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'I gave everything to politics...but my heart was with cricket': Gautam Gambhir
The frontrunner for the Team India coach position, former cricketer and politician Gautam Gambhir has a freewheeling chat about cricket, leadership and his tryst with politics
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Sunil Gupta, pioneering figure in the data services sector, shares deeper insights
After garnering close to two decades of experience in the business of storing gigatonnes of data and operating 19 third-party data centres, Sunil Gupta co-founded Yotta Data Services in 2019. Suddenly, the pioneer sees himself hemmed in by India's biggest conglomerates and the world's largest tech multinationals, all investing top dollar in data storage. In this podcast, Gupta, the star of the current issues cover, walks us through his journey so far and shares what lies in the future
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Is Apple + OpenAI expedient or the best of both worlds?
Apple, as widely anticipated leading up to its annual Worldwide Developer Conference, announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to the iPhone, iPad and MacBooks. The tie up evoked strident criticism from Elon Musk, the world's richest person, in particular around data privacy. In this episode, Jaspreet Bindra, an independent AI and ethics researcher and former chief digital officer of the Mahindra Group, and Dipanjan Chatterjee, VP and principal analyst at Forrester Research, unpack the significance of this deal
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WWDC: How will Apple balance its privacy stance with AI features
Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference, WWDC, kicks off later today, and anticipation is high with respect to the iPhone maker's AI roadmap, as it is generally considered to lag Android rivals such as Samsung and Google — especially in the era of generative AI. Neil Shah, vice president of research at Counterpoint Technology Market Research, and Navkendar Singh, associate vice president at IDC India, unpack what they are expecting to see today from Apple's conference
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Celebrating Forbes India's 15th anniversary
Forbes India is today not what it was 15 years ago—not at least in form, as digital storytelling takes precedence over printed words. Yet, the essence of Forbes India remains the same, as the team stays faithful to the pillars on which the product is founded: Leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation and wealth. In this podcast, learn about Forbes India's trajectory as we celebrate the achievements and reflect upon the lessons
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Expansion to exit: There's a new wave of global capability centres in India
Access to talent, value and innovation - these are all reasons that multinational companies are either setting up IT and software-driven R&D centres in India or expanding existing facilities. Some, however, are reducing the workforce in such centres and there's also a set of companies considering exiting their GCCs altogether. To understand what's going on, I spoke with Stanton Jones, Distinguished Analyst at ISG, a technology research and advisory firm that tracks outsourcing deals around the world, about their recent survey of GCC activity. Here's what he said
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Election results: Why the global CEO will remain gung-ho about India's tech services
In this episode, Megha Chawla, senior partner at the multinational consultancy Bain & Company, talks about why India's tech talent has become a non-negotiable part of the global CEO's strategy, discussing the prospects for the nation's tech landscape, as India returns to a coalition government at the centre after a decade. In the age of AI, India's IT services companies have become important partners to global businesses, she says
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Election results: What VCs are hoping for in the new government
Indian voters have denied a majority to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP. However, as Modi is set to remain in power for a historic third term, leading the coalition NDA, three well-known VC investors unpack what this means for India's tech and startup ecosystem. Ninad Karpe, founding partner at 100X.VC, in Mumbai, Abhishek Goyal, co-founder of Tracxn and angel investor, in Bengaluru, and Vishesh Rajaram, managing partner at Speciale Invest, argue that India's economic fundamentals still make it a top destination for global investments
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Agnikul successfully tests rocket for lift off. Here's what comes next
Agnikul Cosmos, a space launch vehicle startup in Chennai, yesterday successfully tested its first technology demonstrator rocket that showed its one-piece 3D-printed engine worked as intended, in a sub-orbital mission. To understand the significance of this success, Forbes India spoke with Narayan Prasad, chief operations officer at Satsearch, a Netherlands headquartered marketplace for the space industry, and co-founder and director of research and operations at Spaceport SARABHAI, a space economy think tank in India
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Why the RBI's fintech repository can be a game changer for startups in the sector
A year after it first announced the plan, the Reserve Bank of India yesterday launched a Fintech Repository that the regulator hopes will foster innovation by allowing it to stay abreast of the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. In this episode, Manish Kumar, co-founder and CEO of KredX, a startup specializing in supply chain finance, gives us a sense of why fintech entrepreneurs are welcoming this move
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Can India power its data centres sustainably? Here's what you should know
The demand for data centres in India is surging, driven by everything from the expansion of the so-called global capability centres to the rise of our digital economy and the laws around localization of data as required under the data protection rules. In this episode, Arjun P Gupta, founder and CEO of Smart Joules, in New Delhi, which provides HVAC management and energy efficiency solutions, offers a quick overview of some of the practical challenges we face in powering India's data centres with green energy