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Vivek Wadhwa

Vivek Wadhwa

Articles by Vivek Wadhwa

India must ride the next AI wave, not chase past ones

Without Indian data, Indian AI will be foreign AI wearing Indian clothes. It needs datasets drawn from India, and grounded in Indian realities

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 01:48 IST

India must capture space vacated by US in biotech

India has researchers, clinicians, elite engineers and a base of patients who could help answer questions that western research cannot.

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 24:52 IST

The engineer of human souls in the age of AI

AI does not experience suffering or confront moral choices or search for purpose. It can only imitate depth without possessing it. (Bloomberg)

Updated on May 25, 2026 15:17 IST

Original thinking vs automated thinking

The education the British installed in India rewards memorisation and leaves little room for curiosity or independent thought. (HT Archive)

Updated on Apr 29, 2026 15:36 IST

Case for an atmanirbhar cyber suraksha mission

AI has lowered the barrier to offensive cyber operations in a way that makes scale and speed the defining advantages. (AP)

Updated on Apr 14, 2026 15:39 IST

Iran war shows what is next for India on trade

Trump moves from one arena to another, carrying momentum forward. Venezuela gave way to Iran, and even as that conflict unfolds, attention is already shifting again, with Cuba emerging as another point of pressure. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Mar 18, 2026 15:43 IST

Talent in the AI age: Code coolies to core engineers

As AI automates coding, testing, documentation, and maintenance, core engineers will have stronger incentives to remain in their disciplines, reskill with AI, and apply it to real problems in infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, and medicine — precisely where India needs them. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 22, 2026 16:50 IST

India must lead AI on its own terms

India must solve for inclusion, affordability, and resilience. Its advantage lies in building systems that work for 1.4 billion people. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 17, 2026 15:49 IST

Lessons from Made in India success stories

Domestic founders are more likely to build companies that scale efficiently and profitably under Indian conditions. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 9, 2026 15:37 IST

Celebrating science, outside the classroom

If the benchmark were digital fluency, India ranks #1 in the world. Nearly everyone has a smartphone, UPI is the default for daily transactions, people troubleshoot on WhatsApp, learn on YouTube, and increasingly ask AI — often in their own languages. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 16:23 IST

What the future could look like, driven by technology

As AI embeds itself into every system that gathers and interprets data, it will fade into the background, much like electricity. The world will depend on it quietly and notice it only when it fails. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 26, 2025 15:26 IST

Stop hyping Big AI: Smart, small models are the future

Large language models consume vast amounts of hardware, energy, and money to produce sentences that sound good but are often gibberish. They hallucinate, hide their reasoning, and make disastrous mistakes. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 14, 2025 17:28 IST

You don’t mess with Zohran, or Indian Americans

What makes Mamdani’s story remarkable is that it seemed right out of a Bollywood melodrama. With his signature smile, he didn’t just campaign; he performed. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Nov 7, 2025 15:22 IST

Case for controlling India’s digital future: looking beyond WhatsApp & Meta

When a foreign company holds the keys to your country’s communication, sovereignty becomes a slogan. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 30, 2025 15:31 IST

Immigration in USA: Trump’s empty boast around H-1B visa fee

The pandemic proved innovation no longer needs a US address. India’s digital economy has reached critical mass. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 21, 2025 15:10 IST

In Bihar, a quiet resurgence that can redefine the future

The old Nalanda was where India led the world. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 15, 2025 15:19 IST

Innovating in India: Biotech sector must lose its handcuffs in AI age

Approvals must be faster, adaptive designs routine, AI-driven reviews standard, and harmonisation with global agencies the norm. (Mint Archive)

Updated on Oct 5, 2025 16:28 IST

The US’ $100,000 mistake that hands India the future

This will be a disaster for U.S. competitiveness because location is no longer a barrier to innovation, as I have seen firsthand with my company, Vionix Biosciences. (Representative photo)

Updated on Sep 20, 2025 05:07 IST

Bengaluru’s IT giants must wake up to the AI storm or risk obsolescence

The bigger danger is that Indian IT firms will find their market caps cut in half as clients abandon outdated models. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 11, 2025 20:21 IST

In Ola’s battery efforts, a shift in Indian innovation

What Ola is attempting is no less ambitious, despite the constraints. It is building not just a vehicle company, but a battery-technology platform inside an ecosystem that has historically lacked the infrastructure and incentives to support deep tech. (Getty Images)

Updated on Sep 3, 2025 15:39 IST

In Trump tariff threat, wake-up call for India

With an unmatched pool of ambitious entrepreneurs, builders, and scientists, India becomes a driver in the global innovation race. (REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 19, 2025 15:25 IST

Preparing for the next Y2K moment

The latest advances in quantum computing aren’t just a mega IT project. They represent a global infrastructure overhaul that will touch every major company, government and connected device. (AFP)

Updated on Jul 10, 2025 15:34 IST

Engineering humanity & where to draw a line

We now have a rare opportunity to prove that scientific progress and moral clarity can coexist, but the window is narrow. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 10, 2025 15:03 IST

America’s campus wars and its China connection

Universities must also be held accountable. They should be required to fully disclose all foreign funding sources. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jun 2, 2025 13:57 IST

An Indian model in delivering cancer care, at scale & low cost

India faces calls from international experts to pour more public money into research. But rather than copying the US model of research for its own sake, India’s policymakers should focus on what is already working — government-industry partnerships built for execution, scale, and results (Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 19, 2025 13:44 IST

Calm before AI storm: A moment to prepare

If this transition is managed wisely, India could leapfrog into global leadership in applied AI (REUTERS)

Updated on May 1, 2025 14:49 IST

India can reinvent education with AI

Traditional assessments — standardised tests, copy-paste homework, generic essays — are no longer fit for purpose. AI can complete these tasks in seconds. That doesn’t mean the tools should be banned. It means the metrics should evolve (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 10, 2025 14:27 IST

India must build on existing AI systems

The AI landscape is evolving so rapidly that today’s leaders can be eclipsed in months (REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 27, 2025 13:51 IST

Why MBAs are just a waste of time, money

Companies are no longer interested in whether you have an MBA; they want to know what you can do (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 13, 2025 14:52 IST

Tech has the power to devastate, and the power to germinate

The same tools that connect us can also be used to spread propaganda, incite violence, and manipulate reality (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Mar 4, 2025 14:17 IST

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