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India's quest for sovereign AI is off to a splendid start: here's how it can be achieved within a few years
By Arvind Gupta & Aakash Guglani
America's Mythos curbs were a sharp reminder of the risk of reliance on foreign AI models. India has already taken policy initiatives that can add up to self-reliance — AI systems whose data resides at home and whose keys are held locally.
India's quest for sovereign AI is off to a splendid start: here's how it can be achieved within a few years
By Arvind Gupta & Aakash Guglani
America's Mythos curbs were a sharp reminder of the risk of reliance on foreign AI models. India has already taken policy initiatives that can add up to self-reliance — AI systems whose data resides at home and whose keys are held locally.
Silicon, Qubits, and new geometry of strategic power
By Arvind Gupta, Head, Digital India Foundation
Every global order has been built around control of the resource that powers the economy of its time. Coal underwrote the 19th century, oil the 20th, and chips, compute, and quantum technologies are doing it now.
Silicon, Qubits, and new geometry of strategic power
By Arvind Gupta, Head, Digital India Foundation
Every global order has been built around control of the resource that powers the economy of its time. Coal underwrote the 19th century, oil the 20th, and chips, compute, and quantum technologies are doing it now.
Stablecoins, India's Digital Rupee and the Future of Cross-Border Payments
By Arvind Gupta
As digital finance evolves, stablecoins and the digital rupee could reshape how India handles cross-border payments, remittances, and financial inclusion through blockchain-backed infrastructure.
Stablecoins, India's Digital Rupee and the Future of Cross-Border Payments
By Arvind Gupta
As digital finance evolves, stablecoins and the digital rupee could reshape how India handles cross-border payments, remittances, and financial inclusion through blockchain-backed infrastructure.
DIF Flags Security Risk in Pakistan's Bid to Join BRICS-Backed AI Bloc
By TOI Tech Desk
Digital India Foundation has raised concerns about the security implications of Pakistan seeking membership in a BRICS-backed artificial intelligence bloc, citing risks to regional digital sovereignty.
DIF Flags Security Risk in Pakistan's Bid to Join BRICS-Backed AI Bloc
By TOI Tech Desk
Digital India Foundation has raised concerns about the security implications of Pakistan seeking membership in a BRICS-backed artificial intelligence bloc, citing risks to regional digital sovereignty.
AI Still Can't Replace Human Instinct When It Comes to Judgement Calls
By Arvind Gupta
Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence, human judgement, intuition, and contextual reasoning remain irreplaceable in high-stakes decision-making across governance, medicine, and law.
AI Still Can't Replace Human Instinct When It Comes to Judgement Calls
By Arvind Gupta
Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence, human judgement, intuition, and contextual reasoning remain irreplaceable in high-stakes decision-making across governance, medicine, and law.
Five Factors to Guess in Surviving the World Digital Transformation Journey
By Arvind Gupta
The article examines five critical factors shaping global digital transformation: privacy protection through techno-legal frameworks, domestic semiconductor manufacturing, workforce capacity building, digital public infrastructure deployment, and international collaboration to establish trusted digital value chains.
Five Factors to Guess in Surviving the World Digital Transformation Journey
By Arvind Gupta
The article examines five critical factors shaping global digital transformation: privacy protection through techno-legal frameworks, domestic semiconductor manufacturing, workforce capacity building, digital public infrastructure deployment, and international collaboration to establish trusted digital value chains.
India's Digital Public Infrastructure: A Catalyst for Innovation and Competition
By Arvind Gupta
India's DPI stack - spanning UPI, ONDC, Aadhaar and more - is not just a governance tool but a platform for private innovation and market competition at scale.
India's Digital Public Infrastructure: A Catalyst for Innovation and Competition
By Arvind Gupta
India's DPI stack - spanning UPI, ONDC, Aadhaar and more - is not just a governance tool but a platform for private innovation and market competition at scale.
Money Laundering a Major Threat to Indian Online Gaming Sector, Says DIF Report
By The Hindu Bureau
A new report by Digital India Foundation warns that money laundering poses a significant and growing threat to the Indian online gaming industry, calling for stronger regulatory oversight.
Money Laundering a Major Threat to Indian Online Gaming Sector, Says DIF Report
By The Hindu Bureau
A new report by Digital India Foundation warns that money laundering poses a significant and growing threat to the Indian online gaming industry, calling for stronger regulatory oversight.
Digital Content and Social Media Addiction: Regulation vs Personal Choice
By Arvind Gupta
As social media addiction grows into a public health concern, policymakers must balance platform transparency and regulation with individual liberty and personal responsibility.
Digital Content and Social Media Addiction: Regulation vs Personal Choice
By Arvind Gupta
As social media addiction grows into a public health concern, policymakers must balance platform transparency and regulation with individual liberty and personal responsibility.
India Is Emerging as a Key Player in the Global AI Race
By Astha Rajvanshi
As Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani unveiled JioBrain, India is rapidly emerging as a crucial player in the global AI ecosystem, boasting a high-powered IT industry worth $250 billion.
India Is Emerging as a Key Player in the Global AI Race
By Astha Rajvanshi
As Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani unveiled JioBrain, India is rapidly emerging as a crucial player in the global AI ecosystem, boasting a high-powered IT industry worth $250 billion.
MSMEs to Voice Concerns with 100 Parliamentarians on Digital Competition Bill
By Digital India Foundation
Digital India Foundation convened a virtual briefing examining how small enterprises and large corporations can collaborate effectively in the digital economy, while analysing the potential impacts of India's proposed Digital Competition Bill on MSMEs.
MSMEs to Voice Concerns with 100 Parliamentarians on Digital Competition Bill
By Digital India Foundation
Digital India Foundation convened a virtual briefing examining how small enterprises and large corporations can collaborate effectively in the digital economy, while analysing the potential impacts of India's proposed Digital Competition Bill on MSMEs.
Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Big Tech, Competition and User Choice
By Arvind Gupta
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act must strike a careful balance between reining in Big Tech, fostering competition, preserving user choice, and enabling digital innovation.
Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Big Tech, Competition and User Choice
By Arvind Gupta
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act must strike a careful balance between reining in Big Tech, fostering competition, preserving user choice, and enabling digital innovation.
AI and Public Policy: DPI, UPI, GPUs and India's Digital Ambitions
By Arvind Gupta
India's AI strategy must be anchored in its existing digital public infrastructure and address the urgent need for sovereign compute capacity to realise its full policy ambitions.
AI and Public Policy: DPI, UPI, GPUs and India's Digital Ambitions
By Arvind Gupta
India's AI strategy must be anchored in its existing digital public infrastructure and address the urgent need for sovereign compute capacity to realise its full policy ambitions.
Digital Tools in the Public Sphere Must Be Used as Shields, Not Weapons
By Arvind Gupta
In an era of disinformation and digital manipulation, the fundamental purpose of technology in public life must be to protect democratic institutions, not weaponise them.
Digital Tools in the Public Sphere Must Be Used as Shields, Not Weapons
By Arvind Gupta
In an era of disinformation and digital manipulation, the fundamental purpose of technology in public life must be to protect democratic institutions, not weaponise them.
Startup 2.0: Get Set for a New Phase of Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Business
By Arvind Gupta
India's next startup wave will focus less on metro consumers and more on the vast bottom-of-the-pyramid market, powered by affordable connectivity, DPI rails, and vernacular digital tools.
Startup 2.0: Get Set for a New Phase of Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Business
By Arvind Gupta
India's next startup wave will focus less on metro consumers and more on the vast bottom-of-the-pyramid market, powered by affordable connectivity, DPI rails, and vernacular digital tools.
The Budget Paved a Path for DPI to Propel Deep Tech Innovation
By Arvind Gupta
India's Union Budget laid out a roadmap for Digital Public Infrastructure to catalyse deep technology innovation, positioning DPI as a force-multiplier for the country's digital economy ambitions.
The Budget Paved a Path for DPI to Propel Deep Tech Innovation
By Arvind Gupta
India's Union Budget laid out a roadmap for Digital Public Infrastructure to catalyse deep technology innovation, positioning DPI as a force-multiplier for the country's digital economy ambitions.
The Budget Paved a Path for DPI to Propel Deep Tech Innovation
By Arvind Gupta
The Union Budget's focus on digital public infrastructure lays the groundwork for India to leverage DPI as a launchpad for deep tech sectors including semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing.
The Budget Paved a Path for DPI to Propel Deep Tech Innovation
By Arvind Gupta
The Union Budget's focus on digital public infrastructure lays the groundwork for India to leverage DPI as a launchpad for deep tech sectors including semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing.
In an Age of AI Geopolitics, India's DPI Can Help Build a Trusted Tech Ecosystem
By Arvind Gupta
As AI reshapes global power dynamics, India's Digital Public Infrastructure offers a model for building a trusted, interoperable tech ecosystem that can serve as a counterweight to big-tech concentration.
In an Age of AI Geopolitics, India's DPI Can Help Build a Trusted Tech Ecosystem
By Arvind Gupta
As AI reshapes global power dynamics, India's Digital Public Infrastructure offers a model for building a trusted, interoperable tech ecosystem that can serve as a counterweight to big-tech concentration.
De-Risking: Towards Digital Sovereignty
By Arvind Gupta
A de-risking strategy is a complex and multifaceted approach that seeks to balance the benefits of self-reliance and interconnectedness. Nations can establish digital sovereignty through trust-based partnerships grounded in economic interests, historical ties, and shared values.
De-Risking: Towards Digital Sovereignty
By Arvind Gupta
A de-risking strategy is a complex and multifaceted approach that seeks to balance the benefits of self-reliance and interconnectedness. Nations can establish digital sovereignty through trust-based partnerships grounded in economic interests, historical ties, and shared values.
Time for Aadhaar Diplomacy: Delhi GCCs Conference an Opportunity for India to Exercise Leadership in the New Data Economy
By Arvind Gupta
The Global Capability Centres conference in Delhi presents a timely opportunity for India to leverage its Aadhaar-led digital infrastructure as a diplomatic asset and assert leadership in shaping the emerging global data economy.
Time for Aadhaar Diplomacy: Delhi GCCs Conference an Opportunity for India to Exercise Leadership in the New Data Economy
By Arvind Gupta
The Global Capability Centres conference in Delhi presents a timely opportunity for India to leverage its Aadhaar-led digital infrastructure as a diplomatic asset and assert leadership in shaping the emerging global data economy.
Uber Files Leak Shows Why India's Approach to Security and Privacy Matters
By Arvind Gupta & Aakash Guglani
The Uber Files investigation reveals how technology platforms evade regulations through stealth technologies and lobbying. India's 'Digital Public Goods Approach' — utilising public infrastructure like UPI and MeriPehchaan — balances innovation with accountability.
Uber Files Leak Shows Why India's Approach to Security and Privacy Matters
By Arvind Gupta & Aakash Guglani
The Uber Files investigation reveals how technology platforms evade regulations through stealth technologies and lobbying. India's 'Digital Public Goods Approach' — utilising public infrastructure like UPI and MeriPehchaan — balances innovation with accountability.
This Is the Time to Face Up to Cyber Threats
By Arvind Gupta
With cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising globally, India must urgently build robust cyber defences, foster public-private partnerships, and enact a comprehensive legal framework to protect its digital ecosystem.
This Is the Time to Face Up to Cyber Threats
By Arvind Gupta
With cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising globally, India must urgently build robust cyber defences, foster public-private partnerships, and enact a comprehensive legal framework to protect its digital ecosystem.
How We Can Deal with the Cyber Threats in Our Pockets
By Arvind Gupta
As smartphones become the primary gateway to digital services for hundreds of millions of Indians, addressing mobile-specific cyber threats — from malware to data harvesting — is now a national security imperative.
How We Can Deal with the Cyber Threats in Our Pockets
By Arvind Gupta
As smartphones become the primary gateway to digital services for hundreds of millions of Indians, addressing mobile-specific cyber threats — from malware to data harvesting — is now a national security imperative.
The Nuts and Bolts of Surge Pricing and the Way Forward
By Arvind Gupta
Surge pricing by cab aggregators like Ola and Uber has sparked regulatory debate in India. The piece argues for principle-based regulation that protects consumers while preserving the innovation that dynamic pricing enables in the gig economy.
The Nuts and Bolts of Surge Pricing and the Way Forward
By Arvind Gupta
Surge pricing by cab aggregators like Ola and Uber has sparked regulatory debate in India. The piece argues for principle-based regulation that protects consumers while preserving the innovation that dynamic pricing enables in the gig economy.
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