India can build any technology, says Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala; calls for backing startup risk-takers
India possesses the talent to build any technology in the world, according to Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor at IIT Madras and Chairman of IIIT Hyderabad and the ITEL Foundation. He stressed that the nation must now back its young entrepreneurs to achieve complete technological self-reliance.
Via YourStory
While established domestic industry traditionally remains risk-averse, young startup founders are stepping up as genuine risk-takers capable of driving national transformation, he said while speaking at a fireside chat with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO, YourStory and The Bharat Project at TechSparks 2026, YourStory’s annual summit.
He, however, believes that converting this vast potential into global leadership requires fixing a structural flaw in technical education while redirecting innovation towards practical, local challenges.
Highlighting a glaring paradox in the national ecosystem…
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