India’s Tech Dependence: Can China Offer a Safer Path Forward?

Industrialists Harsh Goenka and Sridhar Vembu caution that Indias reliance on U.S. tech, including platforms like Google and Facebook, poses strategic risks, urging a national mission for tech resilience.

• Harsh Goenka and Sridhar Vembu emphasize that Indias dependence on U.S. tech platforms, such as Google and Instagram, creates vulnerabilities that could be exploited in geopolitical tensions.
• The industrialists point to historical incidents, including the 1999 GPS denial during the Kosovo War, as evidence that Indias tech infrastructure must be diversified to avoid similar crises.
• Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho Corporation, advocates for a decade-long mission to develop indigenous technologies across operating systems, chips, and cloud services, reducing reliance on U.S. firms like Google.