As India marks 77th Republic day, India’s tech growth rise is reshaping its global standing

India will mark its 77th Republic Day this year, which will mark as a momentous occasion to reflect upon the country’s growth journey since 1950. India’s multicultural, multilingual, and multiethnic growth has transformed the view, India was seen years ago on a global scale.  

Starting from there, there are several advancements in various fields noting astounding progress in agriculture, railways networks, education, trade, and the most important technology.  

India’s tech growth

Technology has always been an integral part of any country’s growth, and India has made commendable strides in the realm of science and technology. India contributed towards the science sector globally from the decimal system to the ruler measurements. India’s IT industry rapidly gained momentum, becoming a global leader in software services and outsourcing.  

The advent of the digital age brought massive appreciation amid the fastly emerging technological landscape. The rise of India’s tech giants like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, and Wipro has been the ones which attained exemplary appreciation and has been nothing short of extraordinary.  

India secures third position in AI 

India saw a similar pattern with the government creating the base infrastructure, compute, datasets and regulatory clarity.  

India focused on its AI growth along with the high tech engineers and massive set-up. In March 2024, the Union government approved the national-level IndiaAI mission with a budget outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore to establish an ecosystem catalysing AI innovation through strategic programs and partnerships across the public and private sectors.  

The mission is democratising computing access, improving data quality, developing indigenous AI capabilities, attracting top AI talent, enabling industry collaboration and providing startup risk capital.  

India secured the third position globally in Artificial Intelligence competitiveness, according to a report by Stanford University’s 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Tool.

Startups such as Sarvam AI (Aadhaar integration), Soket AI, and IIT Bombay’s BharatGen consortium lead in generative AI trained on Indian data.

India at global platform 

Recently during the World Economic Forum, in Davos, the IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva asserted India as the second-tier AI power, to which Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw rejected the claim saying “I don’t know what the IMF criteria has been, but Stanford places India as third in terms of AI penetration, in terms of AI preparedness, and in terms of AI talent."

He further added that the country is focused on advancing new technological tools and spreading the use of AI rather than concentrating only on scale.  

“So our focus is very much on making sure that AI diffusion happens in a very big way,” he said.

“Of all the three, actually on AI talent it is number two, so I don’t think your classification in the second bouquet is right. It’s actually the first,” he further added.  

“The reason for that is there are five layers in the AI architecture. The application layer, the model layer, the chip layer, the infra layer, and the energy layer. We are working on all the five layers, making very good progress in all the five layers,” Vaishnaw said.  

Coming to the tech race, almost one-third of Silicon Valley’s tech workforce consists of professionals of Indian origin.  

India’s trade deal 

Alongside the AI race, a major economic moment is unfolding as the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has signalled that India–EU trade talks are entering a decisive phase. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said both sides are on the cusp of a historic agreement.

And labelled the India-EU trade deal the biggest trade pact till now.