Innovation key driver of long-term growth, say experts

The two-day A.P. Innovators Summit concluded present connected Saturday (January 11, 2026), according to a merchandise issued connected Sunday (January 10). The taxable of the acme was “The New Age Innovator-AI, Agility, and Sustainable Growth”, it said.

The lawsuit organised by the A.P. Digital Technology Industry (APDTI) Network, with the enactment of the Government of A.P., witnessed the information of implicit 800 delegates, including start-up founders, investors, incubator heads, academia, pupil start-ups, and vocation aspirants from crossed the State.

The lawsuit docket featured speakers from Bharat Kumar (Microsoft), Vamsidhar Sunkari (Bosch Software Global Technologies), Ramesh Loganathan (SucSEED Ventures), Amit Mishra (Yotta), Kiran Korivi (Alcove Partners), Jignesh Talasila (Perspect AI), Kinjal Saxena (AIG Hospitals), Ravi Saripalle (GITAM) and Swayam Sodha (Swayamezon).

Sreedhar Kosaraju, chairman, APDTI Network, emphasised that innovation is the existent operator of semipermanent growth, with accomplishment acting arsenic a beardown foundation. He highlighted the value of embedding AI from the design-thinking signifier alternatively than treating it arsenic a buzzword and reiterated alignment with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s imaginativeness of “One Family, One Entrepreneur.”

Indrajit Anne, president, ITAAP, spoke astir the accelerated acceleration of integer translation crossed industries, noting that exertion adoption contiguous spans IT, manufacturing, and concern sectors. He emphasised that sustainable unicorns are built by combining beardown domain cognition with technology-led transformation.

Kavitha C, director, STPI Hyderabad, highlighted the relation of STPI arsenic a cardinal enabler of the innovation ecosystem. Drawing insights from the ‘India AI Impact Summit’ framework, she shared guiding principles for liable AI adoption and introduced the conception of AI Chakras, focusing connected human-centric AI, inclusion, sustainability, collaboration, democratisation of AI, and economical and societal interaction crossed sectors specified arsenic healthcare and agriculture.

Jitendra Sharma, Founder, MD and CEO, AMTZ, explained however meaningful innovation evolves into champion practice, economical stability, and yet a mode of life. He urged start-ups to absorption connected gathering beardown capabilities, debar jargon, and leverage exertion for products and partnerships for customers.