Anuj Khurana, Co-founder and CEO, Anaptyss
National Technology Day 2026 comes at a defining moment when technology is no longer just enabling businesses but fundamentally reshaping how enterprises innovate, operate, and create long-term value. Across industries, the convergence of AI, cloud, data engineering, cybersecurity, automation, and digital infrastructure is accelerating a new era of intelligent enterprises, where agility, resilience, and innovation have become core business imperatives rather than competitive advantages.
Today, organisations are moving beyond isolated digital transformation initiatives toward enterprise-wide integration of AI-driven decision-making, real-time analytics, and scalable digital ecosystems. Generative AI, in particular, is redefining how businesses approach productivity, customer engagement, operational efficiency, and risk management. At the same time, the rapid growth of intelligent systems is increasing the importance of responsible AI adoption, robust governance frameworks, data security, and ethicalinnovation.
For enterprises operating in highly regulated industries such as banking and financial services, the focus is now shifting toward building secure, adaptive, and future-ready digital ecosystems capable of balancing innovation with trust and compliance. The rise of AI-powered automation, predictive intelligence, and hyper-personalised digital experiences is also transforming workforce expectations, making continuous learning and cross-functional digital capabilities critical for long-term success.
India is uniquely positioned to lead this next phase of global innovation through its expanding digital infrastructure, strong engineering ecosystem, and rapidly growing Global Capability Center landscape. As organisations continue to scale AI and digital adoption, the future will belong to enterprises that can combine technological innovation with domain expertise, operational resilience, and human-centric transformation. Technology today is not just shaping industries, it is shaping the future of global economic growth,enterprise leadership, and digital progress.
Harishanker Kannan, CEO & Co-founder of Scalefusion
Technology once had its value defined by how fast it could help companies function. Today, however, the value of technology lies in how comfortable companies feel scaling up thanks to it, especially in FinTech, banking, and enterprises.
Complexity, whether we like it or not, has now become the price for innovation. More systems, more endpoints, more access layers, with each offering increased efficiency while also delivering fragmentation under the hood.
The leaders of tomorrow won’t necessarily be those who have the latest and greatest technologies, but rather those who are able to connect technology effortlessly. All together, to work as one.
On National Technology Day, we should remember that sometimes the best technology in the world is the one that remains invisible, yet keeps everything together.
Scalefusion, one of India’s fastest-growing Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platforms, helps enterprises across 150+ countries simplify device management and strengthen endpoint security. Through a single, intuitive platform, Scale fusion enables IT teams to manage and secure diverse devices—mobiles, laptops, tablets, and rugged devices—across operating systems and geographies. The company is witnessing strong traction across BFSI, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and education sectors as enterprises embrace hybrid work and digital transformation.
Mr. Sanjay Agrawal, Head Presales and CTO, Hitachi Vantara India and SAARC
As India marks National Technology Day 2026, the narrative is evolving from digital adoption to digital leadership. The country is rapidly emerging as a key pillar of the global innovation architecture, powered by its scale of data, depth of talent, and the maturity of its digital infrastructure.
At the heart of this shift is the recognition of data as critical national infrastructure. As enterprises and governments move from fragmented systems to unified, AI-ready data platforms, the focus is turning to how data can be activated in real time to drive intelligent decision-making. This is also accelerating industrial digitization across manufacturing, energy, and mobility, where the convergence of IT and OT is enabling greater efficiency, resilience, and operational agility. AI, in this context, is no longer experimental but embedded into core processes, delivering tangible economic outcomes.
Looking ahead, India’s growth trajectory will be defined by how effectively it governs and scales this data ecosystem with trust, sustainability, and inclusivity at its core. Building a resilient innovation ecosystem will require deeper alignment across policy, platforms, and partnerships. Done right, India is uniquely positioned not just to participate in global technology shifts, but to shape them and set new benchmarksfor inclusive, data-led growth.
Mr. Subhakar Pappula, Founder & CEO, Flamingo Aerospace
“As India marks National Technology Day 2026, the country’s innovation ambitions are increasingly being reflected in sectors with long term strategic impact. Among them,civil aviation is emerging as a pivotal frontier for translating connectivity into capability. India has already operationalised over 500 regional routes under UDAN, unlocking sustained demand across Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. The next logical step is to build the aircraft that will serve this demand.
With India on track to become the world’s third largest aviation market, the requirement for 60 to 80 seat regional aircraft is expected to rise sharply over the next decade. This presents a strategic opportunity to develop a domestic manufacturing ecosystem spanning airframes, avionics integration, interiors, and MRO. What is encouraging in 2026 is the shift towards more structured technology transfer models and deepercollaboration between global OEMs and Indian industry, enabling capability building rather than just assembly.
At Flamingo Aerospace, we see this as a defining decade. The focus must now move towards design ownership, digital engineering, and supply chain resilience to ensure that value creation remains within India. Building indigenous regional aircraft is not only about reducing import dependence, but about creating scalable, cost efficient solutions for emerging aviation markets globally. If India can align policy, capital, and engineeringtalent effectively, it has the potential to become a credible hub for civil aircraft manufacturing and a key pillar of a truly innovation led Viksit Bharat.”
