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S Krishnan, secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), unveiled a Process Design Kit (PDK) and a Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit (PPIC) test engine developed at the MeitY-sponsored Centre of Excellence for Compound Semiconductors and Photonic Integrated Circuits (CoE-CPPICS) at IIT Madras.

Saahil Kumar serves as General Manager of Sonova Consumer Hearing in India, overseeing the Sennheiser consumer audio business in the Indian market.

Sachin Dev Duggal is the Founder and CEO of SeKondBrain.

Sachin Panicker, chief AI officer, Fulcrum Digital, said the Budget 2026 reflects a broader recognition that AI is now a strategic lever for governance, productivity and economic growth.

Sagar Potphode is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Speedioo.

Inspired by an offhand comment from OpenAI’s Sam Altman about employees needing rest, a new wave of AI governance emerged.

This important milestone underscores our continued focus in India, a strategic growth market for Zoom, and our commitment to bringing new and innovative collaboration solutions to India users," said Sameer Raje, General Manager and Head, India & SAARC Region, Zoom Video Communications.

Samir V Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO, handed over the MR-MOCR to Rear Admiral Brijesh Vashistha, Director General of Naval Armament Inspection.

Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary jointly inaugurated the centres, according to an official statement.

Sandeep Bhambure is Vice President and Managing Director, India and SAARC, at Veeam Software, with earlier leadership roles at Dell EMC, Symantec, SAS and IRIS Software.

Sandeep Singhal, managing director of WestBridge Capital, said the startup is one of the few profitable edtech companies in India and growing rapidly.

Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja is a senior Indian Air Force medical officer and gastroenterologist.

Sandhya Arun is the Chief Technology Officer at Wipro, responsible for the company's technology strategy and innovation initiatives.

Sandip Weling serves as Whole-time Director and Chief Business Officer for Global Retail at Aptech Limited, overseeing the company's retail education and training business operations.

Global ransomware damages could escalate to $265 billion annually by 2031, growing at 30% year-over-year, according to Sanjay Agrawal, CTO, India and SAARC, Hitachi Vantara.

The agreement was signed by Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, deputy director general of DoT’s Digital Intelligence Unit and Amit Mohan Govil, director of FIU-IND, in the presence of Neeraj Mittal, secretary of telecommunications, and Arvind Shrivastava, revenue secretary.

"Firstsource remains committed to driving innovation and disruption in the healthcare space with intelligent automation and emerging technologies," said Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and Firstsource.

Former chief ministers Narayan Rane (Maharashtra) and Sarbananda Sonowal are among the new renowned faces inducted into the new cabinet (Assam).

Progressively, the outlook for this technology to make further forays into the general aviation space look very promising,” said Professor Satya Chakravarthy, Co-founder and CTO, The ePlane Company.

The company said Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella had appointed Judson Althoff as chief executive officer of Microsoft’s commercial business, expanding his role from head of global sales.

Saugata Saha is the president and chief executive officer of Qlik, effective 31 July 2026. He previously spent more than a decade at S&P Global, most recently serving as president of Market Intelligence and chief enterprise data officer.