Shashi Shekhar Vempati

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

Quantum computing: Progress amidst hype

A recent study by McKinsey reports on the skill gap for quantum computing, with one in five jobs unfilled, and a likely 50 per cent gap in the required global talent pool by 2025

India as the world's factory: China may be in denial

It is interesting that the myths around the influence of Confucianism on Southeast Asia come not from Chinese scholars but from futurologist Hermann Kahn

India's 5G leapfrog

The drafting of an India-specific 5G standard and the adoption by 3GPP marks the coming of age for IITs in driving innovation beyond borders to influence global standards.

Regulating Digital India

Discriminatory algorithms will be the most complex of challenges for regulators

India's Techade powered by Jai Anusandhan

The strategic thrust for Jai Anusandhaan has to be hi-tech research and innovation with entrepreneurial approaches to leapfrog

Is the revival of BSNL a strategic bet for Indian Hi-Tech?

This hi-tech race is perhaps the new "arms race" as we enter into what seems to be the 21st century's version of a cold war that has pitted China against the West