Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Rahul Kothari, Chief Business Officer at Razorpay. They talk about how Razorpay is making online transaction simpler for small businesses and by doing so, helping smaller merchants to reach a certain parity with larger e-commerce brands. Introducing Razorpay and Rahul Kothari (00:00) Evolut...

In this episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Dewang Neralla, the CEO of NTT Data Payment Services India Ltd. They discuss something that has become an intrinsic part of our lives-UPI, how India is pioneering real-time payment, the financial revolution brought by India through UPI, and how we can use it effectively while safeguarding o...

In this episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast - Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Jonathan May, Research Team Lead at Information Sciences Institute - University of Southern California on the toxicity on social media, how understanding context is essential to reduce toxicity on social media, and about USC's work on fixing toxicity online. Jonathan May's work in language...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Associate Vice President of International Data Corporation (IDC) India, Navkendar Singh about the 5G rollout in India, whether the smartphones available in India are suitable for 5G, brands which have the possibility to bring out cheaper 5G devices to suit the Indian market and more. Who is Navkendar Singh (00:00) Who will buy 5G initially (00:2...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Head of Global Insights, of Ericsson ConsumerLab, Jasmeet Sethi about 5G. They discuss how the 5G rollout will happen in India, how 5G can offer a richer experience while watching sports, and how it will help our augmented reality. Who is Jasmeet Sethi (00:00) How the 5G rollout will happen in India (00:32) Advantages of rolling out 5G a few yea...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Asia Pacific regional director for Youtube partnerships, Ajay Vidyasagar. They talk about why Youtube decided to launch Youtube Shorts, how that will help in democratizing content creation, and how the creator economy is shaping up in India. Short form videos and who is Ajay Vidyasagar (00:00) Youtube's journey from long to short-form videos (00...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to tech entrepreneur and author Byron Reese about his latest book "Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future — and Shape it". They also get into the philosophy of tech and how technologies can help in imagining the future. Who is Byron Reese? (00:00) Why this name for the book? (00:55) Cave art, the purpose of language a...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Cyber Security Practice of Infosys, Vishal Salvi, about how the pandemic pushed companies to go online overnight, how this digital explosion attracted cyber threats and adversaries in the initial days of the pandemic necessitating stronger cybersecurity measures, and how a company like Infosys takes...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Technology Evangelist at Slack, Derek Laney. They speak about how several organisations moved onto Slack overnight because of the pandemic, how email has become redundant as a result of threads, creating a new way of working that is open by default, and tapping into fast thinking by removing technological roadblocks and streamlining multiple applica...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Martin Schwenk, the MD of Mercedes Benz in India, about the unseen technology that goes into designing cars, the future of the automobile industry, and coming up with policy to contend with the upcoming changes.

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Rajan Navani, the CEO and Founder of JetSynthesys about what exactly web 3.0 is, India's unique positioning with regard to it, and the real world effects of its features

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Director of partnerships at Google Play, Aditya Swamy about the history of Google Play in providing apps for individuals' needs, having localised stores, and how to build trust and ease into app access.

In this episode host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Bikram Singh Bedi, the Managing Director Google Cloud, about how the cloud has become absolutely fundamental today from data centralisation to creating the basis of the digital transformation of nearly every industry.

In this episode, host Nanadagopal Rajan speaks to Vikas Jain from World of Play. They speak about the proliferation Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) through wearable tech, the challenge of providing services in the Indian market, and how to focus on make in India for wearables.

Host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Girish Raghavan from GE Healthcare about how AI can assist overburdened clinicians, the democratisation of healthcare as facilitated by technology, building centralised healthcare infrastructure, and breaking the divide between the home and hospital.

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the Vice President of Customer Success Platform at PayPal, Guru Bhat. They speak about the current ubiquity of digital payment systems, how the pandemic caused the number of PayPal users to skyrocket, and how all good products and services hinge on simplicity.

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Sudeep Sahu, the Senior Product Manager at Xiaomi India. They speak about the proliferation of smart TVs, how Xiaomi has developed smart TVs beyond mirroring what is on a phone, and the technological developments that have taken place to make smart TVs more accessible.

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Dr. Jitendra Mohan Bhardwaj, the Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer of Coforge. They speak about how the distinction between work and the personal has begun to blur because of the pandemic and work from home, how this affects security threats, and the idea of “digital distancing” to protect both official and personal d...

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Sean Duca, the Regional Chief Security Officer for Asia Pacific at Palo Alto Networks about how to protect data in the metaverse, the question of identity theft and authentication, how the physical and digital world will blur, and the lack of rules and regulations in the nascent world of the metaverse.

In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Hendrik Witt, the Chief Product Officer of TeamViewer about how the metaverse will interact with the enterprise space, the difference between the industrial and consumer metaverse, and being “device and paradigm agnostic” in order to move towards the true metaverse.

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Piyush Singh from Accenture about the rapid change in consumer preferences in a post-pandemic world. A pause in our physical human interactions pushed the consumers to a digital world overnight. How is this ‘phygital world’ (physical+digital) changing the consumer preferences and behaviours in the new normal and how are instit...

In this episode, Nandagopal Rajan speaks to sports scientist Shayamal Vallabhjee about how technological solutions can be used to help the body recover, the historical importance and roots of recovery, and how technology and human knowledge go hand-in-hand.

In this episode, Nandagopal Rajan speaks to engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and inventor of the iPod, Tony Fadell about his new book ‘Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making’, how to centre the customer when it comes to technology and design, and how his own experience as a DJ informed the design of the iPod.

In this episode, Ritesh Chopra, Director Sales and Field Marketing in India & SAARC Countries of NortonLifeLock speaks to host, Nandagopal Rajan about how he measures and evaluates internet addiction, the biological and mental effects of spending several hours on devices, and how people use, and can protect themselves from, creepware or spyware.

In this episode, Matt Idema, Global VP of Business Messaging, Meta, joins host Nandagopal Rajan to discuss in detail the new features Meta is planning to launch for Whatsapp Business in India and how they will help businesses, big and small, to connect with their customers in innovative ways.