Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Navajith Karkera, founder of Sonic Lamb. They talk about the new-gen technology that Sonic Lamb has come up come with, where they are making an effort for make the listeners feel the music that they are listening to. Navajith shares how they are creating a more immersive listening experience through their headphones that will intensify your AR,VR and audio experiences manifold. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction How did Sonic Lamb begin and what is it? (00:58) What is the Sonic Lamb technology? (02:24) Challenges of a novel technology (05:22) Making in India (07:49) Scaling the production (08:16) Interesting possibilities with the products (09:27) Feeling something that you cannot hear (10:04) Marketing Strategy (11:12) Preference of the audience (12:35) Future prospects (13:47)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia to talk about the growth in technology of mapping and navigation. They talk about everything, from solving very specific problems like locating speed bumps and potholes to working with ISRO for expanding the scope of mapping beyond the confines of land and into the deep waters and a lot more. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introducing Rohan Verma What is Mappls (00:31) How are they planning on mapping the world (01:10) Solving specific mapping problems (03:23) From Mapping devices to Maps on smartphones (04:31) Capturing accurate data (06:09) Creating Next Gen vehicles (07:16) Collab with ISRO (09:08) Economy of Mapping (12:42) Updates and improvements in the app (14:36) Vision for Future (16:33)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Saurav Bhaik, Founder and CEO of Tagbin to talk about bridging technology and culture, immersing into a phy-gital world, using technology to build evolving museums, and much more. Introducing Saurav Bhaik Phy-gital experience (00:28) Adapting for India (01:43) Identifying technologies (03:17) Evolving museums (06:20) Creating immersive experiences (07:50) Hitmap to monitoring user feedbacks (09:38) Challenges to create a Phygital experience (11:18) Mesmerizing users (13:45)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Akshay Munjal, Founder and CEO at Hero Vired, to talk about the rise in demand for specialised short courses and the role of EdTech in providing such programs for a diverse crowd. Introducing Akshay Munjal Learning from the global experts (00:24) Rise of short certifications (01:01) Identifying courses (01:47) Demand from industries for specialised courses (03:01) Opportunities with AI (04:33) Courses for using AI (06:22) EdTech as parallel avenue (07:57) Upskilling through EdTech (09:45) Designing and researching courses for diverse crowd (10:47) Democratising education through EdTech (13:29)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Jaspreet Bindra, Founder, Tech Whisperer Ltd. to talk about using generative AI for public good, how India can create a transformational AI model, and the challenges of creating such a technology in a diverse country like India. Introducing Jaspreet Bindra  Creating Jan AI (00:39)  Hurdles of creating in a complex society (02:56)  Complexities - a problem and an opportunity (06:23)  Involvement of big companies (09:36)  Building up support for Jan AI (11:27)  Economic, political, infrastructural challenges (13:01) Piggybacking on previous technologies (14:51)  Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Nikhil Rajpal, CEO at Hero Electronix, to talk about home automation devices, their increasing popularity in India and the unique challenges faced in Indian homes. Introducing Nikhil Rajpal Qubo- smart devices company (00:25) Increasing popularity of home automation (01:31) Specific problems faced in Indian homes (03:49) Issues of internet and power connectivity (06:03) Hub for smart devices (07:37) Voice controlled devices (09:49) Do we want manual intervention (11:04) What to look forward to (12:49) Solving for India is solving for the world (13:46)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Sharda Tickoo, Technical Director for India & SAARC at Trend Micro to talk about the cybersecurity threats and how AI can be used by attackers and security firms alike in the cat and mouse game. Introducing Sharda Tickoo Cyber-security, a never ending cat and mouse game (00:40) Using AI to find loopholes in systems (04:51) AI-generated malwares (08:58) Applying AI in cyber-security (11:51) Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Ambarish Kenghe, Vice President at Google Pay, to talk about UPI's journey in India, the cultural impact of GPay, learnings from AI, and making UPI famous in foreign nations. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar ------ Introducing Ambarish Kenghe Google Pay's journey in India (00:45) Cultural impact of GPay (04:31) Default wealth creation (06:52) Closed financial ecosystem (07:27) UPI in foreign countries (09:13) Using the power of UPI to solve problems (11:13) Using learnings from generative AI (14:43) Main takeaways (18:51)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Frank X Shaw, Chief Communications Officer of Microsoft, to talk about creating different kinds of workers in the age of AI, appraising the productivity of these new age workers and their challenges. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introducing Frank Shaw Microsoft's vision for AI (00:29) Microsoft's experience and research with AI (02:23) Creating different kind of workers (04:12) Emerging new use cases (06:44) Needing new guardrails (08:47) Appraising workers (10:26) Problems of adapting (12:18) Is chatting the end of AI (14:07) Changing behaviours (15:04)

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Sunil Raina, President and Business Head, Lava International Limited, to talk about how Lava has become the only Indian brand in the smartphone market, the factors behind their growth, and their biggest challenges. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar ------ Introducing Sunil Raina Factors behind Lava's growth (00:39) Understanding Indian market (03:39) A changed market (05:40) Benefit of building microchips in India (10:28) Making phones more affordable (11:28) Changing consumer expectations (12:21) Biggest challenges (14:34)