DPDP Compliance Isn’t About Having the Right Policies. It’s About Proving Your Controls Work

The real test of DPDP compliance will not be whether an organization has a privacy policy on paper. It will be whether its people, processes and security controls work when personal data is accessed, shared, altered, lost or exposed. As businesses take steps to comply with the Digital Personal Data ...

Privacy in the Age of AI: Why “Don’t Share Your Password” Is No Longer Enough

For a decade, we’ve been told the same advice about data protection: don’t share your password, don’t post personal information, be careful online, etc. It’s well-intentioned but unfortunately no longer sufficient. The privacy threat today isn’t just about what you deli...

If You Fear AI Doomsday, Don't Fight the Monster; Own Its Food

Every conversation about AI seems to revolve around one question: will intelligence become abundant? I think we are asking the wrong question. The bigger risk isn't that intelligence becomes a commodity. It is that frontier intelligence becomes concentrated in the hands of a handful of companies an...

The Enterprise Attack Surface Is Expanding. Can Cybersecurity Keep Up?

As organizations rapidly implement cloud platforms, AI, SaaS applications and connected digital ecosystems, cybersecurity is no longer just about securing standalone systems. Today’s business environments are more interconnected than ever, and with that comes increased opportunity for attacker...

India’s AI Discovery Gap: Buyers Have Moved, Brands Have Not

Earlier, a brand’s website or social media page was considered to be the place where buyers would visit and make their purchase decisions based on the information they gathered. This has changed massively with AI becoming an integral part of our lives and decision-making, and buyers today are ...

Writing Code Was Never the Whole Job. What Engineers Must Still Own in the Age of AI

For years, writing code filled most of an engineer's day. It was so visible that many people mistook it for the entire job. It never was. Between the lines of code sat the real work: architecture, benchmarking, system design and hundreds of small decisions about how a product should work.   G...

Agentic AI adoption: Why deployments in Indian mid-market firms stall between vendor promise and real readiness

Agentic AI has moved quickly from the conference stage to the boardroom agenda. Software that can plan, decide and act across business systems with limited human input is now presented as the next step beyond chatbots and basic automation. For Indian mid-market firms, which are under pressure to imp...

The Role of AI in Making Healthcare Communication More Personalized and Patient-Centric

For most of my career, healthcare communication has worked the same way: one message, written for an average patient who doesn't actually exist, sent to everyone. A 70-year-old managing diabetes and a 30-year-old just diagnosed with the same condition would get the identical leaflet, the identical r...

The Next AI Advantage: When AI Stops Answering and Starts Acting

For several years, businesses have utilized artificial intelligence to compose emails, generate reports and analyze data. While this use of AI does have its advantages, many still require input from a human before determining what will be done next. Agentic AI allows for the development of a more a...

Why Giving AI Agents Write Access to Identity Systems Is a Critical Security Risk

The Scale of the Threat: Why This Matters As enterprises rush AI-powered support assistants and autonomous agents into production, they are increasingly embedding a new class of risk directly into their Identity and Access Management (IAM) stacks. LLM systems are being trusted with operational auth...

India’s Su-30 Fleet Enters the Age of Predictive AI

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to make one of its most important fighter fleets smarter, more reliable and easier to maintain. A new collaboration between the IAF and IIT Bombay aims to develop an indigenous predictive-maintenance system for the Su-30 MKI.&nbsp...

AI Appreciation Day 2026: Celebrating Innovation While Building Trust in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Every year on 16 July, the global technology community marks AI Appreciation Day, an occasion that recognises the transformative role artificial intelligence has come to play across industries and everyday life. More than a celebration of technological progress, the observance has evolved into an op...

How AI Is Democratizing Performance Marketing for Indian SMBs

For years, performance marketing has rewarded businesses with scale. Larger enterprises built competitive advantages by investing in specialised talent, sophisticated technology, and dedicated agencies that continuously optimised customer acquisition. Small and medium businesses (SMBs), despite bein...

The Intelligence Layer: Why the Future of Enterprise Voice Is AI-Native

Voice has always been central to how businesses sell, support, and retain customers. But the infrastructure powering those conversations is undergoing a fundamental shift. India's cloud telephony market, valued at over Rs3,200 crore in 2024, is projected to grow at a CAGR of 18–22 per cent thr...

AI Emerges as a Critical Tool for India’s Climate Resilience and Energy Sustainability Goals

As India grapples with intensifying climate risks, rising temperatures, and record-breaking energy demand, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being positioned as a critical enabler of climate resilience, sustainable urban planning, and smarter energy management. The growing urgency around...

AI in the Back-of-House: Transforming Inventory, Procurement, and Profitability in Restaurants

Walk into any restaurant tech conference in India and you’ll hear the same conversation. AI menus. AI recommendations. Loyalty engines. Smart kiosks. Voice ordering. Every panel, every demo, every pitch deck is about the guest. Now walk into the kitchen of that same restaurant at 11 pm, after...

Most AgriTech AI Is Built for Demo Decks, Not for Farmers. Here Is the Difference Between Both — And Why It Matters

There is a moment in most AgriTech product demonstrations where the presenter zooms into a glowing satellite map, crop health data pulsing in real time, AI-generated yield predictions scrolling across a clean dashboard. The room is impressive. Investors nod. But 8,000 kilometres away, a rice farmer ...

7 Reasons AI-Powered Attackers Are Learning Faster Than Traditional Security Systems

Cybersecurity is no longer operating at human speed. As of 2026, Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally changed how cyberattacks are created, deployed, and evolved. Attackers no longer rely solely on manual hacking techniques or static malware. With adaptive AI capabilities, cybercriminals can no...

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