Technology
The Invisible Revolution: Technology’s Quiet Transformation of Our World
Beyond the AI headlines lies a profound technological metamorphosis reshaping our world. Like electricity before it, today’s innovations are becoming invisible—woven so seamlessly into our existence we no longer notice their presence.
From smart infrastructure breathing new life into ancient cities to precision agriculture revolutionizing food production, technology’s impact transcends the digital realm. Healthcare innovations are extending lifespans while educational technologies are democratizing knowledge across geographical and socioeconomic divides.
The true revolution isn’t in flashy gadgets but in the invisible systems connecting our world—blockchain securing transactions, quantum computing solving once-impossible problems, and sustainable tech addressing climate challenges.
In India’s vibrant technology ecosystem, we witness this transformation daily as solutions emerge that bridge urban-rural divides and create new economic opportunities. This World Tech Day, we celebrate not just what technology is, but what it enables—a more connected, efficient, and equitable world taking shape around us.
We reached out to a select cross section of leaders to gather their thoughts on all things tech. Here are their perspectives.
“Innovation today is inseparable from responsibility. Empowering a sustainable tomorrow begins with building technology that advances and also endures. In cybersecurity, this means designing systems that are resilient by default, not patched after the fact. As innovation accelerates, the sustainability of our digital future hinges on trust: in the systems we create, the data we protect, and the people we serve.
Traditional, software-only security is no longer enough, especially in high-risk environments like data centers and 5G networks. These systems manage massive volumes of sensitive data and are increasingly targeted by sophisticated, hardware-level attacks. To protect them, we need security that’s built into the hardware itself, resilient by design, not reactive.
Innovation will always push boundaries. It’s our responsibility to ensure those boundaries are reinforced with integrity, privacy, and resilience, so that what we build today continues to empower generations to come.
Empowering the future means securing it first.”
– Gopi Sirineni, CEO and Co-Founder, Axiado
“On National Technology Day 2025, we celebrate the power of technology to build a more sustainable and responsible future. At Virtusa, we focus on harnessing cutting-edge innovation to solve today’s most pressing business and environmental challenges. Platforms like Helio and solutions like Accello exemplify this—enabling smarter, AI-led decision-making and driving operational transformation across industries. By advancing capabilities in AI, cloud, and data analytics, we empower organizations to enhance efficiency and sustainability. We remain committed to using technology as a force for positive change and a catalyst for long-term impact.”
— Ram Meenakshisundaram, Chief Technology Officer, Virtusa.
“AI’s story is one of expanding latitude. First‑generation AI excelled at pattern recognition. Generative AI broadened the canvas, creating code, and designs from learned distributions. Agentic AI then added goal‑oriented planning, handing complete workflows to digital agents. The evolving next chapter is Autonomous AI—systems that not only plan and execute but also understand why they act by inferring high‑level human intent in real time.
Autonomous, intent‑driven systems will transform the next five years of enterprise and societal infrastructure. Picture telecom networks that continuously tune themselves to customer experience metrics or supply‑chain copilots that reconcile sustainability goals with profit targets without human micromanagement. Combined with edge computing, AI will power faster, localized decisions across industries — from telecom and manufacturing to mobility and healthcare. Edge deployments will push these decisions to milliseconds, shrinking the gap between strategy and action.
But with great autonomy comes great responsibility. Governance must evolve in parallel — with frameworks for transparency, bias mitigation, and ethical data use. We must embed transparent objective‑negotiation layers, real‑time bias auditing, and “kill‑switch” quorum models before unleashing these systems at scale. Do that well and Autonomous AI will recast work: humans frame ambition; machines shoulder the complexity, freeing us to pursue truly strategic and creative horizons. That’s the future we must build — responsibly, boldly, and together.”
- Pawan Anand, Senior Director, Sales, Ascendion
“In the relentless pursuit of innovation, the tech industry often overlooks a foundational issue—digital trust. As systems grow more interconnected and hiring, onboarding, and compliance processes shift online, the challenge of establishing identity, verifying authenticity, and maintaining data integrity becomes critical. Yet, conversations around trust infrastructure remain on the periphery. Building future-ready organisations isn’t just about adopting the latest tech—it’s about ensuring these technologies are anchored in transparency, accountability, and verified data. Without digital trust, innovation loses its reliability and sustainability.”
- –Ajay Trehan, Founder & CEO, AuthBridge
“In the next five years, quantum computing will become significantly more mainstream—not just for scientific research, but for solving real-world problems like supply chains and weather prediction. Pair that with AI, which is already compute-intensive, and we’re looking at a future where today’s limitations in processing power are no longer bottlenecks. Add in the potential rollout of 6G, delivering speeds a thousand times faster than 5G, and we edge closer to true technological singularity. This convergence of quantum computing, AI, and ultra-fast connectivity will completely reshape how technology and humans interact—possibly even reversing that relationship altogether.
The way humans interact with technology will change dramatically—or perhaps, it will be technology that begins to interact with us instead!”
- –Pankit Desai, Cofounder, Sequretek
“In the next five years, AI, especially generative and autonomous AI will have the most transformative impact across industries. It’s not just about automation anymore; AI is reshaping creativity, decision-making, and problem-solving at scale. From revolutionizing healthcare diagnostics to enabling personalized education and redefining how we build software, its influence will be profound and far-reaching. As models become more capable and deeply integrated into daily workflows, organizations that harness AI responsibly will unlock unprecedented value and competitive advantage. The key will be aligning rapid technological progress with ethical frameworks and human-centered design, ensuring innovation uplifts society, fosters inclusion, and enhances rather than disrupts the human experience.”
- –Sooraj Balakrishnan, Associate Director & Head of Marketing, Acer India
“Artificial Intelligence is poised to be the most transformative force in technology and healthcare over the next five years and beyond. At Remidio, we are already experiencing this shift firsthand with our AI-integrated devices like the FOP-NM, which combines screening capabilities for Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, and AMD — all backed by CDSCO approval.
Our AI-powered eye screening program in Kerala is a testament to this impact — enabling early detection and timely intervention that helps preserve vision. The real power of AI lies not just in improving care, but in democratizing it — bringing quality screening to the doorstep of underserved communities and closing critical gaps in healthcare delivery.”
“One of the most significant yet under-discussed challenges in the tech industry is the growing gap between rapid technological innovation and the slower pace of ethical, regulatory, and societal adaptation. While we celebrate breakthroughs in AI, data, and automation, the implications on privacy, employment, and digital well-being are often reactive rather than proactive. This imbalance can lead to erosion of trust and unintended consequences. As leaders, we must foster more interdisciplinary collaboration—bringing together technologists, ethicists, and policymakers—to ensure that innovation is not only fast but also responsible and inclusive.”
- –Girija Kolagada, VP of Engineering at Progress
“Over the next five years, AI-powered automation, particularly when combined with predictive analytics and generative AI, will have the most transformative impact across industries. It will fundamentally reshape how we deliver services, make decisions, and personalise experiences at scale. In healthcare, for example, this convergence will enable proactive care, well-being, reduce administrative burden, and improve patient outcomes. The key will be in responsibly integrating these technologies into human workflows by augmenting, not replacing, human judgment. Organisations that embrace this shift with agility, governance, and purpose will lead the next wave of innovation and unlock exponential value. The future belongs to adaptive, data-driven enterprises.”
- –Ashok Venkatachalam, Managing Director, Evernorth Health Services India
“India’s demographic dividend is a strength, but leveraging it remains a challenge. Over a million engineering graduates pass out each year, yet only about 40% meet industry requirements. The issues stem from an excessive focus on the technical curriculum and insufficient attention to communication and soft skills. Recently, engineering colleges have started collaborating with corporates to enhance their curriculum, which is a positive change. However, most collaborations are limited to technical aspects. We need to expand our approach to include communications and soft skills, helping to build a better pool of graduates ready for the corporate journey.”
- –Rajesh Veliyaveetil, Director, Technology Delivery, MassMutual India
“We are in a period of extraordinary innovation —generative AI, quantum computing, AI Agents, synthetic biology, spatial computing— the list goes on. While each holds the promise to redefine existing industries and create entirely new sectors. Among them, Agentic AI stands out as an important force of transformation over the next five years.
Agentic AI is shifting the paradigm from static automation to intelligent delegation. These systems can reason, decide, and act—interpreting unstructured data, collaborating across workflows, and optimizing outcomes without constant human input. The result: faster decisions, smarter operations, and new business models. But this isn’t just a technical leap. Agentic AI represents a broader reset—architectural, organizational, and cultural. As these systems scale, they won’t just support human work; they’ll redefine it.
The future won’t be built with yesterday’s tools—it will be shaped by intelligent agents that learn, adapt, and amplify human potential in real time.”
- –Shyam Enjeti, Chief Delivery Officer, Encora
“The emerging technology that is disrupting the digital world and especially the world of software development is AI. Major technology companies are recognising the accelerating impact of AI on software development. Openai reports that AI produces up to 50% of the code in some organizations. Similarly, Microsoft reports AI generating between 20% and 30% of its code, and Meta foresees a future where AI will write the majority of its codebase within the next 12 to 18 months. This reflects a broader shift in the industry, where AI is not only writing code but also reviewing it, building test cases, and rapidly advancing to match and soon exceed the capabilities of top developers.
-All these points lead to 2 fundamental changes:
- Productivity increases in the software industry, from its evolution 75+ years ago, is substantial. There is a clear 30-40% productivity improvement using AI. And this never happened before. With this happening, the customer will now look to the software vendors to bring in that cost and time benefit. And thus, the vendors who can bring in this level of improvement will rule the industry. Hence, as a practice, all software companies will have to intrinsically build this capability in their systems and processes.
- With software now being able to build software on its own, the dependency on human developers reduces substantially, and thus the requirement of headcount in the software companies will reduce. Thus, making the product/process/service more cost-effective. And by passing on this benefit to the customer, one makes oneself more cost-competitive. This also leads to a lesser workforce requirement. To handle this change positively, organisations will have to build their own Gen AI and Agentic models suiting their development and delivery styles. The sooner they can move into these moulds and models, the sooner they will reap the benefit of this highly disruptive technological advancement.
To handle this change positively, organisations will have to build their own Gen AI and Agentic models suiting their development and delivery styles. The sooner they can move into these moulds and models, the sooner they will reap the benefit of this highly disruptive technological advancement.”
- –Navneeth Kumar, Vice President of Services, Hexagon R&D India
“We need to give more attention to innovation overload and sustainability, two critical challenges facing the tech industry. Both businesses and individuals are struggling to keep pace with rapid advances in AI, generative AI, physical AI, blockchain and quantum computing. This relentless wave of disruption risks overwhelming us, making it essential to reassess the speed of change. At the same time, sustainability is a challenge. Can the planet withstand the environmental cost of powering technological advances? It is critical that we embrace renewable energy, minimise waste, and shift towards more sustainable practices and materials.”
- –Pradeep Chakravarthy, Senior Vice President, GCS (Global Customer Success), Model N
“Technology has come a long way. In just a few decades, we’ve gone from dial-up internet to intelligent machines and self-learning software. We have reached a point where the market for AI related use cases is vast, amounting to around 244 billion U.S. dollars in 2025 and is expected to grow to well over 300% by 2030.
So, let us look at what is the soul of such technology? At its core, the soul of technology is not just about circuits, code, or algorithms—it’s about solving real problems, breaking barriers, and making the impossible, possible. Whether it’s connecting people across continents, curing diseases with data, or creating tools that think, the soul of tech is innovation with purpose. It’s creativity, curiosity, and bold vision—expressed through machines.
As we create, we must also protect. Cybersecurity is more than defense; it is the quiet guardian of progress. It protects innovation so it can truly thrive.”
- Tiffany Chan, Co-Founder and COO, Pantherun Technologies:
“On this National Technology Day, we would like to highlight how innovation is helping us to make sustainable progress. A survey on Indian IT leaders published by IBM in November 2024, 96% said AI will positively impact sustainability and 98% mentioned that they plan to increase their IT investments to support sustainability goals.
At Visionet Systems, we see this sustainability readiness of the Indian IT sector as a defining moment for digital transformation to go hand-in-hand with environmental responsibility. Hence, we are embracing an AI-first approach to drive this change. Sectors such as Retail, Healthcare, and Banking could significantly reduce their carbon footprint using this approach. We help companies within these sectors to rethink their legacy systems and reinvent their business models with intelligent automation, guiding them toward a more sustainable future.
From AI to cloud-native platforms, we are dedicated to developing sustainability solutions that harness technology to minimize resource consumption, improve offer and supply chain productivity, and support greener business models. Our recently launched AI Now campaign is a key element of that—enabling all of our 2,300+ employees at Visionet to have genAI experience and be AI fluent in their respective teams.
Supporting this transformation is our in-house AI Lab, where we continuously innovate, develop custom AI, and automate industries. These labs play a key role in ensuring that the use of our product technology is supporting our sustainability goals by optimizing resource consumption, improving operations and evolving scalable, sustainable-based solutions.
We believe that true innovation isn’t just about solving today’s challenges—it’s about shaping a future where technology and sustainability move forward together.”
– Sandeep Agarwal, India MD & Global CTO, Visionet Systems
“National Technology Day is a celebration of India’s grit, ideas, and technological innovation. It’s startups that are reimagining how this country builds, scales, and leads—and at KOGO, we’re proud to be part of that movement. As one of the world’s leading AI Agentic companies, we’re pioneering India’s first full-stack Private AI Agentic Infrastructure—built to run behind the firewall, where data stays sovereign and intelligence stays local. From powering frontline healthcare to transforming defense and BFSI, our AI agents are already driving change where it matters most. For a truly Atmanirbhar Bharat, we don’t just need digital innovation—we need trusted, homegrown intelligence. That’s what we’re building.”
– Raj K Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder & CEO, KOGO AI
“This National Technology Day, the theme ‘Empowering a Sustainable Tomorrow Through Innovation’ serves as a powerful reminder that technology must do more than solve today’s problems, it must actively shape a better, more sustainable future. In a world facing climate change, dwindling resources and growing waste, innovation is no longer a luxury or an afterthought. It is a collective responsibility to create solutions that prioritize both progress and the planet.
Across industries, the momentum toward sustainable transformation is undeniable. Whether in packaging, logistics or consumer goods, the demand for smarter, more responsible alternatives to traditional systems is rising rapidly. Companies are increasingly expected to align with environmental values, reduce their carbon footprint and adopt circular economy principles. By replacing resource-intensive practices with digital-first, eco-conscious technologies, businesses have a unique opportunity to reduce waste, enhance supply chain transparency, and create long-term, scalable impact.
At Ennoventure, we’re proud to be part of this movement. Our invisible, AI-powered anti-counterfeit technology eliminates the need for wasteful physical markers, offering global brands a secure and sustainable alternative. Every protected package represents a commitment to innovation with integrity. For us, technology is about more than capability, it reflects our commitment to responsibility, ethical innovation and shaping a future that is safe, intelligent and sustainable for all.”
- –Nikhil Narayan, VP – Data Science, Ennoventure, Inc.
India’s journey towards becoming a global leader in science and innovation rests on the strength and imagination of its youth. Today, in a world operating with breakthrough technologies like LLM and quantum computing, bright young minds have the toolkit not merely to dream but to analyse and treat actual challenges. Viksit Bharat 2047 is more than a vision—it promises to nurture curiosity, inspire critical thinking, and empower the next generation to lead with confidence and purpose. By investing in education, digital infrastructure, and spaces encouraging innovation, we are paving the way for the Indian youth to turn bold ideas into powerful solutions that shape a better society. Together, we can unlock their potential to drive change in India, as well as the world.
– Sharan Prakash, Engagement Partner at Practus.
