Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=65928953" 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 Neeraj Agarwal, Chair, Asia Pacific, BCG Group & Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University. Our guest today, explores the connection between education and artificial intelligence. He shares how he and his team at Plaksha University have been working towards creating an environment and courses where students can learn the practical aspects of artificial intelligence. He talks about the points where India's technology has gaps as far as AI is concerned and how India can make sure artificial intelligence percolates down to education at every level. To learn where India stands in the era of AI and what challenges and opportunities lie in front of it, tune into 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=65780318" 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 Baskar Subramanian, Founder and CEO, Amagi. Our guest today, explores the realm of content and streaming, he highlights the large scale at which content is available these days, from social media to streaming platforms to smart TVs. He shares how greater access to a large amount of content gives it a global and yet a local flavor. From Korean Dramas being translated to Indian languages to Indian regional cinema reaching a global audience, this is the result of streaming platforms. To learn how this has brought about a change in the viewing patterns of the consumers, how AI becomes a part of it and more tune into 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=65655050" 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. Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO, Ness Digital Engineering. In this conversation, Dr. Ranjit explores how India can utilise the AI opportunity. He speaks about the 4 pillars that will play a significant role in the establishment of Artificial intelligence in India. Our host and Dr. Ranjit also highlight what India can learn from DeepSeek and what lies ahead in the future for India as far as AI is concerned. To understand the scope that AI holds in India and why it needs to develop its own LLM, tune into 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=65566333" 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 Navin Dhananjaya, Chief Solutions Officer at Merkle and Global CXM Lead at Dentsu Global Services and Daniel Knauf, Chief Technology Officer at Merkle (a dentsu company). Our guests today, explore the concept of synthetic data, the need for it and how it is generated. They highlight that synthetic data can help understand human response to situations or events that cannot be measured or anticipated. While synthetic data comes with a bonus of privacy being maintained, it also has its own ethical issues. To learn more about synthetic data, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited by Prachi Kaur

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=65399841" 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 Arnold Su, Vice President, Consumer and Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India. In this conversation Arnold highlights how AI PCs are making their way into the market. He talks about the different levels of AI PCs that are being produced by ASUS, all the way from the basic to the advanced ones. He shares how AI personal computers are a great choice especially for gamers and the benefits that they provide. To know more about the AI PC experience and how ASUS is working to create more awareness around it, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=65254789" 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 Shivam Ranjan, Head of Motorola Mobility, Asia Pacific. We are living in a time when the world exists on our smartphones. And one of the easiest way for us to access and use Generative AI is through our smartphones. In this conversation, Shivam explains how Motorola has been working to create a good artificial intelligence led experience for their consumers. He shares how AI is an integrated part of their phones so that it can assist the users in each and every thing that they require. To know more about the expectations of the consumers, the role that Google plays in Motorola's AI experience, the future of Moto AI, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar AI and smartphones 1:01 Motorola's philosophy on AI 3:15 Motorola and Google 5:22 AI and discoverability 10:52 AI and consumer expectations 12:49 AI distribution in devices and models 16:22 How Moto-AI is going to shape up in the future? 18:51

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=65078551" 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 Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity. With AI taking over every field in one way or the other and data becoming the most essential commodity, more and more importance is being given to keeping data secured. And one such organization that has been working towards protecting, securing and provide insights regarding data is Cohesity. In this chat Sanjay highlights the impact of dark data and the how data requires safe keeping. He explains the role that artificial intelligence plays here and shares what makes Dark Data an opportunity that should be tapped into. To know more on this tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Produced by Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction 00:00 What does Cohesity do? 00:24 What is Dark Data? 00:57 How would data that is stored older formats be looked at? 2:17 What role does AI play in this? 4:37 Are companies using their Dark Data? 6:38 Security issues for Dark Data 7:35 What makes Dark Data an opportunity that should be tapped into? 11:25 Cohesity and India 14:00 What lies in the future 15:34

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=64931992" 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 Yoel Roth, Vice President of Trust & Safety at Match Group - Tinder’s parent company. We are living in a time where everything can happen online from ordering food, groceries to networking and even dating! However, whether you have used the apps or not, there is always a question of safety and trust in mind when it comes to online dating. And in this engaging conversation, that's exactly what we focus on. Yoel shares insights on how Tinder has been working to create and maintain a sense of trust and safety amongst it's users. He highlights the features and services that the app offers to its users so that they can feel a sense of security. The conversation also addresses situations like catfishing and the use of AI to create fake accounts. Doubting safety on dating apps? Then tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan to find answers to all your questions. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction 00:00 Trust and Safety on dating apps 0:34 What is unique when it comes to creating guidelines for dating apps 2:33 Patterns that suggest an account is fake 6:28 AI and dating apps 8:12 How do dating apps help a user in need? 11:20 How to make users aware of the available safety features 14:38 How does moderation work? 18:08

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=64786700" 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"] Welcome to a brand new season of The Indian Express' tech podcast Our Own Devices. In this episode, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Mohak Shroff, Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering, LinkedIn. In this conversation, Mohak highlights how LinkedIn has been using AI to unite recruiters with their potential employees since quite sometime. He talks about the coming up of Agentic AI and how it has the ability to enhance a user's LinkedIn experience. The chat also focuses on the part that humans play in the process and how the use of AI doesn't necessarily mean that jobs are at stake, rather it can be a medium of elimating tasks we has humans don't want to indulge in. To learn more about LinkedIn and how they are making it more user friendly, tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction 00:00 Introduction to LinkedIn 0:50 what is Angentic AI 3:50 AI and LinkedIn 7:45 How LinkedIn approaches AI 16:37 LinkedIn's new technology 20:14 Humans as a part of the process 23:38 LinkedIn in India 26:00

[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=64670964" 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="8c279c"] Welcome to a brand new season of The Indian Express' tech podcast Our Own Devices. In this episode, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Sandeep Ghosh, Group Country Manager, India & South Asia at Visa. In this engaging conversation, Sandeep talks about payments across the world becoming more and more cashless, even though the degree varies from country to country. He shares how from cards people are now moving towards digital payments, but at the same time, the form factor being used depends on the kind of payment being made. To learn more about the growth of online payments and how India is growing as market, tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction 00:00 Payments becoming cashless 0:45 From card payments to online payments 5:09 Payment trends in the market 9:30 How VISA plans to moving along with these developments 12:37 India as a complex market 17:05 Are cards becoming redundant? 21:10