At the 9th Carnegie Global Technology Summit, experts explored the impact of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) on societal and economic landscapes. Sanket Bhondve, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), emphasised that DPI should be citizen-centr
Green also noted the significant progress of the Quad grouping, which he said has transformed from "informal meetings to formal summits." With growing commitment among its members, the Quad is now a "key strategic framework," he added. The Quad is a grouping of Australia, India, Japan, and
On the second day of the Carnegie Global Technology Summit, Gertrude Kadumbo, CEO and Board Secretary of National Switch Limited, Malawi, spoke on India's successful adoption of Digital Public Infrastructure and strategies and supportive policy frameworks that can enable wider DPI adoptio
Srinivas Varadarajan, CEO of Vigyanlabs, highlighted the efforts to create sustainable data centers powered by AI and emphasized the importance of reducing energy consumption in data centers, which currently account for a significant portion of global energy usage.
"We can help all our friendly nations. And as the government says, the global South. We are trying our best to get the edge in this and see how in this open source and scalable way we can help our friendly nation to get the benefits of these DPIs," the joint secretary told ANI on the sidelin
Meity Secretary S Krishnan said on Saturday that India is seen as the leader of the Global South because of the country's immense digital transformation, particularly in the digital public infrastructure space.
"India not just wants to use AI as something that it can do for itself, but wants to sort of take a leadership position on behalf of the global south and seeing that it is deployed across the world," the Secretary said at the Carnegie Global Technology Summit here in the national capital on
John Neuffer, President and CEO of the US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has highlighted the acceleration of supply chain diversification within the global semiconductor ecosystem, indicating a significant opportunity for India to expand its role in this critical industry.
Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, 56, reportedly sought refuge in Vietnam after experiencing harassment from Chinese authorities in Tibet due to his active role in preserving Tibetan language and cultural identity.
He expressed happiness over US President Donald Trump's decision to enforce a 90-day pause on wide-ranging tariffs and lower the reciprocal tariff on India and other countries that have initiated trade talks with the United States during this period to 10 per cent.