Emerging Technology · Strategic Research · Policy
Where emerging technology becomesindustrial capability—and national advantage.
Kalyan Mangalapalli researches how AI, autonomous systems, quantum technologies and the infrastructure beneath them become economic and strategic capability.
Emerging technology strategy, research and public analysis.
24+ Years
Industry → Technology → Policy → Ecosystems
Built from Zero
Greenfield IoT & AI Centre of Excellence
National Engagements
Emerging Technology · Government · G20
Published Thinking
20+ articles in The Hindu
Explore by technology
One body of work, organized around the technologies changing institutions.
0 published works
Artificial Intelligence & Compute
AI advantage will be determined less by access to models than by how effectively institutions convert compute, energy, capital and talent into useful outcomes.
A research agenda in development.
This domain will publish substantive work only when there is a clear thesis, evidence and practical relevance—not to fill a category.
Signature body of work
Frameworks for decisions that technology alone cannot answer.
Original lenses for understanding capability, dependence, AI economics and the path from demonstration to institutional scale.
View all frameworksLead framework
The India Capability Stack
Where should India build, buy, partner and secure?
Every technology sector — AI, drones, electric mobility, semiconductors — can be decomposed into the same six layers, from materials and energy at the base to applications at the top. The strategic error is to treat self-reliance as one decision. It is six.
Explore the framework- Applications & DeploymentDemand · DistributionBUILD
- Data / Software / ModelsIP · Algorithms · TrainingBUILD
- Systems & IntegrationPlatforms · EngineeringPARTNER
- ComponentsSensors · Motors · PowerBUY
- Compute / InfrastructureChips · Cloud · NetworksSECURE
- Materials / EnergyMinerals · Power · InputsSECURE
Recent work
Research, commentary and public work.
No published work matches this view yet.
This domain remains part of the research agenda. New analysis, briefings and talks will be added as the work develops.
The perspective behind the work
Built across industry, policy and institutions.
Over twenty-four years, Kalyan has worked on both sides of the table that matters most in technology: building capability inside industry, and shaping the policy frameworks that decide how that capability is used. At Nasscom he led India's AI strategy and the industry's G20 engagements; before that, he held leadership roles at General Electric, ABB and Maersk Training.
Led India's AI strategy and G20 engagements at Nasscom
Established a greenfield Centre of Excellence for AI & IoT in Visakhapatnam (MeitY × Government of Andhra Pradesh)
Advisory boards: Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy; Real Time Governance Society, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Briefing
The Emerging Technology Brief
Periodic, non-promotional analysis on what India and Indian enterprises should build, buy, partner for and secure across emerging technologies and the infrastructure beneath them.
AI · Autonomous Systems · Quantum · Energy · Compute · Frontier Policy
Occasional notes only. No promotional mail.
Working through a consequential technology decision?
If the question sits somewhere between technology, infrastructure, markets, policy and execution, I would be interested in understanding it.
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