Venkatesh Kannaiah is indianexpress.com's consulting editor for South India

October 04, 2025 09:38 IST
Jinesh Shah, Managing Partner, Omnivore, discusses the challenges agritech startups face, the tech choices relevant in the Indian context, and issues relating to the agritech innovation ecosystem in India.
Sat, Oct 04, 2025
September 20, 2025 10:00 IST
Veena spoke to indianexpress.com on the need for building trust with local communities before introducing tech interventions, and for the need to have an ecosystem approach to solve the serious water challenges facing the country.
Sun, Sep 21, 2025
September 13, 2025 08:10 IST
Professor Sandeep Verma, head of IIT Kanpur’s Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology, explains why the institute is building a 500-bed hospital, how it could transform India’s MedTech landscape, and the challenges of bringing medicine and engineering together.
Sun, Sep 14, 2025
September 06, 2025 09:22 IST
An Account Aggregator is an entity that helps customers to share their financial data securely with other financial institutions for either a loan or an insurance product.
Sun, Sep 07, 2025
August 30, 2025 10:00 IST
In India, the Deshpande Foundation, in Hubballi, Karnataka, works with startups on skilling and agricultural innovations and interventions.
Sun, Aug 31, 2025
August 23, 2025 10:00 IST
Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Project Director, AI Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cities at IIT Kanpur, talks about the opportunities for the use of AI in monitoring environmental parameters and energy forecasting in Indian cities, and the sustainability startups that impressed him.
Sun, Aug 24, 2025
August 16, 2025 06:40 IST
Anjali spoke to indianexpress.com about tech for good, the need for impact at scale, startups that are making an impact, and the big problems that need to be solved.
Mon, Aug 18, 2025
August 09, 2025 06:40 IST
Hemendra Mathur, partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, speaks about the challenges faced by agritech startups in India and on themes that have not worked for the agritech sector.
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
August 02, 2025 11:52 IST
Sam Barratt talks about UNEP’s work with educational institutions and with the online gaming industry to motivate gamers to care and work for the environment.
Sun, Aug 03, 2025
July 26, 2025 06:35 IST
Rahul Mehta, founder, Mehta Family Foundation, talks about the opportunities for growth of IITs, his experiences working with them, and the way forward for Indian research and innovation.
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
July 19, 2025 07:00 IST
BV Naidu is the founder of StartupXseed Ventures, funding deeptech, B2B, early-stage startups, and the founder of The GAIN, a non-profit accelerator focused on innovation.
Sun, Jul 20, 2025
July 05, 2025 10:48 IST
Sumit Tayal, CEO, Give, talks about the state of the CSR system in India, the challenges companies face in spending their CSR funds on tech innovation, and what the government can do to change the situation.
Sun, Jul 06, 2025
June 28, 2025 12:26 IST
Aaditeshwar spoke to indianexpress.com on the trends and challenges in the ICT4D space in India, the projects that have worked and those that failed, and his views on designing technology to empower the voiceless.
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
June 21, 2025 11:51 IST
Vishesh Rajaram, co-founder, Speciale Invest, talks about the opportunities for spacetech startups in India, the problems the sector could solve, and why the timing is right to invest in spacetech.
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
June 14, 2025 10:40 IST
Sayash Kapoor, co-author of the book AI Snake Oil, talks about the hype around AI, the problems it can solve, and how it can be used for social good.
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
May 30, 2025 22:53 IST
Finternet’s co-creator Siddharth Shetty talks about the tech behind tokenisation of land, the value that it could unlock, and the challenges it would face for adoption in India.
Sun, Jun 01, 2025
May 17, 2025 16:09 IST
Ajay Kela speaks to indianexpress.com on the roadmap for energising the entrepreneur ecosystem in India and the necessity to keep the focus on ‘dignified job’ creation.
Sun, May 18, 2025
May 10, 2025 16:12 IST
An engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Durgarpur, Shubo also has an MS in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Windsor.
Sat, May 10, 2025
May 03, 2025 09:50 IST
Harish Hande, co-founder of Solar Electric Light Company, talks about the need to discuss failures in an honest manner and learn from the same, the tech solutions relevant to the rural poor, and how AI might impact appropriate tech.
Sun, May 04, 2025
April 19, 2025 09:30 IST
Mohammed Shoeb Ali, the managing partner and co-founder of Transition VC, talks about the challenges and opportunities faced by climate tech in India, and his bets on new trends in climate tech.
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
April 12, 2025 10:00 IST
Nidhi is a leading voice in the social development sector with experience in technology for good projects.
Fri, Apr 11, 2025
April 05, 2025 09:22 IST
Srikanth Nadhamuni, the founder CTO of Aadhaar, talks about the challenges in building Aadhaar, his initiatives to take digital public infrastructure (DPI) to developing countries, and his passion for changing the face of critical care and, ultimately, the health sector in India.
Sat, Apr 05, 2025
March 29, 2025 07:33 IST
Mahesh is also the former president and CEO of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and played a significant role in promoting LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green building certification, across the globe.
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
March 22, 2025 08:50 IST
A Mechanical Engineering graduate from Karnatak University, Rafee Tarafdar is passionate about social impact and personally mentors the Tech For Good programme at Infosys.
Mon, Mar 24, 2025
September 28, 2024 17:30 IST
Re Sustainability's areas of operation include waste management including hazardous waste, municipal waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, and is a leader in the waste-to-energy segment with more than 100 plants across the country.
Mon, Sep 30, 2024




