What are the challenges a country like India faces as it maneuvers the rapidly changing landscape of technology today? What policies and governance mechanisms are needed to address these challenges?

In this special episode of the CCG Tech Podcast, Jhalak and Shashank speak with S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY; on the future of India’s tech policy ecosystem. They discuss the AI governance guidelines, the establishment of AI incident databases, and the ways to foster a local AI ecosystem. The episode also looks at the government’s approach to handling issues such as recirculation of NCII, exceptions to the Right to Erasure, the Data Protection Board, etc. 

S Krishnan is the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He has previously held multiple responsibilities within the Government of Tamil Nadu, including a position as the founder CEO of the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board; as well as the Government of India. He also served as the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan in the International Monetary Fund and represented the Government of India in the G20 Expert Groups on International Financial Architecture and Global Financial Safety Nets.

Resources:

• India AI Governance Guidelines, November 2025 - https://indiaai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/docs/guidelines-governance.pdf 
• Standard Operating Procedure to curtail dissemination of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) content, MeitY, October 2025 - https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/11/a2c9500ef5f8b62a43bfc68747de592d.pdf 
• MeitY advisory to all Intermediaries for uploading unlawful content, December 2025 - https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/12/a95c3656a958089e655f755ad354ac27.pdf 

Hosts: Jhalak Kakkar, Shashank Mohan

Editor: Gopika P

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