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President, C-DEP presents his views on the banned Chinese app, Kwai, continuing to operate in India despite being banned. C-DEP had earlier made a representation to MeitY that details the operational nature and background of the application.

President, C-DEP shares his views on the third round banning instituted by GoI on 43 Chinese mobile applications. The government had previously on June 29th and September 2nd banned several apps citing concerns that applications were significant threat to national security and privacy of the user.

Today, India is the third worst-hit nation in the world after the US and Brazil. Social Distancing as a strategy has failed to curb the menace of the deadly coronavirus.

President, C-DEP shares his view on business conditions during COVID and post COVID and steps to revive India’s economy & businesses post Covid19.

India supports more than half of the world’s technology-related outsourcing requirements and our limited supply of skilled AI talent is alarming. President, C-DEP, was invited to a virtual round-table discussion to share ideas and predictions on how equipped India is to embrace AI.

Digital monopolies have an impact on India’s technological sovereignty. How dangerous can these digital monopolies be and why should India really have a very cautious move in terms of staying away from these digital monopolies.

The digital payment ecosystem has evolved rapidly in the last couple of years. By 2025, cashless transactions are estimated to be as high as 80% in India! Digital payments have percolated to the grass root levels leading to the insurmountable growth of this industry as a direct result of FinTech advancements.

Scenarios of Covid recovery and path to growth

Shiv Aroor in an extremely important conversation with Ratul Puri, Chairman, Hindustan Power, Aparna Roy, Associate fellow, ORF, and Ranjit Gupta, CEO, Azure Power discusses on the transfer from dependence on the conventional use of the fossil fuels to more sustainable clean and green energy.

Dr Jaijit Bhattacharya, a brilliant speaker, and a human being, on the topic of India’s true independence and sovereignty with technology. He speaks about technological colonisation that feeds disproportionate economic profits to a few through patents and treaties.

The China origin virus has accelerated the use of digital technology from what would have taken years to weeks. Jaijit Bhattacharya, the director of the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research and Samiran Gupta, the India Head of ICANN, discuss COVID-19 fast forwarding digital technology in this chat with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.