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India flexes design muscle as China tech draws global scrutiny

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

While China and telecom giant Huawei face withering scrutiny over contentious global trade, technology, and data security issues, India is riding a wave of industry investment in its semiconductor and system…

Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare: Made in India, by India

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Silicon Valley tech giants, among them Amazon, Google and Facebook, are coming under increasing public, administrative, and national scrutiny over internal company policies that govern how they operate, locate, and…

Inward-looking western countries offer India opportunity to lead the world

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

As many of the powerful countries of the western world talk about raising trade barriers, India needs to speak out more forcefully in favor of open economies and societies, says…

New data science and artificial intelligence research center aims to improve AI for India context

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

A new research center is to be established in India to undertake foundational research in many areas of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) applicable in the Indian context, and…

India enters new phase for technology innovation

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Nitin Dahad |

In the tech sector, India has not been known for innovation, and has historically always sold itself on its low cost software development and business process outsourcing. From a manufacturing…

IFC’s TechEmerge invites healthcare innovators to accelerate adoption of tech in emerging markets

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Richard Wallace |

The Indian healthcare market is expected to grow to $280 billion by 2020, according to the World Bank’s IFC, but healthcare in India faces the growing challenges of access and…

Can India become a digital superpower?

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Nitin Dahad |

Last month (September 2015) saw a wave of euphoria about India as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited and wooed the who’s who of Silicon Valley. He seemed to…

Indian tech innovation: hardware still poor second to software

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Richard Wallace | 1 Comment

by Nitin Dahad I’ve just spent a week in India talking to several hundred people in the electronics system design, manufacturing and components sector at two annual conferences for India:…

India and Brazil tech innovation visions and priorities for 2014

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Richard Wallace | 0 Comments

On the global stage, India and Brazil continue to be markets of interest for businesses looking for growth opportunities, particularly in the tech sector. So it’s always interesting to hear…

Bright ideas driving public sector innovation in austere times

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Richard Wallace | 1 Comment

The focus of many western governments is very single-minded: to reduce public expenditure in order to reduce financial deficits, resulting in sever cuts in public services. They should therefore take…