National Technology Day 2026: Tech Leaders on Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth

Saurav Kasera, Founder of Clirnet and Doctube

Healthcare has always depended on knowledge, experience, and human judgment. Today, technology is transforming the speed, scale, and accessibility of that knowledge. As AI and digital ecosystems evolve, healthcare is moving toward intelligent, real-time knowledge exchange. At CLIRNET, we see how timely access to relevant insights and clinical updates can strengthen clinical confidence and patient care. Responsible innovation is not about replacing doctors, but empowering them through platforms that combine AI, trust, and real-world clinical intelligence for better decision-making and outcomes

Dr. Rashida Vapiwala, Founder and CEO at Labelblind

Access to accurate and scalable compliance infrastructure should not be limited to large enterprises alone. As India scales its food exports globally, AI-led regulatory systems can help businesses navigate multiple compliance frameworks with greater speed, consistency, and accuracy. By reducing hours of manual regulatory work into minutes, AI can unlock significant efficiencies for compliance and product teams. This creates a level playing field for startups and emerging brands while strengthening, globally aligning, and simplifying B2B compliance processes for easier scaling across markets.

Renu Raman, CEO and Founder, Proximal Cloud

National Technology Day 2026 marks a watershed moment for AI in India. Amid geopolitical shifts, India is emerging as a resilient global hub for technology and data infrastructure. Driven by market growth, energy investments, and strong talent, India’s AI focus is on long-tail use cases in healthcare, agriculture, and education. AI is enabling deep solution engineering with a transformative impact across sectors. The focus is on data gravity, bringing compute closer to data to build sovereign, secure infrastructure for future-ready transformation.

Srinivas Shekar, CEO and Founder, Pantherun Technologies

National Technology Day 2026 reminds us that India’s next phase of innovation will depend on strong infrastructure. The focus is on building technologies that are resilient, scalable, and ready for real-world use. Sectors like logistics, manufacturing, mobility, and urban infrastructure rely on connected systems delivering speed, uptime, interoperability, and security at scale. Rising data traffic, latency, fragmented networks, and energy demand are increasing pressure on infrastructure. Future growth will depend on systems that are secure, efficient, and built for scalability.

Surjeet Thakur, Founder & CEO of TrioTree Technologies

National Technology Day is a reminder of how India has moved past the digital experimentation era to mature digital integration. This is now also more visible in health tech as well. The advancement of health tech in India is no longer measured by the adoption of tools alone but by how reliably these systems are interconnected with one another to ensure patient safety.

With AI-driven predictive analytics, robotic-assisted surgeries, IoMT, telemedicine, and interoperable frameworks like the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, healthcare is becoming more precise, proactive, and data-driven. Technology today is becoming a huge support system for clinicians, helping reduce challenges and making quality care more accessible across the country.

Dr. Sunil Shekhawat, Co founder and CEO of SanchiConnect

National Technology Day is not just a celebration of innovation, but a reflection of what once symbolized strategic scientific strength has today transformed into a powerful engine of economic growth, innovation, and global influence. India now hosts over 2,100 Global Capability Centers employing 2.3 million professionals, contributes nearly 20% of the world’s semiconductor chip design workforce, and is rapidly strengthening its position across AI, deeptech, spacetech, and advanced manufacturing. What makes this moment different is that India is not only adopting global technologies but is increasingly shaping them. The next decade could position India not just as a technology market but as a trusted architect of the world’s digital future.

Harsha Solanki, VP GM Asia, Infobip

Responsible innovation is not just about advancing technology, but ensuring it is accessible, inclusive, and useful for everyone. As AI becomes part of everyday life, the focus must shift towards ethical, context-aware systems that work across languages, devices, and varying connectivity conditions. At Infobip, we believe AI-powered communication should feel seamless and human, enabling meaningful interactions without adding complexity. Through solutions like Infobip AgentOS, we aim to make technology more intuitive, relevant, and accessible for businesses and communities alike.

Prateek Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO, Masai

It's almost three decades since "Operation Shakti" and we still bear the fruits of bold decision making. Just like 'Shakti' technology over arcs knowledge, prosperity and power. National Technology Day is a reminder that technology is not only about progress in systems but also progress in society. Today, technology is helping expand access to knowledge, innovation, and opportunity across the country, reaching far beyond metros into emerging towns and communities.

Balasubramanian A, Senior Vice President, TeamLease Services

Technology is no longer just improving efficiency in the labour market; it is actively reshaping how jobs are created, accessed, and scaled. AI-led hiring systems, digital skilling platforms, and emerging immersive training tools are beginning to reduce frictions in recruitment and capability building, while also expanding access to opportunities for a wider workforce, including gig and blue-collar workers. On National Technology Day, the focus rightly shifts to how innovation must translate into inclusive and sustainable growth in practice, not just in intent.

Siddharth Sharma, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Digi Yatra Foundation

This National Technology Day serves as a powerful reminder that technology is only as impactful as the trust it earns. No matter how advanced a digital ecosystem might be, if it cannot be used securely and confidently by the public, it will never scale. For the technology and travel industries, responsible innovation requires absolute discipline in architectural design. While many claim data is the new oil, its real power lies in motion, not in being hoarded or stored.