale impact, the role of leadership has been underappreciated

Artificial intelligence for a Viksit Bharat: Paris to Delhi via Washington

If India's position on AI opportunities was closer to the United States, its views on sustainability were perhaps closer to Europe

Deep-tech focus critical for India to lead global digital innovation

The development of the IT services opportunity saw India emerge as the manpower capital of the world to service the Y2K problem at the dawn of the new century

Bridging the pivotal language-knowledge gap for a Viksit Bharat by 2047

The integration of Indian knowledge systems into modern education holds tremendous potential in bridging the gap between traditional Indian thinking and contemporary science and technology

Democracy, DeepTech and a Developed India

India's technology vision for the next decade is ambitious yet attainable

Geopolitical convergence on terrestrial broadcasting

Both ATSC 3.0 for BPS in the US and D2M in India have the potential to deliver communications of national importance during crises and disasters independent of satellite systems and cellular telephony

Crowdsourcing: A sign of digital democracy in action

With crowdsourcing of campaign and relief contributions through micropayments, the digitalisation of Indian democracy has added another dimension

A tech-first approach for Viksit Bharat

From digitally issued vaccine certificates to the use of mass media to educate on vaccines, India, despite its socioeconomic disparities, a shining example to the world in countering vaccine hesitancy

Tech-powered aspirations for Amrit Kaal

A decadal calendar of multiple such technology-powered goals for Amrit Kaal may be essential if Bharat is to realise the Prime Minister's vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047

Technology in Parliament

Over the years, live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings has brought home several surreal moments...

Towards DPGI 2.0: A case for deep-tech public goods

'If data is the new oil, large scale high performance computing is the new oilfield'

Disruptive innovation in media: Regulatory imperatives

Harnessing the potential of these promising technologies calls for a light-touch regulatory approach that incentivises innovation and creates conditions for competition

Disruptive innovation in media: Regulatory imperatives

Recent news about Disney's woes in India even as the Sony-Zee merger has had to weather issues of corporate governance point to a deeper blight afflicting the industry

AI ecosystem for India

One of the challenges faced by AI researchers in India is the limited availability of reliable and accurate public data across the diversity of Indian languages to be able to train such language model

Broadcasting as a public good

The latest auction, which fetched more a thousand crore rupees in potential revenues, saw a further refinement of the methodology to insulate agai­nst likely cartelisation

Innovation economy: How to realise India's techade

With techno-nationalism spurring significant policy decisions from the US to Australia on investments to reshape the global supply chains, the Budget announcements will be keenly watched

Scaling the great information firewall

The recent incidents along the border with China in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang region near the Yangtze river have been the subject of much debate in India and amongst western geopolitical observers