Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Balakrishna DR, Executive Vice President and Global Head, AI Automation and ECS, Infosys to talk about Artificial Intelligence and how it’s use is growing in the business space. Balakrishna talks about the accountability that comes with AI and the challenges that businesses face when the...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Navajith Karkera, founder of Sonic Lamb. They talk about the new-gen technology that Sonic Lamb has come up come with, where they are making an effort for make the listeners feel the music that they are listening to. Navajith shares how they are creating a more immersive listening experi...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia to talk about the growth in technology of mapping and navigation. They talk about everything, from solving very specific problems like locating speed bumps and potholes to working with ISRO for expanding the scope of mapping beyond th...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Saurav Bhaik, Founder and CEO of Tagbin to talk about bridging technology and culture, immersing into a phy-gital world, using technology to build evolving museums, and much more. Introducing Saurav Bhaik Phy-gital experience (00:28) Adapting for India (01:43) Identifying technologies (0...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Akshay Munjal, Founder and CEO at Hero Vired, to talk about the rise in demand for specialised short courses and the role of EdTech in providing such programs for a diverse crowd. Introducing Akshay Munjal Learning from the global experts (00:24) Rise of short certifications (01:01) Iden...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Jaspreet Bindra, Founder, Tech Whisperer Ltd. to talk about using generative AI for public good, how India can create a transformational AI model, and the challenges of creating such a technology in a diverse country like India. Introducing Jaspreet Bindra Creating Jan AI (00:39) Hurdles...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Nikhil Rajpal, CEO at Hero Electronix, to talk about home automation devices, their increasing popularity in India and the unique challenges faced in Indian homes. Introducing Nikhil Rajpal Qubo- smart devices company (00:25) Increasing popularity of home automation (01:31) Specific prob...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Sharda Tickoo, Technical Director for India & SAARC at Trend Micro to talk about the cybersecurity threats and how AI can be used by attackers and security firms alike in the cat and mouse game. Introducing Sharda Tickoo Cyber-security, a never ending cat and mouse game (00:40) Using...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Ambarish Kenghe, Vice President at Google Pay, to talk about UPI's journey in India, the cultural impact of GPay, learnings from AI, and making UPI famous in foreign nations. Introducing Ambarish Kenghe Google Pay's 20 years long journey (00:45) Cultural impact of GPay (04:31) Default we...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Frank X Shaw, Chief Communications Officer of Microsoft, to talk about creating different kinds of workers in the age of AI, appraising the productivity of these new age workers and their challenges. Introducing Frank Shaw Microsoft's vision for AI (00:29) Microsoft's experience and rese...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Sunil Raina, President and Business Head, Lava International Limited, to talk about how Lava has become the only Indian brand in the smartphone market, the factors behind their growth, and their biggest challenges. Introducing Sunil Raina Factors behind Lava's growth (00:39) Understandin...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Soniya Jobanputra, Director of Product Management, Google , to talk about the newly launched Pixel 8 and Prixel 8 Pro, it's features and why is Google calling it the “first phone built for the generative AI era”. Introducing Soniya Jobanputra New features in the latest Pixel phone (00:52...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Kanishka Acharya, Founder & CEO, Welldercare Agetech, to discuss the realm of technology and artificial intelligence in the context of caregiving, how seniors can harness technology to manage their health and whether AI has the potential to supplement human caregiving. Introducing Ka...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Tarun Mehta, Co-founder and CEO of Ather Energy to talk about the dynamic and growing landscape of electric two-wheelers in India, Ather's pivotal role in shaping this industry, and what makes the Indian market a unique space for EV scooters. Introducing Tarun Mehta India, a two-wheeler...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan tells us about this year's Apple's keynote, the major launches, the updates, and how Apple had made mother nature the central character of its event and products. Apple's new announcements Mother nature as the prominent character (00:53) Carbon neutral products (02:18)Setting industry standards (04:3...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Kapil Makhija, CEO at Unicommerce to discuss how technologies and data are used in e-commerce in order to craft a seamless customer experience and the challenges behind creating such experiences. Introducing Kapil Makhija Backend of supply chain (00:39) Logistical challenges in a country...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Manabu Yamazaki, President and CEO of Canon India, to discuss how Canon accommodates the demands of the creator economy and builds products tailored for diverse users, especially who are accustomed to smartphones. Introducing Manabu Yamazaki Learning and unlearning during pandemic (01:20...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Ishan John Chatterjee, Managing Director, YouTube India to talk about YouTube's journey in India, its contribution to the creator economy and its ongoing efforts to forge innovative tools for content diversification. Introducing Ishan John Chatterjee YouTube's journey in India (00:31) Br...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Tushar Vashisht, Co-founder and CEO of HealthifyMe to talk about the rise of health tech in India and how AI can be used to help people make healthier choices. HealthifyMe is India’s largest health & fitness app with 30 million users. Edited and mixed by Abhishek Kumar

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Damyant Singh Khanoria, Chief Marketing Officer at OPPO India, to discuss the new innovations in the smartphone space, an increasing use of AI on smartphones and the pain points that need to be solved. Introducing Damyant Singh Khanoria Exciting part of smartphone industry (01:03) Proces...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Mike Hanely to explore GitHub's role in the open-source developer community, how GitHub approaches cybersecurity concerns and potential ease of security with Passkeys. Introducing Mike Hanely GitHub in the technological ecosystem (00:36) Pandemic's effect on GitHub (01:30) Protecting rem...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Anshuman Sharma, Associate Director CSIRT & Investigative Response, APJ, Verizon Business to discuss the human factor in cybersecurity, exploring how human errors can significantly weaken cybersecurity measures and the various ways to safeguard against bad actors. Introducing Anshuma...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Alex Nehmy, Field CSO - Critical Industries for Asia Pacific & Japan, Palo Alto Networks to discuss the security threats that come with having multiple IoT (Internet of Things) in organizations and our personal lives and how significant it is to secure these devices to safeguard agai...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Amitabh Sinha, Deputy Editor, The Indian Express to discuss the Chandrayaan 3 mission, the reasons behind countries' renewed interest in lunar exploration, how the moon might serve as a launchpad for deep space exploration, and the possibility of private entities joining in lunar explora...

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO of DataStax to talk about how AI is just getting started and the kind of expansion we might see in the near future. They also discuss the importance of responsible AI, and why we need to pay attention to bad actors. Introducing Chet Kapoor AI is just startin...