India: The Next Tech Global Superpower?

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The episode explores India's potential to become a global leader in deep tech amidst changing global dynamics.

As global supply chains fracture, AI reshapes productivity, and technology becomes a core instrument of national power, India is making an ambitious push to redefine its role in the world economy from IT services provider to deep tech superpower. In the season 2 premiere of TechSurge, host Sriram Viswanathan brings together three defining perspectives to examine how India is positioned to become a global leader in frontier technologies, and what must go right for that vision to succeed. The episode begins with S. Krishnan, Secretary at India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, who outlines how India is treating deep tech as national infrastructure. From the India Semiconductor Mission and AI compute investments to the new RDI (Research, Development & Innovation) framework, Krishnan explains how long-horizon industrial policy is being used to derisk private capital, strengthen domestic design and manufacturing, and accelerate commercialization. Next, former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant places India’s technology ambitions in a global context. As post-WWII institutions weaken and supply chains are redrawn, Amitabh argues that India’s decade of structural reforms…

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Host: Sriram Viswanathan

Guests: S. Krishnan, Amitabh Kant, T.K. Kurien

Topics covered

• India
• deep tech
• global leadership
• AI
• national infrastructure
• technology policy

Keywords

• India
• deep tech superpower
• AI
• semiconductor mission
• digital infrastructure
• global partnerships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Premji Inves

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