The rise of digital transformation is met with a glaring gap in the relevant skillsets needed for the future of work This, in turn, leads to a lack of talent, and retention and recruitment challenges In a survey by Gartner , it was cited that leaders and IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies

Publication: The Economic Times

A new report by Broadband India Forum (BIF) mooting suggestions for the proposed Digital India Act has underlined the need for improved institutional frameworks to deal with cybersecurity, establish processes for oversight of surveillance, enable fairer content curation decisions and grievance redressal.

Publication: ET Telecom

Artificial intelligence chip startup Cerebras Systems recently said it released open source ChatGPT-like models for the research and business community to use for free in an effort to foster more collaboration.

Publication: The Times of India

NXP Semiconductors has urged global chip maker partners such as TSMC and Global Foundries to set up a base in India, a top executive told ET on Wednesday.

Publication: The Economic Times

The semiconductor industry plays a vital role in the modern technological landscape, powering everything from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. However, the semiconductor industry is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions, making it essential for manufacturers to adopt sustainable practices to reduce their impact on the environment.

Publication: The Times of India

The data center industry in India is rapidly growing due to the increasing demand for digital transformation across various industries. India s government has been promoting the development of digital infrastructure, which has further boosted the growth of data centers in the country.

Publication: Express Computer

Broadly if you see all emerging market giants, and we are one of them from China, the success stems from the desire to win big. Lenovo went global with a very large acquisition. That was just appetite. At that time people said that ThinkPad was much bigger as a brand.

Publication: Data Quest

International Business Machine (IBM) announced its intention to grow in Canada, prompting the United States and Canada to announce on Friday that they would cooperate to establish a bilateral semiconductor manufacturing corridor.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

Through the use of AIpowered tools, bots, and analytics on an open and flexible service, the strategic collaboration will enable businesses to offer consumers faster, more personalised conversational experiences across all channels. In the end, Zendesk and AWS can assist businesses in remaining competitive, retaining customer loyalty, and adapting to rapidly shifting market circumstances by making customer experience (CX) more seamless for both customers and agents.

Publication: CIO News

The government has decided to make the tax deducted at source (TDS) on winnings from online games applicable from April 1, instead of July 1 a move that gaming companies have welcomed, saying it would reduce compliance burdens and potential tax disputes

Publication: The Economic Times

In 2022, Taiwan s semiconductor company, Foxconn signed a deal with the Indian mining conglomerate Vedanta to set up a semiconductor unit in Gujarat. Following this, Apple too is planning to set up production units in India with the help of Foxconn. Tata group is also in the process of signing an alliance with Apple supplier Wistron to manufacture iPhones locally.

Publication: The Times of India

All over the world there is a sense that India should emerge as a key semiconductor manufacturing destination, Vaishnaw said adding that Government is working sincerely and diligently to ensure a vibrant semiconductor ecosystem comes up in the country.

Publication: The Economic Times

While businesses look towards accelerating technology adoption for higher business value and growth, there is a growing concern for implementing the right security measures for enhanced protection. The majority (76%) of the Indian CDOs surveyed ranked security as the most important characteristic of their data architecture, closely followed by being cloud ready.

Publication: Express Computer

Women are often paid less, face discrimination in the workplace, and are underrepresented in tech sectors. This uphill battle will take patience and awareness of gender disparity affecting women in offices.

Publication: Express Computer

The size of the paid competitive gaming market in India is expected to more than double between 2021 and 2024 to $3.5 billion from $1.5 billion, according to the Global Paid Competitive Gaming Report commissioned by gaming unicorn MPL and published by Newzoo, a gaming market researcher, on Friday.

Publication: Tech Circle

The Election Commission had used only 16% of the budget for procuring Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in 20222023 till January 31 as global shortage of semiconductors delayed the machine manufacturing, the poll panel told a House panel in February.

Publication: The Indian Express

The fact that AI can be programmed to perform a wide range of tasks is now well established. But its application is limited by the parameters set by its users.

Publication: The Times of India

Organisations across the world are facing a shortage of professional talent and expertise in digital skills. For example, a 2021 survey suggested that 76% of IT decision-makers worldwide faced critical skills gaps in their departments, an increase of 145% since 2016.

Publication: The Times of India

In a bid to help students from other core Engineering streams, AICTE has introduced minors in several new subjects such as semiconductors, Integrated Circuits, advanced VLSI design, and 5G technology.

Publication: The Times of India

In today’s use cases the integration of Artificial Intelligence has become evident. Especially when you see the changing landscapes in the semiconductor industry, deep investments in AI platforms has become individual company s top mission.

Publication: Times Tech

As per a report by the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), India is home to over 200 semiconductor design and embedded software companies and therefore it is an opportunity, presenting itself There was a time in the 40s when many AngloIndian families moved to Mhow. Most of them worked as railways personnel. But now, most of the families have moved abroad.

Publication: Outlook

The plan, which is being worked out by Trai, comes at a time when the regulator has expressed dissatisfaction over the current state of service quality of 2G and 4G networks, where call drops and poor network speeds have marred user experience

Publication: The Times of India

Chipmakers such as Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), Hua Hong Semiconductor and Huawei, as well as equipment suppliers like Naura and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc China might benefit from the policy.

Publication: ET Auto

The company, which achieved a revenue of $4. 66 billion in the first quarter of FY23, hopes that the infusion of these technologies will help the company shore up more revenue across product categories.

Publication: The Economic Times

The rapid digital transformation that has made this growth story possible lies one key contributor Data Businesses across industries offering digital services generate vast amounts of data. It is estimated that by 2025, the amount of data generated each day is expected to reach 463 exabytes globally.

Publication: ET CIO

Since AI systems are still far from accurate, a new field called prompt engineering, Shrivastava says, is becoming critical. Prompt engineering is the science and art of learning to write prompts for generative AI (like GPT3) to interpret user questions and instructions, and convert that into machine language to produce the desired results.

Publication: The Times of India

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to add $967 billion to the Indian economy by 2035, and around $450500 billion to the nation’s GDP by 2025, accounting for 10 per cent of the country’s target of $5 trillion GDP, a report said on Monday.

Publication: The Indian Express

There were 45,000 job openings in India last month for artificial intelligence (AI) roles, with data scientists and machine learning (ML) engineers being top careers, said a report on Monday A focus on ML applications is creating demand for AI professionals proficient in scripting languages, according to ‘Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) Forces Shaping Future of Technology’ report by Team lease, a human resource company.

Publication: Hindi Business Standard

While computers may be able to spot a familiar face or an oncoming vehicle faster than the human brain, their accuracy is questionable Computers can be taught to process incoming data, like observing faces and cars, using artificial intelligence AI ) known as deep neural networks or deep learning

Publication: The Economic Times

The digital revolution is well underway in India , and the country is rapidly establishing itself as a major player in the digital economy, with the IT and digital industries at the forefront of enabling seamless digitalization

Publication: The Economic Times

There is no skilled talent available to handle chip manufacturing plants in India, and there will be a requirement of 10,000-13,000 to meet industry requirements by 2027, a Meity official said on Friday. India has a big pool of semiconductor design engineers, but to handle semiconductor plants, talents will initially come from overseas

Publication: The Economic Times

From smartphones to planes, semiconductors are present in everything that make our lives modern. No wonder then this industry is anticipated to grow to $1 trillion in revenues by 2030, a recent report by Deloitte said. While the US was a leader in the 1960s, competition from other countries increased as commercial demand rose.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

To drive decarbonization and digitalization, Infineon will highlight its broad product portfolio of advanced silicon and wide bandgap materials. These are with higher power density, smaller footprint and improved performance to make the world greener.

Publication: Times Tech

Be it the EU’s Digital Services Act, the UK s Online Safety Bill or the Australian Online Safety Act, one common theme across these laws is greater regulation to meet the prevalent challenges on the internet. While regulation is necessary, we must be careful to not overregulate the internet, and ensure that it is proportionate and risk based.

Publication: Money Control

For Indian brands to join the leaders in 2023 and beyond, they must close any gap between customer expectations and the digital experiences on offer Across the world, business leaders are grappling with the implications of a new market cycle. While there are few places to hide from global macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, APAC leaders choose to respond differently.

Publication: Business World

India has six of the top 20 cities hiring worldwide, next only to the US, says an internal report by interviewing cloud platform Karat The Seattle based company has seen exponential growth in its Indian business and plans to significantly increase investments in the country

Publication: Business Standard

IT hardware manufacturers such as Foxconn, HP and Dixon Technologies have urged the government to drop the fresh investment clause proposed in the revised production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme being prepared for the industry.

Publication: The Economic Times

In a recent report, the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) predicted that the country s electronics sector will increase at a CAGR of 20% to $400 billion by 2025. In keeping with this development, the government s suggestions in the Union Budget 2023 are anticipated to give the sector a further boost.

Publication: The Times of India

Critical and emerging technologies are reshaping the future. This message was repeated in New Delhi recently as India hosted the G20 and Quad foreign ministers meetings, and the well-known geopolitical conference, The Raisina Dialogue.

Publication: Hindustan Times

In February, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, minister of state for IT, said the government expects to approve up to two applications this year to start electronic chip manufacturing in India The government had received proposals from five companies in 2022 to set up semiconductor and display fabs.

Publication: The Economic Times

India’s first semiconductor fabrication unit will be announced in the next few weeks, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday, as he expressed confidence that the country will soon join the league of a select few countries which have a vibrant semiconductor industry. “We are almost at an inflection point when the first fab should be declared in a few weeks.

Publication: Business Standard

Minister for Electronics, Railways and Telecom Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that the government is focusing on the semiconductor industry for India. The first semiconductor fab will be announced in a few weeks, and India is poised for a vibrant chip industry in the next 3-4 years on the back of enabling policies and the government’s firm commitment towards growing the manufacturing ecosystem, Vaishnaw said.

Publication: Free Press Journal

Apex IT industry body Nasscom on Monday said the US administration s stance on protecting depositors of Silicon Valley Bank that collapsed, is reassuring for Indian startups who have funds in that bank Biden administration s announcement that depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank ( SVB ) will have access to their money, has given hope and will address the immediate financial issues that these startups were grappling with, Nasscom’s Senior Vice President and chief strategy officer Sangeeta Gupta told PTI

Publication: The Economic Times

Today these call centers are getting transformed into digital contact centers. Driven by machine learning and AI, and hosted on cloud platforms, such contact centers are offering customers a unique experience through hyper personalization using any of the digital channels available today such as email, Twitter, WhatsApp, and the customer has the choice of switching channels without interruption.

Publication: The Times of India

Cybersecurity and Cloud Security is protecting computer networks from threats and Cloud platforms securely storing data to protect confidential information. Almost every company’s info is now computerized in this digital age.

Publication: Analytics Insight

As usage of digital services such as ecommerce, remote learning, online healthcare and entertainment along with social media increases exponentially, more data will need to be stored and processed.

Publication: The Financial Express

In its meetings with senior central government officials in New Delhi, Foxconn clearly laid out its ambitions for India. One, although it has a joint venture with Vedanta to set up a semiconductor plant, it is keen to set up a second one even without government financial support.

Publication: Business Standard

AMID standoff between China and the US over chip supply chain, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Friday said India has an opportunity to become a key supplier in the entire electronics supply chain and not just semi-conductors.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have rapidly emerged as mainstream and are fundamentally transforming how organisations do business.

Publication: The Times of India

Furthermore, establishing a supportive e-commerce environment, developing inclusive digital infrastructure, adapting policies and institutions to digital transformation, harnessing digital transformation inclusively, and using digital public goods can promote sustainability and inclusivity in the digital economy.

Publication: Business Standard

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed by India and the US on cooperation in semiconductors will help the Indian side play a greater role in diversified supply chains and identify opportunities for joint ventures or technology partnerships, US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Notwithstanding the global economic slowdown, interest rate hikes, inflation and growing instances of layoffs across North America, India s technology appears to be heading for a year of robust growth where revenues could grow by $245 billion. This number was thrown up by Nasscom, the industry association of the IT and ITenabled businesses.

Publication: CXO Today

LV Subramaniam, distinguished quantum ambassador at IBM Research India, says for the vast majority of Indian students who come with strong software training, it is easy to pick up quantum software development languages (that are mostly open source) like IBM’s Qiskit. Qiskit leverages quantum processors in research, education, and business.

Publication: The Times of India

India should not depend on multinational companies to pursue its ambitions to become a hub for semiconductor manufacturing but should encourage local players to take the lead, according to Raja Manickam, Chief Executive Oficer, TATA Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT).

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Next, IBM is partnering with Rapidus to make the world’s most advanced chips in Japan before 2030. Eight Japanese companies, including Toyota, Sony, NTT, SoftBank, Kioxia, Denso, NEC, and MUFG Bank, joined forces and invested in a new company called Rapidus. Japan may also manufacture 2nm chips with help from IBM.

Publication: Data Quest

Munich, Germany Decarbonization and digitalization are the two defining challenges of our time. However, one cannot be achieved without the other.

Publication: Times Tech

Technology for MSMEs: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing subsidiary of ecommerce company Amazon, on Wednesday announced the launch of its programme AWS Lift in India to get small and medium businesses (SMBs) to adopt the various cloud solutions offered by the company.

Publication: The Financial Express

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions, today announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft as an Azure Operator Nexus Ready Systems Integrator.

Publication: CXO Today

We created a data platform and 43 AI models and they have seen 50x RoI, they have seen 2,000-plus fraud cases that they filed, and over $5 billion of frauds have been detected. This is a very India-specific AI model used to make AI work for India. Likewise, we are working with clients like Asian Paints, Parle, SBI and others to create AI-enabled models specific to their businesses.

Publication: Business Standard

Keeping students involved and motivated is the key difficulty for edtech. Integration of new technologies such as AR/VR, AI, learning management systems (LMS), gamification, and blockchain is expected to enhance interactive learning.

Publication: The Times of India

The Chips Act plays a central role in the Biden administration’s effort to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US. Its success is vital to US ambitions to keep ahead of China in global markets.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line