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If Only The Mentalist Solved Cybercrimes too
Is there not a human mind sitting beneath every cyber-criminal's brain? From Stockholm effect, Lima syndrome, to how cyber-criminals neutralise guilt and can we use psychology to defeat and cure cyber- criminals- here is a social scientist and criminologist cracking some human doors of the dark cybercrime cave.
10+ min |
May 2026
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Made-in-India Chips: 'Wedge'ing the Semicon Door Open
We are doing pretty okay in design, packaging and talent availability. But can we cross the hedge with going-fabless, fully-oiled ecosystems, advanced architecture and our own IP?
5 min |
May 2026
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AWS wants to be more than cloud in India's startup story
AWS's Tiffany Bloomquist says Indian startups are moving from AI demos to practical execution, with voice, finance, and faster product builds leading the shift.
7 min |
May 2026
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Are You Talented Enough?
Here's a skillet of seven skills for you to consider cultivating to get and retain a job in the AI era
6 min |
May 2026
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Where Al is already executing work in aerospace
GE Aerospace is moving AI beyond insight and into design, maintenance, and inspection, with human oversight still central to every critical decision.
3 min |
May 2026
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Why CloudMoyo sees intelligent operations as the next AI frontier
CloudMoyo CEO Manish Kedia explains why real AI value lies beyond CLM and copilots, in unified data, real-time intelligence, and execution-led enterprise workflow.
8 min |
May 2026
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Why India's Al future needs both sovereign control and heritage depth
India's AI next phase may depend on combining sovereign control with heritage depth, while enterprises build domain-specific models from their own knowledge.
10+ min |
May 2026
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The Tariff Turnpike - Now a Make-in-India Turnstile
India's new Soft Power on the Tariff Tables could lie in how, and when, we leverage self-reliance through Make-in-India outcomes and new import-export mathematics
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May 2026
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As AI Reshapes IT Infrastructure, can Telecom Operators Move Up the Stack?
As AI reshapes infrastructure and value creation, Accenture's Boris Maurer explains why telecom operators may gain a bigger role in the digital stack.
8 min |
May 2026
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From Clad-in-India to Made-in-India: How Far Have We Come?
And how much grit and gravel we need to still cover before appearing strong and bright on the global manufacturing map. Almost ten years forward- that's a good time for a quick X-Ray.
9 min |
May 2026
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Made-for-India – not exactly Made-in-India – and here's why
Recently, Altos Computing Ltd (an Acer Group company) teamed up with Arinox.ai to bring something that is stated to be India's first deployable Private-AI-In-A-Box - to market at national scale. The idea- as claimed- is to give enterprises, PSUs, central and state government bodies, and regulated institutions direct access to fully-integrated, sovereign AI stack that they deploy on-prem, under their own control with zero dependence on any external cloud infrastructure, even without internet dependence.
5 min |
May 2026
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AWS Summit 2026: India's Al story moves closer to production
At AWS Summit Bengaluru 2026, AWS tried to push the AI conversation in a more grounded direction, sharing tangible outcomes from real-life agentic AI usage.
7 min |
May 2026
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When AI starts executing work, enterprises need a new model for risk and accountability
As AI moves from assistance to execution, enterprises must rethink workflows, traceability, and governance while services firms shift towards more outcome-led roles.
3 min |
May 2026
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Sify's Sharad Agarwal on why India's data centre story is now a 10 GW baseline
Sharad Agarwal explains how AI, cloud, and geopolitics are pushing India's data centre demand towards a 10 GW baseline, reshaping infrastructure and growth strategies.
3 min |
May 2026
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Horse-Whisperers Win. Cat-Herders Lose.
And Dog-Walkers Stay. It's the post-AI world in coding and software engineering. More about humans.
4 min |
April 2026
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The marketing team of tomorrow is being built today
AI tools are already inside marketing teams. The real advantage lies in building strategy, workflows, and measurement that turn speed into measurable revenue growth.
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April 2026
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Inside the Autonomous Enterprise
For years, enterprise AI lived at the edge of work, surfacing insights, suggesting actions, and helping people move faster.
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April 2026
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AI without subtitles. For how long now?
Explainability is not just about wiping away the mystery of that stubborn and evasive AI Black Box. It is also about interpretability, trust, safety and responsibility. Has the industry cracked this mystery? Will it?
10+ min |
April 2026
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Are You Ready for Sovereign AI?
Governments could function as orchestrator, investor, regulator & anchor customer to drive strategy.
6 min |
April 2026
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Forget the Genie, Read The AI Bottle's Label
Who owns the data, where is that data coming from, how will it be used, is it all sovereign, what about input-indemnity, what about multiplier-pricing, what about new SLAs and pricing models – so many questions, so many what-ifs, so many words to squint at when you look closely at the shiny AI packaging!
6 min |
April 2026
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AI- stuck in the petri-dish paradox
Legacy complexity is a big reason for the AI pilot quicksand. Most pilots stall, not because the model is weak, but because the surrounding environment is not ready to operationalise it. Let's get a closer look at this AI dead-end.
6 min |
April 2026
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The Doorman may open the gates for AI, but he never leaves
With over 23 years of experience in this uniquely-human industry, Nikhil Dev, General Manager, IT, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has the room with the perfect view of humans intermingling with technology.
5 min |
April 2026
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The autonomous enterprise: When AI moves from support to execution
AI is no longer just helping people work. In more and more enterprises, it is beginning to execute tasks, trigger workflows, and act inside live systems. But before businesses hand AI real authority, they must solve for trust, control, and accountability.
8 min |
April 2026
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Cognizant CAIO Babak Hodjat explains how Agentic AI will transform enterprises
Cognizant CAIO Babak Hodjat discusses agentic AI, sovereign compute, multilingual models, and Green AI, outlining how India can translate its AI ambitions into scalable enterprise impact and ecosystem growth.
7 min |
March 2026
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Are You Bleeding While Leading?
The stress is compounded because of global trade tensions and increased volatility in financial markets
6 min |
March 2026
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FROM RANK TO READINESS: WHAT DEFINES INDIA'S BEST T-SCHOOLS IN 2026
Dataquest-CMR's 2026 survey shifts from scale to outcomes, measuring placements, research, industry integration, and governance to judge readiness.
5 min |
March 2026
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India's test-drive, World's triathlon
Pushing the needle, by threading the AI needle- AWS' top honcho shares how partners matter in bridging the gap between what customers need and what technology solves. And why a pilot in India is as good as a production-scale deployment in any other country.
5 min |
March 2026
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India's AI moment is not about models alone, but who gets access, trust, and control
At the AI Impact Summit, India’s AI story moved beyond hype to a harder question: can the country build AI that is trusted, inclusive, sovereign, and useful at scale?
5 min |
March 2026
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Why India may need a middle-power AI alliance to secure digital sovereignty
India's IndiaAI Mission is bold, but experts argue a middle-power 'CERN for AI' could pool funds and data, to secure sovereign intelligence and public-good outcomes.
3 min |
March 2026
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AI slop. Not AI spit. Yet
The shiny flavours of speed and scale with AI can silently burn away deeper and long-term issues like quality, credibility and traceability. AI slop is not just broccoli. It can easily turn into a death-cap mushroom.
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