Entrepreneur and technology policy specialist
Founder of Nuclear Edge Deeptech Systems and a trustee of the Bharat Governance Council. He works on how India adopts and governs artificial intelligence, and writes on digital public infrastructure, regulation and Indian society.
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Measure AI by what it does in India, not by the models India builds.
Progress should be counted in deployment: how far AI is built into public services and everyday productivity. The frontier-model race between the United States and China is the wrong scoreboard.
Deployment over Frontier: A Framework for India's AI Adoption Working paper, Nuclear Edge
Digital public infrastructure is now an export, and exports come with obligations.
Aadhaar, UPI and DigiLocker are offered to other countries as a model. That gives India a hand in shaping the Global South’s digital future, and a duty to be clear about what it is offering.
The DPI Doctrine: India's Quiet Bid to Govern the Global South's Digital Future Op-ed, The Financial Express
Domestic industry should help write the rules, in the open.
Rules drafted without Indian firms tend to fit other markets. He argues for early, accountable participation by industry in AI regulation, at home and in international forums.
He speaks on AI policy, technology adoption and the business environment in India.
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ET Now Business Conclave & Awards 2026, West Edition
Panel discussion, Times Network
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Op-ed, The Financial Express, 4 Jul 2026
Aadhaar, UPI and DigiLocker are now exported as a model as well as used at home. The piece asks what India is offering other countries when it offers its digital public infrastructure, and what it gains in return.
Op-ed, The Financial Express, 2026
India has built systems other countries want to copy, but it does not yet build frontier models. The essay separates adoption from ownership and argues that the gap should be stated plainly before it can be closed.
Op-ed, 2025
Why India should take part in writing the international rules for AI rather than adopt rules written elsewhere, and what an accountable industry position would look like.
Coverage in Pioneer Edge, Republic World, Dainik Jagran English, Ahmedabad Mirror, DNA India, Bhaskar Digital and others.
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