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    Articles by Vivek Wadhwa

    The revolution that the West is imagining

    People seem to be more concerned about rising prices and blocked roads than about the protests. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 19, 2026 24:41 IST

    Preventing a Jurassic Park moment for AI

    The real danger of AI is not some hypothetical superintelligence’s decision to destroy humanity; it is corporate recklessness. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 7, 2026 24:35 IST

    Universities as labs of entrepreneurship

    The entrepreneurial transformation in India could not be more timely. Emerging technologies are enabling startups to do what only governments and giant corporations could do so far.
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 22, 2026 01:06 IST

    H-1B’s death should cheer Indians and Americans

    If US tech companies continue eliminating jobs after foreign hiring ends, American politicians will no longer be able to blame Indians.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 26, 2026 02:14 IST

    More autonomy for the IITs will benefit India

    The IIT system became one of post-independence India’s greatest institutional achievements. Its graduates built domestic industries, helped power Silicon Valley and rose to lead some of the world’s most influential technology companies.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:22 IST

    Education needs a radical overhaul for the AI age

    The education system clearly demands a radical overhaul and AI can help India build something far better.
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 30, 2026 02:18 IST

    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
    opinion
    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.
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    india news
    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)
    india news
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 2, 2025 13:57 IST
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