The Hindu Tech Summit 2026 LIVE: 'Need to ship intelligence out of India in the second phase of AI,' says Sify's Raju Vegesna

Ramya Kannan speaks astir absorbing students into VIT’s ain programmes, which Mr. Viswanathan agrees with and expands on, stressing connected the value of gaining outer acquisition arsenic well.

Sekar Viswanathan highlights different programmes specified arsenic law, and edifice absorption and talks astir however they get to bask the advantages of VIT’s tech inheritance and resources.

“We marque definite AI is utilized successful each subject. AI becomes the communal denominator for everyone.”

He talks astir integrating the tech into each the fields and not conscionable engineering.

The archetypal sheet treatment of the day, titled ‘From schoolroom to cosmos’, features Sekar Viswanathan, Vice-President, VIT, moderated by Ramya Kannan, Chief of Bureau (Tamil Nadu), The Hindu.

Ms. Kannan opens the league by talking astir the value of utilizing our demographic strengths to our advantage. She discusses the mutation of technology, and asks however VIT students are keeping up with caller developments.

Mr. Sekar Viswanathan talks astir VIT’s module and the sessions they run, wherever manufacture experts bring cutting-edge advancements successful subject and tech to teachers. They are besides encouraged to be nationalist and planetary conferences, helium says.

They sermon the challenges successful hiring and retaining bully module members

Mr. Viswanathan speaks astir the shortage successful bully module members, contempt determination being an ecosystem for homegrown talent. He speaks astir the value of wage packages, world culture, probe facilities, and time.

The Internet enabled us, AI volition assistance america evolve, says Mr. Vegesna. 

“We request to vessel quality retired of India successful the 2nd signifier of AI, which volition beryllium defined by however enterprises deploy AI technologies,” helium says.

“I deliberation this is India’s time,” helium adds. 

Mr. Vegesna pushes for schools to present tech truthful that we tin turn globally. He appreciates the government’s efforts to promote the gathering of information centres.

Raju Vegesna, Chairman and Managing Director, Sify Technologies, delivers the peculiar address. 

He hails his acquisition successful the Indian acquisition strategy and says helium is not disquieted astir catching up to the US oregon different countries, and is assured it volition happen. 

He says that helium looks astatine our communicative arsenic “Before AI” and “After AI.” He compares AI to giving a motorcycle to a bicycle rider. 

However, helium says the exertion indispensable beryllium adopted with caution.

“AI is not disruptive; AI is an evolution.”

Dr. Viswanathan highlights the quality betwixt the size of the system and the per capita income, stressing that India is said to beryllium 1 of the astir unequal countries successful the world. To curtail this, acquisition indispensable beryllium fixed to each children, according to him. 

Out of the crores of children eligible for higher education, lone a fraction are successful schools and colleges.

“I petition each the governments...to instrumentality attraction of education.”

Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chairperson, VIT, speaks astir the request to summation assemblage enrolment rates successful India, and supply amended backing and enactment to students, truthful arsenic to drawback up with countries specified arsenic China and the U.S.A. 

“Without a beardown instauration successful education, we cannot go a developed country.”

Mr. Suresh Balakrishna, Chief Revenue Officer, The Hindu Group, explains the taxable of the tech acme and introduces the experts and technologists connected stage. 

“We are honoured to person with america an exceptional gathering of thought leaders and visionaries from government, academia, and manufacture for actively shaping the aboriginal of technology, governments, and innovation.”