Indian Tech industry celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

India completes 75 years of its Independence. This year, Independence Day is taking place amidst the ongoing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. Over the last 75 years, India has become a bedrock for innovation in the technology sector. We are currently a major drive of the software-as-a-service revolution, a startup innovation hotbed with over 100 unicorns, a quick adopter of services centred on cutting-edge technologies like AI and ML, and above all a world leader in IT Services.

On the occasion of the 75th Year of Independence Day of India, VARINDIA News team considers itself lucky to be here amongst all of you and serving you with the updates on innovations and developments in the technology industry of India.

When India embarked on its Digital India initiative, no one could have predicted the speed at which digital transformation would impact our daily lives! Many of the ambitious projects which were envisioned such as Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Aadhaar, Ayshuman Bharat, and CoWin, have already transformed our day-to-day experiences.

As we move towards the next milestone in the journey of the nation – the Amrit Kaal of the next 25 years to the celebration of the centenary of our Independence, India’s growth story will hinge on its ability to extract maximum value from data. According to estimates, data and AI could potentially add up to $500 billion to India’s GDP by 2025.

Even if we are to mine a portion of data in a trusted ecosystem exchange between the public and private sectors, there lies an enormous scope for innovation. The next two and a half decades will be defined by how we approach the use of data in a big way to increase productivity, create new opportunities, enhance public services, and establish the country as a leader in the next wave of innovation.

The way cybercrime has advanced in the last couple of years, organizations today surely need freedom from cyberattacks. Cybercriminals are launching complex attacks on Indian organizations of all sizes.

The second most important freedom that Indian organizations need is - the freedom from the cybersecurity skills gap. A report says that 75% of Indian organisations believe recruitment of cybersecurity professionals will be a challenge in the next 24 months.

Amidst this, Cybersecurity-as-a-Service is a much-needed effort for freedom against cybercrime. This will help organizations continuously evaluate their cybersecurity strategy and quickly make adjustments, to ensure the level of protection is proportionate to their respective risk profiles.

S Mohini Ratna, Editor, VARINDIA