Inclusive Tech to Power Businesses
More demand for tech-enabled jobs across industries; cybersecurity, privacy measures to be beefed up for protecting critical data
- Aug 5, 2020,
- Updated Aug 7, 2020 9:40 PM IST
In the last few months, we have seen the possibility of extremes - the shock and suffering brought on by the pandemic, and inspirational stories, of fight-back and transformation. Its been a crash course in change management. People and organisations across the world have met the challenge with resilience and innovation, using tech to respond, rebound, and reimagine a new world order.
We saw many years' worth of digital transformation happen in a few months. In this world of remote everything, organisations are using technology to stay open for business, accelerate their recovery and reimagine business success.
The pace of tech adoption and innovation is already fuelling economic recovery and will have a big role to play in reshaping education, health, public services, retail, IT services, MSME and agriculture in the country. Computing power in the Cloud and the edge are changing how hospitals will look with integrated telehealth, how contactless commerce will help the retail industry, how virtual classrooms will redefine education, how work-from-anywhere will become a norm for local and global collaboration, how data and AI-based decision making will empower governments, farmers, migrant workers and businesses. There are transformations happening today at scale that were just pilot thoughts a few months ago. We are in the midst of a tech revolution.
With tech-intensity at the core of economic rebound, trust in tech has never been more critical. Trust will be a key currency in this changed world as organisations look at hybrid operating models. Trusted digital platforms have been a huge enabler, helping organisations bring everything together. Building measures to protect cybersecurity, privacy and digital safety through this crisis and beyond will be crucial to safeguarding the interests of millions of users across India who are increasingly relying on digital platforms for their daily needs.
In this evolving scenario, trust needs to be at the heart of how organisations and governments build and deliver products and services. Responsible and ethical use of tech such as Artificial Intelligence will be key. This will need cybersecurity agencies, technology firms, critical businesses and organisations to collaborate closely with the government to put in place strong capabilities to protect India's critical data.
In summary, the economic recovery and the natural flywheel of responding, rebounding and reimagining a new world order will be accelerated by greater skills, tech intensity and trusted tech. India is blessed with a growing share of the planets overall tech intensity, and has a unique opportunity to become an important tech engine of the world. The time is now to empower every person and every organisation in India to achieve more. This is our calling.
In the last few months, we have seen the possibility of extremes - the shock and suffering brought on by the pandemic, and inspirational stories, of fight-back and transformation. Its been a crash course in change management. People and organisations across the world have met the challenge with resilience and innovation, using tech to respond, rebound, and reimagine a new world order.
We saw many years' worth of digital transformation happen in a few months. In this world of remote everything, organisations are using technology to stay open for business, accelerate their recovery and reimagine business success.
The pace of tech adoption and innovation is already fuelling economic recovery and will have a big role to play in reshaping education, health, public services, retail, IT services, MSME and agriculture in the country. Computing power in the Cloud and the edge are changing how hospitals will look with integrated telehealth, how contactless commerce will help the retail industry, how virtual classrooms will redefine education, how work-from-anywhere will become a norm for local and global collaboration, how data and AI-based decision making will empower governments, farmers, migrant workers and businesses. There are transformations happening today at scale that were just pilot thoughts a few months ago. We are in the midst of a tech revolution.
With tech-intensity at the core of economic rebound, trust in tech has never been more critical. Trust will be a key currency in this changed world as organisations look at hybrid operating models. Trusted digital platforms have been a huge enabler, helping organisations bring everything together. Building measures to protect cybersecurity, privacy and digital safety through this crisis and beyond will be crucial to safeguarding the interests of millions of users across India who are increasingly relying on digital platforms for their daily needs.
In this evolving scenario, trust needs to be at the heart of how organisations and governments build and deliver products and services. Responsible and ethical use of tech such as Artificial Intelligence will be key. This will need cybersecurity agencies, technology firms, critical businesses and organisations to collaborate closely with the government to put in place strong capabilities to protect India's critical data.
In summary, the economic recovery and the natural flywheel of responding, rebounding and reimagining a new world order will be accelerated by greater skills, tech intensity and trusted tech. India is blessed with a growing share of the planets overall tech intensity, and has a unique opportunity to become an important tech engine of the world. The time is now to empower every person and every organisation in India to achieve more. This is our calling.