Technology

To sustain its historical interest and influence in the UN peacekeeping operations, India should provide technical assistance to the missions while continuing to contribute troops, rather than a complete transformation from being a traditional troop contributor to a technology contributor.

• Rajeesh Kumar
• September 14, 2021
• Comment

With India’s current semiconductor demand of $40 billion expected to rise to $100 billion by 2025, the time is indeed right to begin production of semiconductors within the country.

• Cherian Samuel
• March 26, 2021
• Comment

China’s proposal for a new Internet Protocol (IP) is a reflection of its desire to revamp and mould the Internet. This is in line with its ambitions to rise to the “commanding heights” of the scientific and technological competition.

• Munish Sharma
• October 15, 2020
• Comment

Given India’s dependence on imports for 90 per cent of its telecom equipment, the decision to allow Huawei to bid for 5G should be in line with the national interest, rather than taking sides and constraining options.

• Munish Sharma
• April 03, 2019
• Comment

A slight push in the right direction would be much more productive and efficient, such as treating telecommunications as a utility rather than a market, and building innovation and IPR ecosystems rather than incentivizing licensed production.

• Munish Sharma
• March 20, 2019
• Issue Brief

India can play an essential role in mitigating the risks and maximizing the benefits on account of rapid growth of AI enabled technologies.

• Munish Sharma
• February 23, 2018
• Issue Brief

After decades of false starts, AI/ Robotics technologies today appear to be at an inflection point, making rapid advancements which are considered significant enough to usher in a new revolution in military affairs

• R S Panwar
• January 31, 2018
• Comment

Advanced technologies and supercomputing have accelerated the pace of research and development in the field of nuclear fusion.

• Atul Pant
• January 10, 2018
• Comment

Implementation of high-tech solutions without adequately trained personnel is unlikely to help the Border Security Force achieve the goal of foolproof border surveillance.

• Pushpita Das
• October 04, 2017
• Issue Brief

India must move away from the perspective which it has allowed to dominate, namely, that the application of supercomputers is more important than supercomputer technologies themselves.

• Prabha Rao
• September 07, 2016
• Issue Brief