IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Asks TCS, Infosys, and Wipro "It's Time to Create India's iOS and Android Counterpart"

Leading Indian tech companies, including TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, have been encouraged by Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to create a mobile operating system especially for India. "I urge our leading tech companies—Infosys, TCS, and Wipro—to accept this challenge: create a mobile operating system for our nation," he stated while speaking at the 32nd ICT Business Awards & DQ Digital Leadership Conclave, which was hosted by Dataquest India. "You've excelled in providing services, but now is the time for India to become a product-driven nation," the minister said, urging these businesses to change their focus, according to a news agency report. The government is prepared to assist these firms in their undertaking.

Making India a Tech Giant

Vaishnaw highlighted the government's goal of making India a global leader in technology throughout his speech. According to Vaishnaw, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the country the courage, foresight, and means to dream large. In addition to tackling the issues of the present, the nation must lay the groundwork for the future by creating goods and technologies that would rank India among the top five technological nations; possibly in the future, it will be mentioned alongside the G7 or G20 as part of a T5'—the top five in technology.

Government’s Push for AI

The minister also emphasised the government's initiatives to take the lead in artificial intelligence (AI) and democratise the field. He disclosed that the first "Made in India" chip is anticipated to be released this year and that five manufacturing facilities are now being built. He also declared the launch of the AI Compute Portal, which would give government agencies, startups, and researchers access to cutting-edge GPUs and high-performance computing capabilities for AI research. According to him, the government unveiled a shared computing centre with 14,000 GPUs on 10 March. Researchers, students, and businesses in the nation will be able to test AI models, improve algorithms, and create cutting-edge apps owing to the establishment of this centre . The minister added that the nation has a clear goal: it wants to create its own fundamental AI models within the next 12 months. A media outlet asked Vaishnaw to describe the government's technology strategy for its 2047 objectives. According to him, the government's third term would be devoted to the development of autonomous AI models, small, problem-specific AI solutions, GPUs, startup support, and talent development.

According to the NASSCOM Annual Strategic Review 2026, the share of IT services and engineering research and development (R&D) will remain dominant in terms of overall revenue. According to the analysis, although the projected growth is strong, over half of the CEOs polled thought that hiring would either remain the same or decline in fiscal 2026. Approximately two-thirds of them stated that artificial intelligence would account for over 10% of IT spending.