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- Published on October 27, 2025
- In AI Features
When India Talks Swadeshi, It Forgets This Hindustani Company
“Real sovereignty comes from building intellectual property”.
- By Mohit Pandey
In the push of Swadeshi technology or building sovereign AI in India, most attention currently is going towards consumer tech brands like Zoho or MapmyIndia. But behind the scenes, a quieter revolution is taking place in enterprise software, ever since 1976, led by companies like HCLSoftware.
The difference is subtle but critical. While consumer tech plays in apps and platforms, HCLSoftware is focused on sovereign digital infrastructure—software that governments, banks, and global enterprises can control, secure, and deploy exactly where they want.
Kalyan Kumar, chief product officer at HCLSoftware, breaks sovereignty down into four pillars: data, intellectual property, AI, and commercial.
HCL, or Hindustan Computer Limited, is the original Indian garage startup, fou
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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