As India advances its AI and digital ambitions, industry leaders believe the focus must now shift from adoption to impact. Across sectors, companies are prioritizing trusted data, secure digital infrastructure, user-centric technology, and future-ready skills to ensure innovation remains accessible, resilient, and inclusive. From strengthening cybersecurity and fintech infrastructure to simplifying enterprise experiences and building digital talent, the emphasis is increasingly on creating technology that empowers people and businesses alike.
1. Qlik: “As India accelerates its AI ambitions, one of the key differentiators will be trusted, context-aware, and actionable data. Enterprises today face challenges not because AI capabilities are lacking, but because their data remains fragmented, difficult to access, or disconnected from the business context needed to drive confident decision-making. Qlik helps organizations make more informed decisions while maintaining accountability and compliance by enabling unified access to data that can be trusted, governed, and acted on with confidence. Building on that foundation, India’s growth story will also depend on ensuring the next generation is equipped to participate in it. Qlik’s Academic Program bridges that gap by equipping students and early-career professionals with practical data literacy and analytical skills for the evolving digital economy. As India marks National Technology Day, initiatives like these will play an important role in ensuring that more people can contribute to and benefit from — the country’s AI-led growth.” – Varun Babbar, VP and India MD, Qlik
2. FYERS: “National Technology Day is a reminder that the next phase of India’s financial evolution will not be driven by access alone, but by capability. Over the last few years, millions of Indians have entered the markets. But participation without powerful technology creates an uneven playing field. For a long time, institutional grade trading platforms and infrastructure remained accessible only to a small segment of the market. At FYERS, we believe serious retail traders deserve the same quality of technology as institutions. Responsible innovation, in our world, means building systems that traders can trust during the most demanding market conditions whether it is expiry-day volatility, high-volume sessions, or strategy automation at scale.The real opportunity for Indian fintech now is not just bringing more people into the markets, but empowering them with better tools, better infrastructure, and greater control over their financial decisions.” – Yashas Khoday, Co-Founder and CPO, FYERS
3. TrendAI: “On National Technology Day, we celebrate not just what technology can do but how responsibly and inclusively we choose to shape it. India is at a remarkable inflection point and our AI ambitions are bold but ambitions without proper guardrails is vulnerability at scale. Our research tells us that 4 in 5 Indian organisations are deploying AI under pressure, often faster than governance and security can follow. Technology truly transforms when it is secure enough to be trusted, simple enough to be used, and inclusive enough to benefit all. For a nation building critical infrastructure, digitising public services, and positioning itself as a global technology leader, security cannot be an afterthought to AI advancement. It must be the foundation of it. Robust cybersecurity enables sustainable innovation. TrendAI is committed to empowering enterprises and government institutions to build that foundation, ensuring India’s digital transformation is not only ambitious, and inclusive, but resilient and future ready .” – Sharda Tickoo, Country Manager for India and SAARC at TrendAI
Whatfix: As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes a cornerstone of innovation in India, its true value lies in simplifying complexity and enabling smarter workflows. Yet, in today’s enterprise world, the tools designed to enhance productivity often create complexity and digital friction. This disconnect impacts not only efficiency but also employee engagement and organizational momentum, ultimately hindering the very progress technology intends to drive. Our approach centers on Userization, to place the user at the heart of every digital experience. Instead of expecting people to adjust to systems, we build systems that adjust to people. The result is technology that is intuitive, contextual, and truly empowering. As demand for digital expertise grows, so does the need to upskill professionals who can lead this transformation. To meet this need, we have launched Whatfix University to empower professionals with future-ready skills that directly contribute to digital transformation, maximize tool adoption, and drive real business value. On this National Technology Day, we are reminded that real digital transformation does not come from adopting the newest tools but from making those tools work for people. It’s about empowering users, removing friction, and creating technology experiences that feel seamless and supportive. – Vara Kumar Namburu, Co-founder, Head of R&D at Whatfix
