March 14, 2026

What India Needs: Building India's Next Tech Decade with BV Naidu

What India Needs: Building India's Next Tech Decade with BV Naidu

Send a text India is projected to become a $110 billion semiconductor market by 2030. But can the country move beyond being the world’s back office and build a true deeptech and hardware innovation economy? In this episode, Shutapa Paul sits down with tech industry veteran, BV Naidu, Chairman of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), to discuss India’s transition from a software services powerhouse to a deep tech and hardware innovation economy. Tune in to hear BV Naidu’s insights fr...

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India is projected to become a $110 billion semiconductor market by 2030.
But can the country move beyond being the world’s back office and build a true deeptech and hardware innovation economy?

In this episode, Shutapa Paul sits down with tech industry veteran, BV Naidu, Chairman of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), to discuss India’s transition from a software services powerhouse to a deep tech and hardware innovation economy.

Tune in to hear BV Naidu’s insights from decades of experience shaping India’s technology ecosystem from the early days of the internet to the rise of deep tech today.

Catch the full conversation on YouTube or listen on Spotify.

#Podcast #DeepTech #Semiconductors #InnovationEconomy #TechPolicy #StartupEcosystem #IndiaInnovation

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:08 - India's deep tech shift

00:06:26 - Government support and funding

00:07:43 - Innovation hubs beyond back-offices

00:09:38 - Sustainability in high-tech industry

00:11:21 - "Beyond Bengaluru" cluster development

00:15:48 - STPI implementation and evolution

00:18:50 - Historical Indian tech milestones

00:26:19 - StartupXseed Ventures, deep tech funding & mentorship

00:36:16 - Personal motivation and vision

00:40:37 - Advice for deep tech founders

00:42:04 - Outro


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