Indian software innovation, hardware manufacturing, deeptech, start-ups, and technology policy.
Officials outlined a push to build intellectual property in all six critical semiconductor segments and move India from an assembly base toward a 'product nation'.
India aims to develop intellectual property across all six critical semiconductor segments and move toward becoming a 'product nation', officials said, emphasising capital equipment, deep-tech startups and IP creation to cut imports and strengthen strategic self-reliance.
India's startup ecosystem had its strongest year in FY26 with over 55,200 new recognised startups and 23.36 lakh jobs, as AI ventures drew capital, Emergent turned unicorn with $130M, and Google selected 20 AI-first startups for its India accelerator.
Tata Consultancy Services reported Q1 FY27 net profit of Rs 13,349 crore, up about 5%, on revenue of Rs 72,275 crore. Its annualised AI revenue run rate hit $2.6 billion and it added 9,279 net employees, its biggest quarterly hiring in over three years.
IIT Madras researchers have built a deep-learning model, DR-Scan Net, that diagnoses diabetic retinopathy with 96.3% accuracy in clinical validation. Tuned for Indian eyes and low-cost smartphone cameras, it targets India's rural eye-screening gap.
The India Semiconductor Mission has approved three chip design centres in Bengaluru under the Design Linked Incentive scheme, targeting RISC-V processors, RF semiconductors and automotive-grade chips, and pledging to hire hundreds of engineers.
TRAI has released a draft framework for AI in telecom networks, India's first sector-specific AI governance proposal. It mandates algorithmic transparency disclosures and a two-year independent audit regime, with penalties for discriminatory AI in service delivery.
Quick-commerce platform Zepto has closed a ₹3,200 crore Series G round led by General Catalyst, valuing it at about ₹28,000 crore. The capital funds expansion to 40 Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities and a cold-chain logistics network.
India's Bharat 6G Technology Vision Document, from the Department of Telecommunications and TTDF, sets 2030 for the first commercial 6G services and targets 10% of global 6G patents, backed by a ₹10,000 crore research corpus.
