National Technology Day 2026: India’s Tech Future Will Be Built on Trust, AI and Innovation

As India marks National Technology Day 2026, the country’s tech ecosystem is entering a defining phase where innovation is no longer measured solely by speed, scale, or disruption, but by responsibility, resilience, and real-world impact. From artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, sustainability, and enterprise automation, technology leaders across industries are increasingly aligning around one central theme: the future of innovation must be trusted, inclusive, secure, and outcome-driven.

The conversations this year reflect a significant transition in the digital economy. AI is no longer confined to experimentation or pilot programs. Enterprises are now industrialising AI across operations, customer engagement, manufacturing, communications, and decision-making systems. At the same time, the rapid rise of agentic AI, autonomous systems, and data-driven platforms is bringing governance, accountability, cyber resilience, and ethical deployment into sharper focus.

Industry executives believe India is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation, backed by its digital infrastructure, engineering talent, startup ecosystem, and growing enterprise technology capabilities. However, they also caution that technological advancement without trust, transparency, and security could create new systemic risks. As National Technology Day celebrates India’s scientific and technological progress, the broader industry narrative in 2026 is clear: the next era of leadership will belong not only to those who innovate the fastest, but to those who innovate responsibly while creating measurable and inclusive impact at scale.

Sustainability becoming a key driver of technology innovation today 

Tushad Talati, Director - Brand & Communication, Epson India

“As businesses increasingly prioritise responsible and energy efficient operations, sustainability is becoming a key driver of technology innovation. At Epson, this philosophy is reflected in our solutions that are engineered to deliver high performance while minimising the environmental impact. For instance, Epson’s proprietary Heat-Free Technology consumes significantly less power compared to conventional laser printing technology, transforming the way people print at home and in offices and has helped Epson becoming India’s No.1 Inkjet printer brand. Beyond home and office printing, Epson’s digital printing technologies are enabling industries such as textiles and labels to adopt more sustainable production practices through on-demand printing, reduced water consumption and lower material wastage, while improving overall operational efficiency without compromising on quality. Going forward, we remain committed to developing technologies that help businesses achieve productivity and sustainability goals together.”

AI empowers business users to demand more and demand it faster

Vikrant Payal, Senior Director,  AI COE – Engineering, Epsilon India

“This National Technology Day, we reflect on how the last few years have drastically reduced friction in the journey from development to deployment. At the same time, AI has empowered business users to demand more and demand it faster. In such a frictionless system, risk does not disappear. It multiplies. The only way to avoid chaos and 'death at prototype' is maintaining a sharp focus on the purpose and intended value of the solution. We have replaced friction with feedback. Fast intentional feedback has been our compass, helping us turn velocity into value.

This is a fundamental shift from the traditional SDLC. We now build in constant dialogue with our users, learning early, correcting quickly, and staying relentlessly focused on purpose. This is not simply a faster software lifecycle, but something more powerful, a continuously active business enablement lifecycle, always learning, always evolving. This is not a phase or a methodology. It is a mindset. And it defines how we will continue to build meaningful technology in an AI first world.”

The most successful GCCs today are moving towards hybrid agentic operating model

 Prasad Panchagnula - MD & Chief Business Officer, Embark

“GCCs have moved decisively from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption, with centres now investing in Agentic AI and a growing number establishing dedicated innovation teams to globalize ideas. That signals a clear shift in capability.

However, capability alone does not equate to responsibility. As organisations scale AI, the real challenge is no longer deployment, but clarity and understanding where AI is creating measurable value, how it is being used across workflows, and whether it is being governed effectively. Responsible AI 2.0 demands transparency, governance, and ethical assurance through continuous validation and the ability to connect AI activity to business outcomes. The most successful GCCs today are moving towards hybrid agentic operating models, where human expertise and autonomous systems work in tandem. In these environments, human teams define strategic intent, establish guardrails, and ensure accountability, while AI drives execution at scale. Getting that balance right, across geographies, functions, and evolving use cases is where India's GCCs are being truly tested.”

Cloud communications and IT support have become the foundation of distributed work

 Sivakumar Ekambaram, India Site Leader, GoTo

“Responsible innovation is no longer about what we build, but who it truly reaches and enables. In a market as diverse as India, technology must be designed to include, not exclude. That calls for solutions that are simple to adopt, secure by design, and accessible to businesses at every stage of their digital journey.

Cloud communications and IT support have become the foundation of distributed work. As organizations scale across locations, the focus must remain on reducing friction and strengthening trust. Inclusive growth will come from ensuring that advances in AI and cloud technology translate into tangible improvements in how people work, collaborate, and stay productive.”

AI bringing governance, security, and accountability into sharper focus

 Ranga Jagannath, Senior Director - Growth, Agora

“India’s digital ecosystem is entering a phase where responsiveness is becoming as important as reach. Whether it is a customer resolving a query instantly, a patient accessing remote consultation, or a user navigating services in their preferred language, expectations have shifted toward interactions that are immediate, reliable, and intuitive. AI is playing a central role in enabling this shift, but it also brings governance, security, and accountability into sharper focus as these systems become deeply embedded in everyday use.

The challenge is to ensure these systems work reliably and fairly at scale. Concerns around accuracy, bias, and misuse are becoming more visible, especially in a diverse environment where connectivity, device capability, and digital literacy vary widely. This makes it critical to build systems that are secure, transparent, and consistent in performance.”

Innovation needs to create systems that are resilient, transparent, and built for long-term impact

Naresh Agarwal, SVP, Engineering, India, Harness

Technology has reached a point where the question is no longer how fast we can innovate, but whether innovation itself is moving in the right direction. As AI, automation, and intelligent systems become deeply embedded into how industries operate, responsible innovation becomes less of a principle and more of a necessity.

The real challenge today is not the pace of technological advancement, but ensuring that scale does not outpace accountability. Systems are becoming more autonomous, decisions increasingly data-driven, and digital infrastructure now shapes everything from access and opportunity to trust and security. In that environment, innovation cannot be measured only by efficiency or output. It has to be evaluated by its ability to create systems that are resilient, transparent, and built for long-term impact, with Responsible AI becoming critical to ensuring that intelligence is guided by trust, oversight, and accountability at scale.”

AI must operate safely, reliably, and measurably for regulated industries

 Deepak Dastrala, Chief Technology Officer, IntellectAI

"National Technology Day highlights the growing need for trusted, scalable innovation that delivers measurable business outcomes. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, the industry is shifting from experimentation and pilots to Business Impact AI, in which organisations embed AI into core business operations to drive faster decision-making, operational resilience, compliance, and customer-centric growth.

For regulated industries, AI can no longer remain at the edge of the enterprise. It must operate safely, reliably, and measurably within existing systems, controls, and decision-making processes, with governance, auditability, and trust built in from the start. At Intellect, we believe the future of enterprise transformation will be driven by Business Impact AI. With the emergence of 'Enterprise AI on Tap' and platforms such as Purple Fabric, organisations now have access to judgment-centric, governance-ready AI capabilities that can be securely deployed at scale across critical enterprise workflows.”

AI emerging as the next defining layer of India’s technology journey

 Anuradha Natarajan, Head - Technology Strategy and Engineering Operations, Altimetrik

“AI is emerging as the next defining layer of India’s technology journey, moving beyond experimentation to actively shaping decisions, operations, and outcomes at scale. As the country builds on its legacy of large-scale digital innovation, this shift marks a transition from enabling access to driving intelligent, real-time impact across industries.

However, with AI influencing areas such as finance, healthcare, and public services, the risks are becoming more consequential. Gaps in governance, data quality, and security are no longer technical limitations but systemic challenges that can impact trust, fairness, and resilience. Many organizations today are accelerating AI adoption without fully addressing accountability, creating blind spots around bias, explainability, and control. Addressing this requires a fundamental reset. AI must be built with strong data foundations, transparent decision-making, and secure-by-design architectures. Equally important is ensuring inclusivity, designing systems that work across diverse populations and do not deepen existing divides.”

Inclusive growth in India depends on the reliability and trustworthiness of digital ecosystems

 Balaji Rao, Area Vice President, India & SAARC, Commvault

“As innovation accelerates across AI, digital infrastructure, and advanced computing, National Technology Day reinforces the growing importance of resilience and trust in shaping sustainable progress. Organizations today are navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape, where modernization efforts must be supported by strong foundations of data integrity, governance, and cyber resilience to deliver secure, reliable, and long-term outcomes.

In this environment, advancement and resilience must go hand in hand. Building future-ready digital ecosystems requires systems that are secure, transparent, and recoverable by design, supported by a unified approach where data protection, cyber recovery, and identity resilience work together to ensure continuity and confidence, even in the face of disruption. This becomes especially important in a diverse and rapidly digitizing market like India, where inclusive growth depends on the reliability and trustworthiness of digital ecosystems.”

In today’s age, responsible AI has become foundational

Piyush Jha, Group Vice President and Head – APAC, GlobalLogic

“As AI moves from digital interfaces into the physical world, responsible innovation is no longer optional; it becomes foundational. This year’s National Technology Day marks a decisive inflection point for India, where the conversation is rapidly shifting from capability to control. The emergence of advanced systems, including vulnerability-discovery models, has underscored the real risks of AI operating on legacy and mission-critical infrastructure, accelerating the need for stronger guardrails, regulatory oversight, and industry-wide governance frameworks.

As physical and agentic AI begin to interact with real-world systems, the convergence of software, data, and machines introduces new dimensions of risk, ranging from systemic failures to amplified vulnerabilities at scale. This demands that governance is not layered on after deployment, but engineered into the core through secure architectures, real-time observability, and accountable AI frameworks.”

AI is no longer being piloted, but it is being industrialized

S K Venkataraghavan, Director - Solutions and Services Group (SSG), Lenovo India

"This National Technology Day, we celebrate not just India's technological legacy, but the momentum of a nation actively shaping the AI era. India is at a decisive point in its AI-led techade, which is moving faster and cutting deeper. The Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 99% of Indian enterprises plan to increase their AI investments over the next 12 months, with budgets growing at the fastest pace across Asia Pacific.

That is not an incremental shift, it is a supercycle in motion. What makes this moment especially significant is the nature of the change: AI is no longer being piloted, it is being industrialized. Enterprises across manufacturing, retail, sports and other sectors are moving from experimentation to full-scale production, prioritizing real outcomes over proof-of-concepts. With nearly three dollars expected in return for every dollar invested, AI is fast becoming core business infrastructure. At Lenovo, our 'Smarter AI for All' vision is grounded in the commitment that this technology must be accessible, responsible, and outcome-driven, for every enterprise and every individual.”

Convergence of AI and graph technology will define the next generation of enterprise intelligence

 Ish Thukral, Head - APAC, Neo4j

“On National Technology Day, the conversation around innovation is increasingly being shaped by how effectively organizations harness AI to solve real-world, high-impact challenges. At Neo4j, we see AI delivering the most value when paired with connected data, using graph technology to add greater context to the knowledge layer and make AI systems more accurate, explainable, and governable.

In India and across APAC, startups are playing a pivotal role in advancing these use cases, building AI-first solutions that leverage graph-based context to deliver faster insights and smarter decision-making. Their ability to innovate rapidly and address region-specific challenges is accelerating progress across areas such as fraud prevention, drug discovery, logistics optimization, and more.

As we look ahead, the convergence of AI and graph technology will define the next generation of enterprise intelligence, enabling businesses to move from reactive insights to predictive, decision-centric systems that are better aligned with the complexity of the real world.”

India’s technology moment will be defined by how intelligently and inclusively we deploy it

Rajiv C Mody, CMD & CEO, Sasken Technologies

“India’s technology moment will not be defined by how much we build, but by how intelligently and inclusively we deploy it. As AI, semiconductors, and connected systems converge, the real opportunity lies in engineering outcomes, not just outputs.

At Sasken, our ‘chip-to-cognition’ approach is rooted in this belief, bringing together silicon, software, and intelligence to create systems that are not only advanced, but also relevant to real-world challenges. As the pace of technological advancement accelerates globally, the industry’s responsibility is to ensure that innovation scales with purpose, secure, contextual, and accessible. Because the true measure of progress will be how effectively technology improves everyday lives at scale.” 

Resilience is measured not by intent, but by outcomes

Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President and Managing Director - India and SAARC, Veeam Software

"National Technology Day is not only a moment to celebrate innovation, but to reflect on what happens when technology fails. As AI, cloud and digital services become embedded in businesses, public services and critical infrastructure, the defining question is no longer how fast India can digitise, but how well it can recover when disruption inevitably occurs.

Cyber resilience sits at the heart of that challenge. Across sectors, there remains a gap between confidence and capability — between believing systems are prepared and proving they can be restored under real‑world pressure. When data becomes unavailable, the impact is immediate: operations stall, services are disrupted, and trust is difficult to regain. In those moments, resilience is measured not by intent, but by outcomes.”

Enterprise AI is moving beyond experimentation to accountability

Kaushik Mitra, Vice President, Head of India GTM, Celonis India

“Enterprise AI is moving beyond experimentation to accountability as organisations shift focus from isolated use cases to value realisation. While many generative AI initiatives show potential, few companies can yet link them to the bottom line. Closing this gap between capability and value is the urgent priority, and Process Intelligence and Return on AI are the decisive factors. 

As India marks National Technology Day, the goal for enterprises is to scale and industrialize enterprise AI meaningfully. Those leading the way are building a digital twin of their business operations, using Process Intelligence to provide the essential context AI needs to reason effectively. This ensures AI is applied where it matters most, tying every deployment to measurable impact."

Value creation in the semiconductor ecosystem will come from R&D

 Nitesh Gupta, Director, Optiemus Electronics Limited

“India’s technology journey is entering a decisive phase, where scale is being matched by capability, and manufacturing is converging with innovation, design, and advanced technologies to drive long-term competitiveness. Over the last decade, the country’s electronics manufacturing output has grown nearly sixfold, with exports rising eightfold, positioning electronics among India’s top export categories. This momentum reflects the impact of focused policy interventions such as PLI, alongside industry investments that are steadily improving domestic value addition, now estimated at 18-20%.

The initial phase of growth was defined by a clear priority: reducing import dependence and building assembly capacity. That objective has largely been achieved. The more important question now is what comes next. The answer lies in moving beyond assembly to building strength in components, sub-assemblies, and core technologies, while simultaneously scaling capabilities in semiconductor ecosystems, embedded systems, and product design. Increasingly, value creation will come from R&D, intellectual property development, and the integration of technologies such as AI, IoT, and next-generation connectivity into devices and platforms."

AI going to create more digital doorways into businesses in the next three years

Ashish Tandon, Founder & CEO, Indusface

“Every National Technology Day, we tell ourselves a familiar story. Indian tech is at an inflection point, AI will disrupt everything, the future belongs to the bold. The story I'd rather tell is more specific. AI is going to create more digital doorways into businesses in the next three years than the internet did in its first twenty. Every agent, every API, every automated workflow is a new way for hackers to get in. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic will ship the models. Someone has to make sure enterprises can deploy them without handing attackers the keys. That isn't a constraint on innovation. It's the precondition for it. The Indian technology firms that understand this won't just survive the AI shift. They'll define the category that comes out of it: security and trust, delivered at machine speed.”

Technology Day is a promise we make to shape a prosperous future for all

 Sandhya Arun, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro Limited

National Technology Day is not just a celebration of past achievements of our country, but a promise we make to shape a prosperous future for all. As the adoption of every wave of technology accelerates across enterprises and society, we must embrace the use of responsible innovation to improve the quality of lives of our fellow citizens. At Wipro, technology is the primary engine for both Business Growth and Social Impact.

We are navigating an era of increased technology autonomy, and we believe that humans should remain accountable for the outcomes. Technology is a force multiplier and an accelerator to design and develop human centric solutions. Our strategy is anchored in three principles:

·         While leveraging agentic systems for scale, human judgment remains in charge to ensure accuracy, consistency, explainability, safety, security, and alignment with ethical standards.

·         Guardrails must be embedded into all platforms, solutions, and delivery processes by proactive design and not as an afterthought.

·         Architects of technology must reflect global diversity so that solutions remain equitable.”

Building secure, reliable, and scalable digital infrastructure will remain critical

 Pravir Dahiya, CTO, Tata Teleservices

“National Technology Day is a reminder of how innovation continues to redefine the way businesses operate, compete, and grow. Today, technology is no longer just an enabler, it is the foundation of resilience, agility, and long-term competitiveness. As enterprises and MSMEs accelerate adoption of cloud, AI, and digital platforms, the focus is steadily shifting from adoption to meaningful integration where connectivity, intelligence, and security come together to deliver tangible business outcomes.

The next phase of digital transformation will be shaped by how effectively organizations leverage AI, automation, and analytics to simplify operations and enhance decision-making. At the same time, building secure, reliable, and scalable digital infrastructure will remain critical as businesses become increasingly distributed and data driven."

It is important to scale innovation responsibly while creating meaningful impact

 Dr. Badri Gomatam, Group Chief Technology Officer, Sterlite Technologies Limited

“On this National Technology Day, it is important to scale innovation responsibly while creating meaningful impact. At STL, we see AI and data centre infrastructure as key enablers of this transformation. Through our AI-driven data centre solutions, including advanced fibre and copper cabling systems, we are building low-latency, energy-efficient, and scalable networks that support the growing demands of AI workloads across industries.

As demand for AI infrastructure rises globally, we remain focused on strengthening digital backbones that drive economic growth, enable next-generation skills, and expand inclusive access to AI-led services. Anchored in responsible innovation, sustainable manufacturing, and ‘Made-in-India’ solutions, we are helping shape resilient and future-ready digital networks for India.”

Committing ourselves to AI-specific security measures to stay safe is the way forward

 Chetan Jain, Managing Director, Inspira Enterprise 

On this National Technology Day, we celebrate the spirit of innovation in establishing a more connected and secure future in today’s digital world. Organizations must protect themselves from the constant, ongoing onslaught of AI-powered, sophisticated cyber threats and remain resilient. The only way forward is by committing themselves to AI-specific security measures to stay safe.”

Security and trust need to move from being protective measures to core design principles

 Prasanth K S R, Technical Staff, Software Engineering, Dell Technologies

“Responsible innovation is no longer optional. It is the foundation of sustainable and inclusive growth. As India accelerates its leadership across AI, deep-tech, and digital infrastructure, resilience must be built into every layer of this transformation. Security and trust need to move from being protective measures to core design principles. When embedded early, they not only accelerate innovation but also ensure scale, bridging the digital divide and enabling technology to deliver meaningful outcomes for businesses, communities, and the nation.”

Responsible innovation has moved well beyond intent to execution in India

 Amit Kirti, Strategy & Execution Services and AI leader, GDS EY-Parthenon

“In India, responsible innovation has moved well beyond intent to execution. A young, digitally fluent population, deep internet penetration, and a services‑led economy have accelerated real‑world adoption, making innovation a business and growth imperative defined by scale, accountability and measurable impact—not pilots. 

AI Success begins with Infrastructure

Vasanthi Ramesh, Vice President of Engineering and Site Leader, NetApp India

"Every technological leap in history has been preceded by an infrastructure revolution, and AI is no different. But here is what we observe on the ground: organizations are not failing at AI because they lack ambition or talent. They are failing because their data infrastructure was never built for this moment.  Fragmented storage, siloed environments, and governance frameworks designed for a pre-AI world are the real blockers, and they are far more common than the industry likes to admit. 

The organizations that will lead the AI decade are not waiting for better models. They are the ones fixing the foundation today. The AI era will be won not just by those who write the best models, but by those who build the most dependable ground beneath them."

Enterprises must treat Cybersecurity as foundational infrastructure with accelerating digital transformation  

Sunil Sharma, Managing Director & VP – Sales (India & SAARC), Sophos

“National Technology Day is a reminder that India’s digital progress is not just defined by how fast we innovate, but by how securely we scale that innovation. As enterprises accelerate their AI and digital transformation journeys, cybersecurity must be treated as foundational infrastructure- enabling trust, resilience and long-term growth. In an AI-first, hyper-connected world, the threat landscape is evolving rapidly. From deepfakes to automated attacks and AI-driven vulnerability discovery, attackers are operating at unprecedented speed and scale. This requires organisations to move beyond reactive security models and adopt continuous, real-time threat detection and response frameworks. At the same time, identity has emerged as the new perimeter. Securing access, validating trust and ensuring visibility across systems is now critical to enterprise security. The shift we are seeing is from compliance-led approaches to resilience-led strategies—where organisations are not just prepared to defend, but to adapt and recover in real time. As India continues to lead in digital adoption, building secure, resilient and responsible technology ecosystems will be key to sustaining that momentum.”

National Technology Day 2026: A Call for Responsible Innovation

Prakash Thekkatte, Senior Vice President - Software Engineering, India, Salesforce

“Technology without values becomes a race to the bottom. As we observe National Technology Day 2026, we must recognise that India’s ‘techade’ is not just about accelerating GDP — it is a reflection of our national character.

We are now in the era of agentic AI, where technology moves beyond assisting to actively taking decisions and actions. This shift demands a new social contract. When innovation concentrates power, it ceases to be progress and instead deepens inequality. In a Viksit Bharat, 1.4 billion citizens should not be passive participants in the AI revolution, but active creators shaping it. True self-reliance lies in evolving from a nation of users to a nation of builders.

At Salesforce, we believe that skill is sovereignty, and this belief underpins our vision for AI. Our focus is on ensuring that AI acts as a force for inclusion—empowering every young Indian to innovate and shape their own future. This vision is anchored in trust, which will define the AI era. The systems we build must be not only powerful, but also responsible, equitable, and accountable—because true progress is measured by how widely opportunity is shared.

This is India’s moment—not just to lead in AI, but to set the benchmark for responsible and inclusive leadership in the AI era.”

Cybersecurity must be embedded into digital transformation from the outset

Diwakar Dayal, Managing Director & Area Vice President - India & SAARC, SentinelOne

"On National Technology Day, as India reflects on its journey from Pokhran to becoming a digital-first economy, the focus now must be on building technology ecosystems that are not only innovative, but also secure and resilient. In cybersecurity, the challenge is becoming more complex as AI accelerates both innovation and the sophistication of modern threats. Attackers today are able to move faster, scale operations more efficiently, and exploit gaps across endpoints, cloud environments, and identity systems. This is why cybersecurity can no longer be treated as an afterthought; it must be embedded into digital transformation from the outset. At SentinelOne, we believe autonomous security helps organisations stay ahead by enabling faster detection, intelligent response, and reduced operational complexity while maintaining visibility and control. As India advances towards an AI-first future, resilience and trust will be just as important as innovation itself."

India’s Digital Growth Needs balance between Responsible Innovation and Inclusive Growth

Venkatesan Vijayaraghavan, Chief Operating Officer, Virtusa Corporation

“On National Technology Day 2026, the theme ‘Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth’ places the spotlight on how technology is built, deployed, and scaled across real-world environments. Responsible innovation calls for strong data foundations, secure architecture, and clear governance so that systems are reliable and trusted at scale. Inclusive growth comes from ensuring these systems are designed for widespread, everyday use across industries and user segments. In India, where digital infrastructure and enterprise adoption are advancing rapidly, this balance is becoming critical.”

Celebrating India’s Spirit of Innovation

Ankur Kanaglekar, Vice President – India, Thales

“On this National Technology Day, Thales celebrates India’s spirit of innovation and reaffirms our commitment to co-creating a future-ready, Aatmanirbhar Bharat. As a trusted partner in India’s growth for over 73 years, we continue to strengthen our Make in India, Innovate in India, and Export from India strategy – aligning our global expertise in defence, aerospace, cyber and digital technologies with the nation’s strategic priorities.

Through our engineering competence centres in Bengaluru and Noida, collaborations with the Indian industry and academia, we are driving cutting-edge advancements in complex avionics, cybersecurity, responsible biometrics and more, while nurturing a highly skilled workforce. The launch of Thales Research & Technology India earlier this year marks a significant step in expanding advanced research capabilities in real-time embedded software, edge computing, and embedded AI.

With growing local R&D, robust partnerships and an excellent talent pool of over 2400 employees in India, we remain dedicated to empowering Indian innovation, fostering indigenous development, and contributing to a secure, resilient, and self-reliant technological ecosystem for the future.”

Security of digital ecosystem is imperative

Dr. Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director at Quick Heal Technologies

"On National Technology Day, we applaud India's remarkable advancements in science, innovation, and digital transformation from indigenous technological breakthroughs to globally recognised digital public infrastructure changing how citizens, businesses, and governments function. Now technology is so intertwined in almost every aspect of our lives, which makes it imperative to ensure the security of our digital ecosystem.

Quick Heal Technologies has always put digital trust at the forefront. Long before evolving regulatory frameworks and heightened awareness around data privacy, we recognised that cybersecurity must be proactive, intelligent and deeply consumer-focused. Today, as cyberattacks grow in scale and sophistication, we are strengthening our commitment through AI-powered, Made-in-India innovations across both Quick Heal and Seqrite, helping consumers, enterprises, and institutions use technology with greater confidence, resilience, and control."

“Building cyber resilience means being prepared for disruption”

Parag Khurana, Country Manager for India, Barracuda Networks

"National Technology Day is an opportunity to not only celebrate India’s impressive digital progress, but also acknowledge how organisations can build resilience in an increasingly complex threat environment. Building cyber resilience means being prepared for disruption, not just trying to prevent it. 

To start, organisations should focus on strengthening visibility across their environments, securing key entry points like email and identity, and ensuring they can respond and recover quickly when incidents occur. An integrated approach to security is critical as attacks become more sophisticated and span multiple channels.  

At the same time, as AI becomes embedded across business operations, organisations must take steps to safeguard its use. This means applying the same level of scrutiny to AI tools as any other critical asset by ensuring strong governance, protecting data integrity and mitigating the risk of AI-enabled attacks.”  

Building Trusted AI for a Self-reliant India is important

Atul Ahuja, Area Vice President and General Manager, Elastic

“As India marks National Technology Day with a focus on building a sustainable and self-reliant technology ecosystem, the country’s AI ambitions are beginning to move beyond experimentation and into enterprise-wide implementation. As per Deloitte’s report titled ‘The State of AI in the Enterprise’, nearly 40 percent of Indian organisations already report significant or full-scale AI adoption, while 94 percent expect AI investments to rise further over the next year. AI is now used in critical business functions, from strategic decision-making and cybersecurity to operations and customer engagement. At the same time, frontier and agentic AI models are expanding the scope of what enterprises expect from AI, pushing it beyond providing answers to being capable of reasoning, planning, and autonomous execution.

This year’s emphasis on responsible AI and digital technologies also brings into focus a critical enterprise challenge: ensuring that increasingly autonomous systems remain accurate, trustworthy, and resilient as they scale.

For a self-reliant India, the goal is clear: building a technology ecosystem where AI is not just autonomous, but inherently dependable and deeply informed by the context of the business it serves.”

Responsible Innovation for the AI-First Era is required

Sachin Panicker- Chief AI Officer, Fulcrum Digital

“National Technology Day is an opportunity to reflect not just on how far we have come in innovation, but on how responsibly we are shaping the next phase of technological progress. In today’s AI-first world, technology is no longer an enabler on the sidelines, it is core infrastructure powering how enterprises operate, make decisions and deliver value. As organisations accelerate adoption of AI, data and cloud, the conversation must evolve from innovation to accountability. Building intelligent systems at scale requires equal focus on governance, trust and safety. The real challenge is not deploying AI, but ensuring it is reliable, explainable and aligned with business and societal outcomes. At the same time, cybersecurity is no longer a support function, it is a business imperative. AI-driven threats are reshaping enterprise risk, making resilience and proactive defence critical to sustaining digital growth. We are also seeing a shift from traditional digital transformation to intelligent, autonomous operations, where systems are not just automated but adaptive. The organisations that will lead in this next phase are those that treat technology not just as a tool for efficiency, but as a foundation for responsible, resilient and future-ready growth.”

Semiconductor technology to become the foundational infrastructure powering every sector

Ashok Chandak, President, IESA

“The theme ‘Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth’ perfectly reflects India’s opportunity and responsibility in the coming decade. Semiconductor technology will become the foundational infrastructure powering every sector — from healthcare, agriculture, education, mobility, energy, telecommunications, and AI to strategic and secure digital infrastructure. The true measure of innovation will not only be technological advancement, but how effectively it improves lives, creates high-value jobs, enables digital inclusion, strengthens sustainability, and ensures equitable access to opportunity.

India now has a historic opportunity to lead the next wave of responsible and inclusive technology transformation for the world. By combining trusted innovation, scalable manufacturing, design excellence, skilled talent, and democratic digital infrastructure, India can build a resilient, self-reliant, and globally competitive technology ecosystem that contributes meaningfully to both national development and global progress.”

With growing AI adoption, focus must shift towards responsible infrastructure

Amit Agrawal, President, Techno Digital

“As India enters the next phase of its digital transformation journey, AI is fundamentally reshaping how digital infrastructure is designed, powered, and scaled. The challenge is no longer limited to expanding compute capacity alone. It is about building infrastructure capable of supporting unprecedented power densities, advanced cooling requirements, ultra-low latency processing, and sovereign data control at scale.

Responsible innovation cannot exist without responsible infrastructure. As AI adoption accelerates across enterprises, public services, financial systems, and emerging digital ecosystems, the focus must shift toward infrastructure that is resilient, energy-efficient, and engineered for long-term national scale.

At Techno Digital, we believe India’s AI future will be built on power-first, distributed digital infrastructure where compute, connectivity, and operational resilience are designed together from the ground up. The next era of inclusive digital growth will not be defined only by advancements in AI, but by the strength of the infrastructure powering it.” 

India moving from digital adoption to global technology leadership

Sanjay Agrawal, Head Presales and CTO, Hitachi Vantara India and SAARC

“As India marks National Technology Day 2026, the narrative is evolving from digital adoption to digital leadership. The country is rapidly emerging as a key pillar of the global innovation architecture, powered by its scale of data, depth of talent, and the maturity of its digital infrastructure.

At the heart of this shift is the recognition of data as critical national infrastructure. As enterprises and governments move from fragmented systems to unified, AI-ready data platforms, the focus is turning to how data can be activated in real time to drive intelligent decision-making. This is also accelerating industrial digitization across manufacturing, energy, and mobility, where the convergence of IT and OT is enabling greater efficiency, resilience, and operational agility. AI, in this context, is no longer experimental but embedded into core processes, delivering tangible economic outcomes.

Looking ahead, India’s growth trajectory will be defined by how effectively it governs and scales this data ecosystem with trust, sustainability, and inclusivity at its core. Building a resilient innovation ecosystem will require deeper alignment across policy, platforms, and partnerships. Done right, India is uniquely positioned not just to participate in global technology shifts, but to shape them and set new benchmarks for inclusive, data-led growth.”

Responsible innovation must drive inclusive and equitable growth

Sooraj Balakrishnan, Associate Director & Head - Marketing, Acer India

“National Technology Day reminds us that innovation must serve a larger purpose, while celebrating India’s technological progress and spirit of self-reliance. The theme ‘Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth’ reminds the need to build technology that is advanced, yet accessible and equitable.

At Acer India, we believe true progress lies in bridging digital divides and empowering communities through purposeful innovation. As technology reshapes every aspect of life, responsibility must remain central, ensuring solutions are scalable, sustainable, and inclusive. The real impact of innovation will be measured not just by what we create, but by how many lives we uplift.”