Mint Techcetra

India is going digital at a record speed, but without intelligent information management, the transformation won’t be complete. In this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John is joined by Arvind Subramanian, EVP & MD of Iron Mountain India, and Manish Yadav, Senior Principal Consultant at TechCircle, for an in-depth look at how intelligent information management is driving India’s digital lea...

This week’s episode is a little different. Our co-host Leslie D’Monte, who’s been making AI, science, and all the complicated technology easier to understand for you, is stepping down from Mint and from this podcast. A journalist who started with crime reporting. Filed stories on typewriters. Watched the Indian tech industry grow from floppy disks and getting your first email address cost ₹15,000...

 In this episode of Mint Techcetra, we speak with Anubrata Biswas, MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank, about the growing role of digital banking in India and why having a Safe Second Account is a necessity. As digital payments surge, so do the risks. Anubrata unpacks how evolving user behaviour and rising fraud have redefined what people expect from a bank and how Airtel Payments Bank is responding...

In this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John is joined by Siddhesh Naik, Country Leader – Data & AI Software at IBM India & South Asia, to unpack the rise of Agentic AI, a powerful shift from traditional automation to intelligent, decision-making systems. As Indian enterprises hit a digital inflexion point, Siddhesh explains what Agentic AI means, why it matters now, and how businesses can...

"We’re not just innovating for India, we’re innovating from India for the world.”In this episode of Mint Techcetra, we sit down with Girish Raghavan, Vice President of GE HealthCare Technology, India and Global CTO for Women’s Health and X-Ray, to explore how artificial intelligence is changing the way healthcare is delivered from hospital beds to rural clinics. With over three decades of experien...

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“Nvidia is doing in AI what Apple did with the iPhone—it’s built an ecosystem that people don’t want to leave.” That’s where we start this week. Nvidia has crossed $4 trillion in market value, overtaking names like Microsoft and Apple. But does that valuation make sense? In this episode, we break down why Nvidia’s chips have become the backbone of modern computing and why some still question how l...

"AI is not here to take your job, it’s here to take the grind out of it." In this episode of Mint Techcetra, Chander Damodaran - Global CTO ‪@Brillio‬ talks about what it really means to build for the future in a world where customers expect everything instantly. From spatial computing and VR to hybrid cloud and micro-personalised experiences, Brillio’s Chander breaks down how enterprises can desi...

In this episode of Mint Techcetra, brought to you by HT Smartcast, host Karthik explores how enterprises in India are scaling smart and staying secure in the age of AI. Joining him is Mr. Venkat Sitaram, Senior Director and Country Head for the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies India. Together, they discuss Dell's collaboration with NVIDIA on the Dell AI Factory initiative, the p...

"You can only become a product nation if you invest in R&D. Otherwise, you stay a service economy.” In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, we talk about what India’s $12 billion R&D push could actually mean beyond just numbers and press releases. We look at why India’s tech sector has lagged in deep research, what it will take to build serious intellectual property here, and whether this new fundin...

If India can rival SpaceX and send a person to the International Space Station, why can’t we have better roads back home?” In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, we start with Group Captain Shukla’s journey to the International Space Station. The first Indian to do so in over four decades and why this moment goes beyond national pride. It marks a key milestone ahead of the Gaganyaan mission and Ind...

"Are we entitled to have our jobs for a lifetime in the AI age?" That’s the question this week’s episode of Techcetra opens with, as Shouvik Das and Leslie D’Monte talks about the growing instability in Big Tech employment. They examine the troubling pattern of layoffs at firms like Microsoft and Google. Is AI genuinely reshaping work, or simply replacing people under the guise of innovation? They...

In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, host Shouvik Das is joined by Leslie D’Monte to break down Apple’s WWDC announcements — from its new ‘Liquid Glass’ interface and renamed all its OS platforms to match the calendar year — iOS 26, macOS 26, and so on. But while the stage was set for an AI reveal, the company mostly sidestepped it. Instead, Apple dropped research papers questioning the intellige...

Can you blame the tech company for building a technology that willfully at fault for creating a bot, which performed the way it did? and one that’s becoming harder to answer. As chatbots like Character. AI start mimicking human intimacy (minus the actual feelings), who’s really responsible when things go wrong? The bot? The builder? Or the blurred line between product and service under liability l...

In today’s episode, we’re speaking about how the job of video editors is on the line and how the job of cinematographers might be next. The kind of videos that Google Flow is now able to generate, and the kind of visuals OpenAI’s Sora claims it can produce, are almost unprecedented for a machine. Routine jobs like simple video editing have already been automated for some time. "The question now is...

Why listen? Our host Shouvik Das was on the ground at the most talked-about tech event of the year—Google I/O 2025—and brings you exclusive insights from Sundar Pichai’s closed-door session with global journalists. From the reimagination of Search to the rollout of AI Overviews, Gemini 2.5, and AI agentic systems, this episode breaks down how Google is moving forward with its own unique take on AI...

Welcome to Mint Techcetra! In this episode, host Karthik dives deep into the journey and innovative solutions of Zafin with COO and Co-founder Anugopal Venugopalan. Spanning over two decades, Zafin has evolved into a global leader in SaaS-based banking transformation, empowering banks to modernise their product and pricing capabilities.   Explore how Zafin leverages AI, data unification, and platf...

In this episode of Mint Techcetra, in collaboration with Dell Technologies, host Karthik dives into the impact of AI on cybersecurity with Mr. Ripu Bajwa from Dell Technologies. Learn how businesses are adapting to AI-driven threats, the importance of a proactive security approach, zero trust principles, and how AI is both a tool for defences and a weapon for attackers. Discover insights on buildi...

Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcasting — a new technology that could turn your smartphone into a live TV receiver, no internet required. India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is running pilot tests to explore whether phones can double as broadcast receivers. The potential is massive: it could bring entertainment and emergency alerts to over 80 million TV-dark homes. But questions remain ab...

Humans vs Robots: Why Are We Even Competing? From Beijing’s robotic half-marathon to AI drones clocking 95.8 kmph, humanoids are getting faster and smarter—but let’s not jump the gun. This week, Leslie and Shouvik breaks down why it’s way too early to celebrate humans beating robots in races. From Atlas to Sophia to autonomous drone leagues, machines are learning balance, navigating terrain, and g...

Dolphins are talking—and we may finally be listening. In today's episode, Hosts Shouvik Das and Leslie D'Monte talk about how researchers have been training AI models on audio patterns from marine life, hoping to decode the communicative clicks and whistles of dolphins. What was once the domain of documentaries is now a serious scientific pursuit, with breakthroughs hinting that we might be on the...

Hosts Shouvik Das and Leslie D'Monte pondered: if Leonardo da Vinci or Picasso were alive today, would they be just as unnerved by AI as many artists are now? It’s a question worth asking, especially when tools like ChatGPT can now generate stunning images in the signature style of Studio Ghibli with a single prompt. The hosts have previously discussed Ghibli’s sudden rise in cultural popularity,...

How much of it is copyright, and how much of this is violated? The debates about what is copyright and what is copyleft. With AI-generated images becoming more advanced, what does it mean for artists, digital advertising, and even companies like Google? Will AI-generated content disrupt ad revenue? What happens to creators whose work is used to train these models? In this episode, our host Shouvik...

Sunita Williams is back on Earth after an unexpected 286-day stay in space—far beyond her planned eight-day mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner. In this episode, our hosts Shouvik Das and Leslie D'Monte, talk about the company that helped bring her back SpaceX, and explore what her extended time in orbit means for space exploration. Then, we step into some major tech news: Adobe's latest AI-powered...