IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has a mobile OS challenge for TCS, Infosys and Wipro

Union Information and Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has issued a challenge for the country’s major technology companies. During the 32nd ICT Business Awards & DQ Digital Leadership Conclave organized by Dataquest India, Vaishnaw asked companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro to transition from service providers to product innovators and develop a mobile operating system. He emphasized the need for India to become a “product nation” and assured government support for companies undertaking this endeavor. Addressing the event, Vaishnaw also highlighted the government’s commitment to establishing India as a leading and self-reliant nation in the technology sector.

What IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at the event

“From this stage I would like to give this challenge to our big tech companies like Infosys, TCS and Wipro take up this challenge and develop the operating system for mobile, develop and operating system for our country,” Vaishnaw said at the event, news agency ANI reported.
“Yes, you have been doing very well in providing the services, time has come when we must become a product nation. And we will support from the government. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given us that vision, has given us that inspiration, and has given us that confidence and resources to really think big. Come up with new solutions. Look at not only solving today’s problems, but also lay the foundation for solving future problems. Develop technologies, not just be a service provider to the world, but develop technologies, develop products, and be in that top 5 nations which are maybe someday like G7 and G20 people will start talking of T5. So technology 5, top 5 technology nations, be a part of that. That’s the inspiration we keep on getting from him,” he added.

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also wants companies to focus on AI

Apart from this, Vaishnaw also discussed the government’s commitment to leading and democratising the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). He mentioned that five units are under construction and noted that this year the country “should see the first made in India chip roll out.”
Additionally, he introduced the launch of the AI Compute Portal, which will grant researchers, startups, and government agencies access to highly valued GPUs and high-powered computing resources designed specifically for AI tasks.
“We rolled out the first common compute facility for 14,000 GPUs. These 14,000 GPUs will now be available to all our researchers, students and startups so that they can test their own AI models, algorithms, and create applications which will win the world. That is the vision with which we are moving and hopefully another 12 months from now we should have our own foundational models also,” Vaishnaw noted.
In a separate statement to ANI, the union minister also explained that the government has set several technology-related objectives to achieve the 2047 targets.
He noted that the government’s third term will focus on developing various autonomous AI models. The second goal is to develop problem-focused tiny models; the third is to create graphics processing units (GPUs); the fourth is to support startups; and the fifth is to nurture talent, Vaishnaw added.