India is standing at the edge of the biggest economic disruption in its history. Three hundred million workers — security guards, farmers, garment workers, truck drivers, construction labourers — are about to be replaced. Not slowly. Fast.The AI Tsunami is a warning. Written in plain language for every working Indian, this book walks through six sectors — Security, Agriculture, Garments, Logistics, Construction, and the Digital Access Gap — showing exactly how automation will hit, ...

A visionary's bequest to the nationOn the way from Delhi to Jaunpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh lies the dusty town of Badshahpur. Even in this nondescript settlement, people receive money via mobile transfer from family members working in distant cities. There are computer-training centres offering diploma courses in Bhojpuri, Hindi and English. Badshahpur is an example of India's numerous remote towns that have skipped basic literacy and landed straight into the age of digital liter...

Artificial Intelligence will create gigantic benefits for humankind but will become more powerful than many governments, with purposes and plans of its own, and the ability to alter the very basis of life on earth. Many believe that AI poses a threat to human dominance.In this punchy, follow-up to his bestselling The Future of (Almost) Everything, leading futurist Patrick Dixon has written an in-depth but accessible exploration of AI, looking at the future of the subject a...

Our World of personal life and work is set to change dramatically over the next decade as Artificial Intelligence (AI) strikes deeper roots with new products and services, robots take charge of manufacturing and warehouses, and drones reach the remote corners to deliver orders to customers. AI services and robots will particularly facilitate the life of the older people and the visually-impaired. AI has raised the bar of competition in the international market place and countries are busy ...

A timely call to reshape government through technology, from Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah, two leading experts in the field.For many aspects of how our countries are run - from social security and fair elections to communication, infrastructure and the rule of law - technology can play an increasingly positive, revolutionary role. In India, for example, where many underprivileged citizens are invisible to the state, a unique national identity system is being impl...

A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations.The rise of the Indian information technology industry is a remarkable economic success story. Software and services exports from India amounted to less than $100 million in 1990, and today come close to $100 billion. But, as Dinesh Sharma explains in The Outsourcer, Indian IT's success has a long prehistor...

This guided tour of how AI will impact the future of work explores the ways both companies and employees can adapt to the new normal.Artificial intelligence is taking over. Ask Alexa to call a client or confirm your schedule for the day and she does so immediately. Ask her a question, give her a command, or just share a joke together, and she becomes your new best employee—one who never makes a mistake or calls out sick. In other words, Alexa can nix the need for mi...

Making a Difference comes as a handy guidebook for IAS aspirants in the country. The preface is by Yogendra Narayan, a retired IAS officer and also the ex-chief secretary of U.P. The introduction is about the challenges and opportunities of IAS as a career. It also includes everything from the motives to join the IAS to the written exam to the personality test to the training required. The book also talks about the myths and realities about the IAS - interesting sections include questions ...

UPDATED EDITION‘A holistic take on AI from an African perspective, Closing the Gap joins the dots on deploying AI efficiently into everyday business and life.’ – RENUKA METHIL, editor of Forbes Africa‘This book simplifies complex concepts through relatable stories and awakens fellow Africans to the opportunities ushered in by the 4IR. Closing t...

Ratan Tata was an iconic leader who shaped the Indian industry. He inspired an entire generation. When he passed away in 2024, millions of Indians felt a sense of deep personal loss.In this unique and engaging book, Harish Bhat, bestselling author and a Tata veteran, explores what lay at the heart of Ratan Tata’s extraordinary leadership. His steadfast desire to always ‘do the right thing’ appears to have shaped his thinking and actions. But what exactly does this mean?In t...

Against All Odds: The IT Story of India is an insider's account and an anecdote-rich history of Indian IT over the last six decades. It taps into the first-hand experiences of Kris Gopalakrishnan and fifty other stalwarts who built and shaped the IT industry. This is a tale of persistence and resilience, of foresight, of planning and being ready when luck knocks on the door, of a spirit of adventure and, above all, of an abiding sense of faith in technology and the belief that it ...

In the seventy years of its independence, India has leapfrogged to become a high-growth economy fuelled by advanced business and consumer technologies.Since smartphones and cloud computing became popular five years ago, the fourth industrial revolution has been creeping into almost all sectors of the Indian economy. Technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, advanced robotics and neuroscience are transforming businesses faster than we real...