The GCC edge - why India is still the preferred technology centre? A view from Xpheno

About this episode

Kamal Karanth discusses the role of Global Capability Centres and India's position as a leading technology hub in the age of AI.

In this episode we talk to Xpheno's founder Kamal Karanth, who talks about Global Capability Centres and how the world of technology is gearing up for Artificial Intelligence. He talks about India and why it is poised for growth. 00:00 - Introduction to Kamal. 01:35 - What is Xpheno? 03:12 - Engineers, AI and India. 09:28 - How does Xpheno help GCCs? 18:32 - Advantage of India's leadership. 22:32 - The fear of AI, what is the reset. 28:53 - India will export talent. 33:35 - Making vocational...

People in this episode

Host: Vishal Krishna

Guest: Kamal Karanth

Topics covered

• Global Capability Centres
• Artificial Intelligence
• India's technology growth
• vocational training
• engineering talent

Keywords

• Global Capability Centres
• Artificial Intelligence
• India
• Xpheno
• technology growth
• vocational training
• engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xpheno

Places: India

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