Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Dennis Gada, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Banking & Financial Services, Infosys. This conversation highlights the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance industry's adoption of AI. The benefits that it brings with regards to fraud detection and the security concerns that it raises. AI brings with itself real time insights and Dennis talks about the impact these insights have. To learn more about how easy or tough this transformation is for the industry and banks in particular, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=71008284" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Pradeep Kumar Singh, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Aakash Educational Services Limited. The conversation explores the use of AI in education. Our guest elaborates how AI is being used to personalise education, so that each and every student can get to learn and understand the material well. Post the pandemic, hybrid education has also become a reality, so Pradeep shares the ways in which Aakash makes sure that every student, whether online or offline gets the same amount of focus and resources. To learn more about how Aakash is using AI to educated and train it's students, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=70835530" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Vineet Nayar, Founder, Sampark Foundation and Former CEO, HCL Technologies. The conversation focusses on education and how AI can be used to its fullest potential in the field. Our guest breaks down myths and beliefs around artificial intelligence and who is gaining profits out of its use, he suggests ways in which it can fill the gaps in the system. He also shares how the Indian IT ecosystem should use artificial intelligence and what role can education play in creating employable people. To know more on AI in education and how Vineet Nayar is working on Sampark Foundation, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=70669438" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Dwarak Rajgopal, Vice President, AI engineering and research, Snowflake. This conversation explores Snowflake and how it is working in the field of AI. Our guest highlights the need to upskill in order to be able to use Snowflake's products to its maximum potential. The discussion also moves towards how ready enterprises are for agentic AI and vice versa, the impact of error rate and more. To know more about Snowflake, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=70540922" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Dr. Pawan Kumar Gurzada, Associate Director AI and Data Science, Great Learning. This conversation explores how as a user you can upskill yourself in order to be able to use AI to its full potential. It highlights the need to ask intelligent and correctly worded questions to AI tools like Chatgpt, so that you can receive the exact required output. To know more about what you can do to use artificial intelligence fully, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=70399787" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Panos Panay, Senior Vice President, Amazon Devices and Services. The chat revolves around Alexa and how Amazon devices are leveling up with AI. Panos talks about Alexa's transformation into a natural assistant due to the incorporation of artificial intelligence and how people can have actual conversations with it beyond just command and control. He also shares how they are planning on developing it further and the kind of changes that can be expected in its interface. Along with this, there is also a discussion on user trust and how it can be built stronger, especially in times of AI. To know more about what all is in store for all Alexa and Amazon device users, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=70229185" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

Keshav Reddy, founder of Equal AI and serial entrepreneur building consumer AI products. He talks about an app that answers and triages phone calls for users. He discusses why calls remain central in India, handling many languages and accents, and plans for outbound assistant actions and privacy-first design.

Ravishankar Iyer, author and storytelling coach behind Story Rules, guides leaders on narrative-driven communication. He discusses why storytelling still matters in the AI era. He explains using AI as a co-creator, the EPACT elements (empathy, authenticity, clarity, taste, presence). He stresses presence as the human authenticity check and the need to iterate and meld data with clear, customer-first stories.

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Madhav Sheth, CEO, Ai+ Smartphone and Founder, NxtQuantum Shift Technologies. Madhav has been working towards creating AI+ smartphones and this conversation explores what differentiates NxtQuantum OS from other brands and how AI in smartphones will enhance the user experience. The discussion also covers how Indian consumers become the yardstick for global consumers and how an India first approach is what NxtQuantum OS is focused on. To understand more about AI+ smartphones and what they bring to the table, tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=69746526" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]

In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Tajh Taylor, Senior Advisor, Product and Technology, Wikipedia Foundation. Today, we explore what goes behind the making of one of most popularly visited online site for all forms of information - Wikipedia. Our guest highlights the work that is consistently put in by Wikipedia's editors to make sure the information is correct and up to date. But what happens when AI enters the picture? How does Wikipedia make sure it gets attribution where required? And when AI is gathering information from different sources and summersing it to provide it to its users, while Wikipedia does the same, what differentiates it? And can AI also help the site somehow? To get the answers to these questions, tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=69604677" width="100%" height="350px" theme="light" playlist="show" playlist-continuous="true" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="true" hide-comments="true" hide-sharing="true" hide-download="true" color="ff1204"]