Mumbai, August 20, 2026: When India talks about Atmanirbhar Bharat — the national push toward self-reliance across pharmaceuticals, defence, chemicals, space and agriculture — the conversation tends to default to policy schemes and large industrial houses. But some of the most concrete, on-the-ground progress toward that vision is coming from companies built and led by women. … Read more
A decade ago, Startup India was a bet that the country could build companies, not just consume products. Today the bet has matured into something more ambitious: Atmanirbhar Bharat, a push to build the sovereign capability — in chips, rockets, batteries, and quantum machines — that a rising power can no longer afford to import. … Read more
The IT major is teaming up with Bengaluru AI startup Sarvam and the Odisha government to build sovereign AI infrastructure in Bhubaneswar, marking HCLTech’s first move from AI services into owning AI compute itself. HCLTech has picked its first AI data center location, and it isn’t Mumbai, Chennai, or Hyderabad — it’s Bhubaneswar. The company … Read more
