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ASHRAE Celebrates World Refrigeration Day 2026, Highlights the Role of ‘Cool Intelligence’ in Shaping the Future of Refrigeration

ATLANTA, June 19: ASHRAE joins organizations, governments and industry partners around the globe in recognizing World Refrigeration Day (WRD 2026) on June 26. This year’s theme, “Cool Intelligence,” showcases the innovation, expertise and advanced technologies that are transforming refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems to operate more efficiently, sustainably and intelligently.

World Refrigeration Day is an international awareness campaign that raises the profile of the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat-pump industry and highlights the essential role cooling technologies play in supporting health, food security, economic development and quality of life worldwide.

The 2026 theme recognizes that “intelligence” in cooling extends beyond technology alone. From artificial intelligence and advanced controls to data-driven system optimization and the expertise of engineers, technicians and operators, intelligent cooling solutions are helping address some of today’s most pressing energy, environmental and resilience challenges.

“Intelligence in cooling goes beyond algorithms and automation, it is about applying knowledge, innovation and technology to create healthier, more sustainable environments,” said 2025–26 ASHRAE President Bill McQuade, P.E., CDP, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP. “This year’s World Refrigeration Day theme highlights how AI, digitalization and human expertise are working together to create smarter, more sustainable cooling solutions. ASHRAE is proud to support the professionals and technologies that are advancing the future of refrigeration around the world.”

To mark World Refrigeration Day, ASHRAE is encouraging industry professionals to explore the latest refrigeration guidance and technical resources, including the 2026 ASHRAE Handbook—Refrigeration (I-P) and 2026 ASHRAE Handbook—Refrigeration (SI), now available for preorder.

ASHRAE also continues to support global refrigeration education and capacity-building efforts through the ASHRAE-UNEP Portal, which provides access to technical resources, training materials and guidance designed to help industry professionals advance sustainable cooling practices worldwide.

As part of its ongoing commitment to industry advancement, ASHRAE will spotlight emerging refrigeration technologies during the 2026 Annual Conference, June 27– July 1 in Austin, Texas.

10ZiG Expands Strategic Partnership with ThinPrint to Advance Printing Flexibility Across 10ZiG Linux OS

Enhanced integration delivers seamless, driverless printing for Terminal Server environments, with a path to cloud printing through ezeep by ThinPrint for DaaS environments

PHOENIX , June 19: 10ZiG® Technology, a leading provider of thin and zero client hardware and software solutions for VDI, DaaS, and web app environments, today announced an expanded partnership with ThinPrint to further integrate the ThinPrint Engine Client into the 10ZiG Linux-based operating system portfolio for Terminal Server and centralized desktop environments. The collaboration enhances printing simplicity, security, and flexibility for organizations deploying modern digital workspaces powered by Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS), Citrix Virtual Apps, and Omnissa Horizon VDI and hybrid infrastructure to name a few.

The expanded partnership builds on the integration of ThinPrint technology within 10ZiG operating systems, now extending deeper support for the ThinPrint Engine Client architecture and core ThinPrint platform. The combined solution is designed to simplify printing in Terminal Server environments by enabling secure, driverless printing directly from 10ZiG Linux-based thin clients without the need for complex print server infrastructure or manual driver management.

“As organizations continue shifting toward modern desktop infrastructure and hybrid work models, printing must evolve to be just as seamless as the rest of the digital workspace,” said Tom Dodds, Global Strategic Alliances Manager, 10ZiG Technology. “By expanding our partnership with ThinPrint and enhancing integration within 10ZiG Linux OS, we’re delivering a modern printing experience that removes complexity for IT teams while improving usability and security for end users.”

Modern Printing Built on ThinPrint Engine Client Technology

The ThinPrint Engine Client delivers secure, compressed and driverless printing by intelligently compressing and optimizing print jobs directly at the endpoint, eliminating the need for local printer drivers and print servers while also reducing bandwidth consumption. This approach allows users to print seamlessly from Terminal Server sessions, published applications and virtual desktops while maintaining high performance and reliability. By minimizing infrastructure dependencies and streamlining print management, organizations can reduce administrative overhead while ensuring consistent printing experiences across distributed environments.

The integration within 10ZiG Linux OS brings a streamlined printing experience for customers running server-based computing platforms such as Microsoft RDS, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Omnissa Horizon environments. The combined solution helps eliminate common printing challenges like driver conflicts, manual configuration, and inconsistent printer mapping that often burden IT teams.

“Our mission has always been to make printing as easy and accessible as possible across modern workspace environments,” said Scott Seddon, Global Technical Partnerships Manager, ThinPrint. “Expanding our collaboration with 10ZiG ensures organizations can deliver a secure, cloud-ready printing experience directly from 10ZiG Linux-based thin client endpoints while simplifying management for IT administrators.”

Extending Printing to the Cloud with ezeep by ThinPrint

In addition to supporting on-premises and hybrid Terminal Server environments, the partnership also provides organizations with a path to cloud-managed printing through ezeep by ThinPrint for DaaS and cloud PC deployments. As organizations increasingly adopt Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and other cloud-delivered desktop services, ezeep by ThinPrint enables centralized, serverless printing management without requiring VPNs, print servers, or complex infrastructure.

By combining 10ZiG thin clients with ezeep’s cloud-native printing platform, organizations can extend the same simplified, driverless printing experience to remote users and distributed cloud workspaces. This approach helps IT teams reduce management overhead while delivering secure, reliable printing across modern DaaS, SaaS and Web App environments.

The expanded partnership also supports deeper go-to-market collaboration and customer engagement around integrated use cases for modernized printing via ThinPrint technology while reinforcing ThinPrint’s role within the growing 10ZiG Ready partner ecosystem.

Barracuda Unveils Integrated Email Protection – An Evolution in Email Security Delivering Cyber Resilience Made Easy for the Agentic AI Era

India, June 19 : Barracuda Networks, Inc., the cyber resilience platform leader making security easy for all size business, unveiled Barracuda Integrated Email Protection, an Integrated Cloud Email Security solution delivering high-efficacy protection against evolving AI-driven threats. Powered by AI, the solution continuously and autonomously detects and remediates threats across the full attack lifecycle, clearly explains Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace verdicts and enables rapid post-delivery message clawback. Built on BarracudaONE® platform telemetry across domains – including email, identity, network, data, and applications – and designed for single and multi-tenant environments, it also enables MSPs to quickly identify, investigate and eliminate risk, simplifying operations, strengthening resilience and accelerating growth.

“Email is no longer a human-centric communication platform; it’s an operational fabric where humans and AI interact, making it a much bigger target and amplifying the speed, scale and impact of attacks when threats go undetected,” said Rohit Ghai, Chief Executive Officer at Barracuda. “In the agentic AI era, effective security requires a platform approach that delivers continuous visibility and response across the full attack lifecycle. Barracuda Integrated Email Protection is fundamentally different because it correlates cross-domain signals in real time and turns them into automated, explainable action partners and customers can trust and control. The result is measurable, high-efficacy protection that stops threats as they evolve and makes cyber resilience dramatically easier.”

Barracuda Research Exposes the Speed and Scale of Modern Email Attacks

New findings released today by Barracuda Research highlight how quickly modern email attacks escalate. A single phishing email progressed to identity theft, multifactor authentication bypass and endpoint compromise in minutes, demonstrating the speed at which attacks move beyond the inbox. These results come from the Barracuda Red Team’s end-to-end recreation of a multi-stage AI-powered attack.

One in seven compromised accounts is now used to launch additional attacks – a figure expected to rise with AI-driven threat automation – fueling lateral movement and expanding risk across identities, systems and data. As threats evolve after delivery and at machine speed, organizations face increasing pressure to understand risk, detect threats and respond in real time.

Modern AI–Powered Security for Today’s Evolving Threats

As email evolves into a high-value data and orchestration layer in the agentic AI era, traditional point-in-time security approaches can no longer keep pace. Barracuda Integrated Email Protection meets this shift with continuous, autonomous full attack lifecycle protection that leverages cross-domain signals to detect, re-evaluate and eliminate threats as they evolve – stopping attacks that emerge or activate long after message delivery. As part of the BarracudaONE platform, the solution also integrates natively with Barracuda Managed XDR and data protection offerings, providing unified visibility, coordinated response and 360-degree resilience across the broader attack surface.

Barracuda’s Bailey™ AI assistant enhances this approach by providing clear, plain-language explanations for every decision and enabling teams to easily review or reverse actions. This gives teams visibility and control to manage every automated action – differentiating Barracuda from opaque, black-box ICES solutions. 

Barracuda pairs autonomous remediation agents with rich, cross-domain telemetry – including threat intelligence, URL activity and BarracudaONE signals – giving agents the context needed to detect and respond to sophisticated, multi-stage attacks. These advanced AI agents deliver breakthrough capabilities that secure evolving email workflows and provide continuous protection against fast-moving, AI-driven threats. New capabilities include:

●Agentic threat investigation and response: AI agents triage threat activity, correlate signals across environments and execute real-time clawback with tenant-wide remediation as threats evolve, eliminating hours of manual cleanup.

●Agentic AI explainability: Bailey unifies Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Barracuda verdicts in one conversational interface and clearly explains how decisions differ across vendor.

●Unified quarantine: Consolidates Microsoft-quarantined emails into Barracuda for faster, safer decisions with automatic rescanning before release.

●Integrated value reporting: Quantifies threats stopped before, during and after delivery, demonstrating measurable protection effectiveness.

Powered by the Barracuda IQ engine and enriched by one of the largest threat intelligence datasets in the industry, spanning hundreds of threat feeds, Barracuda delivers high-efficacy detection by continuously learning from real-world data across hundreds of thousands of customer environments. As part of this intelligence, Barracuda analyzes approximately 1.5 billion URLs each day, proactively identifying threats before users click and strengthening detection accuracy over time.

Barracuda Integrated Email Protection strengthens Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with full attack lifecycle protection. It easily deploys in minutes via an API-based architecture with no Mail Exchange record changes, mail-flow disruption or manual configuration, delivering immediate, full-lifecycle protection with minimal operational overhead.

Mr. Parag Khurana, Country Manager, India at Barracuda Networks said

 “AI‑driven cyberattacks in India are moving faster than many security stacks can respond. Threat actors can now move from a personalised phishing lure to full account and endpoint compromise within minutes, often bypassing the legacy controls many organisations still rely on.

For CISOs and CIOs, the shift is clear: identity‑driven attacks are too fast for traditional point‑in‑time defences. Security architectures must move from static trust to ongoing behavioural validation. AI‑powered phishing will only become more personalised and harder to detect, and some messages will inevitably reach users. The priority must move to continuous, real‑time detection across email, identity and endpoints with the ability to contain compromised accounts at machine speed.”

Strong Market Response

“Barracuda Email Protection gives us genuine peace of mind in a rapidly evolving threat landscape. It goes beyond stopping attacks at delivery – proactively identifying and removing threats wherever and whenever they appear,” said Scott Harris, Chief Information Officer at TriRx Pharmaceuticals. “These new capabilities set a new standard for modern email security and give us confidence that we’re protected as threats continue to evolve. It’s a true game-changer for safeguarding our people and maintaining resilient operations.”

“Barracuda Integrated Email Protection will bring meaningful efficiency to how we manage email security,” said Ignace Quaghebeur, ICT Manager at Braem NV. “The new single-pane quarantine view lets us easily see and control both Barracuda and Microsoft Defender quarantines in one place, enabling us to strengthen our Microsoft security posture without maintaining two separate systems. It adds a smart, streamlined layer to our workflow that will further reduce operational overhead, improve oversight and support a more consistent, future-ready security posture across our environment.”

InfoComm 2026: PPDS redefines digital display design with UltraSlim Philips Signage 7000 Series unveiling in Las Vegas

Half the depth, double the possibilities: At 60 per cent slimmer than comparable models in PPDS’ Philips Signage portfolio, the new, sleek and stylish Philips Signage 7000 Series opens exciting new installation opportunities to partners and customers, packaging 4K UHD visual performance and AI ready processing power with a slender and stylish presentation for almost any setting.

InfoComm 2026: Amsterdam, June 18: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is excited to announce the launch of its thinnest and lightest 4K UHD digital signage line to date, with the Philips Signage 7000 Series UltraSlim display launching at InfoComm 2026.

 Making its official debut on Philips booth C9000 in Las Vegas, the dazzling and unmistakable Philips Signage 7000 Series signals the creation of an exciting new line within PPDS’ evolving digital signage portfolio, opening a wealth of exciting installation opportunities for 24/7 environments where proven quality, unparalleled performance, and visual aesthetics really matter.

 Fuelled and finessed using invaluable feedback from global partners and customers around the world – including those with past and current experience of using comparable competitor offerings – the landscape and portrait mountable UHD Philips Signage 7000 Series UltraSlim comes in a choice of size options, including 43”, 50”, 55” and 65”.

 Thinner, lighter, smarter

Built for versatility and flexibility, the Philips Signage 7000 Series will be available in warehouses from Q4 2026 to support a diverse range of verticals and environments – with retail, corporate, public venues, hospitality, and food and beverage among target markets.

 Designed with a depth of just 30mm for the 65” model and 28.5mm on all others, it is an incredible 60 per cent less deep than its closest Philips Signage counterpart – the Philips Signage 4050Q. The 43”, 50” and 55” models are 10 per cent lighter than their 4050Q size equivalents, and the 65” model weighs 20% less than its 4050Q comparison.

 Impossible to ignore, whether used to showcase the latest fashion styles in a retail store or to display mouthwatering menus in a bar or restaurant, all Philips Signage 7000 Series models bring 500 nits brightness inside an elegant 11.5mm even bezel design.

 Bart Wouters, International Product Manager at PPDS, commented: “The Philips Signage 7000 Series delivers brilliance and beauty for almost any environment, enhancing and opening new opportunities for an even wider audience. Essentially, it brings all the features you expect from our premium Philips Professional Displays, together with an all new, ultra slim design.”                                                                                                                                                       

Commenting from the show floor at InfoComm 2026, Andrea Barbuti, Global Product Management Lead EMEA at PPDS, added: “The new Philips Signage 7000 Series marks a new chapter in our signage display design, delivering visually spectacular performance and presentation across an unparalleled range of use cases. With the all new slimline design, together with reduced weight, the installation opportunities are limitless.”

 Beauty inside and out

Internally – mirroring other Android SoC models from PPDS – the Philips Signage 7000 Series comes with the out of the box features and functionalities that have become standard hallmarks of Philips Professional Displays, allowing each display to be tailored to meet the unique requirements of every customer.

 Running on a professional Android 16 SoC and with a TOPS 3.0 Neural Processing Unit ready for AI applications, the Philips Signage 7000 Series brings complete reliability and peace of mind to installations, with trusted connectivity and security built in. All while enabling customers to select and install their preferred native Android apps and software directly onto the display.

 Unlocking its full power and intelligence still further, the Philips Signage 7000 Series joins PPDS’ portfolio of displays that are compatible with the Philips Wave remote display management platform, putting users in complete control.

 Saving on costs, energy, and environmental impact via optimised settings, Philips Wave offers simplified installation and setup, monitoring and controlling displays, upgrading firmware, managing playlists, and setting power schedules. Challenges can be overcome quickly and efficiently with the ability to spot issues in real time or even to identify potential problems before they occur.

 Philips Wave users also have access to the Philips ProStore, eliminating any concerns around compatibility with selected partner software and applications used in – but not exclusively for – healthcare, corporate, retail, education, hospitality, and more.

 For additional peace of mind, the Philips Signage 7000 Series also features PPDS’ FailOver technology, automatically playing back up content on screen in the unlikely event of a primary media player failure, ensuring screens remain active when it matters.

 Connected, secure, sustainable

Ideal for presentation settings, such as in meeting rooms, corporate boardrooms and classrooms, the Philips Signage 7000 Series also comes with integrated Philips SmartBrowser app, which leverages HTML5 to enable managers to set URLs to play as a media source.

 Wireless screen sharing is available with optional Philips ScreenShare, while the Philips Signage 7000 Series also provides a full suite of connections, including HDMI, USB-C, RS232, LAN, USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth, to meet user preferences and promote the reuse of existing cables and equipment.

 Andrea Barbuti continued: “We are not the first manufacturer to launch a slimline digital signage offering, but as a company that prides itself on delivering reliable, versatile, and innovative solutions to market, we wanted to deliver better, rather than to try to win any races in bringing it to market.”

 Bart Wouters concluded: “We have bided our time and communicated carefully with customers to ensure we have shaped the Philips Signage 7000 Series around true market needs. We are thrilled with the results and, more importantly, so are our partners and customers, whose insight has played an integral role in its design and development.”

 To see the Philips Signage 7000 Series for yourself, visit Philips booth C9000 at InfoComm 2026.

Nasscom Stresses Need for Implementable AI Governance Policies

New Delhi, June 18: The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has urged policymakers and industry stakeholders to adopt a more practical and implementation-driven approach to artificial intelligence governance, stressing that regulatory frameworks must translate into real-world outcomes rather than remain conceptual guidelines.

The industry body emphasized that as AI adoption accelerates across sectors such as healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and public services, governance structures must be designed to support innovation while ensuring responsible and ethical deployment of technology.

Nasscom highlighted the importance of creating flexible and adaptive policies that can keep pace with rapidly evolving AI capabilities. It noted that overly rigid or unclear regulations could hinder innovation and slow down India’s competitiveness in the global digital economy.

The organization also called for stronger collaboration between government, industry, and academia to build governance models that are both effective and practical, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in AI systems.

According to Nasscom, the focus should shift from theoretical policy discussions to ground-level execution, including clearer compliance pathways, capacity building, and industry-ready standards that can be easily adopted by businesses of all sizes.

The statement reflects growing industry consensus that India’s AI governance framework must balance innovation with responsibility, enabling sustainable growth of the country’s digital ecosystem.

Introducing Adobe Brand Visibility: A Unified Solution for the AI Search Era

India, June 18 : Adobe , the global technology that unleashes creativity, productivity and customer experiences through innovative tools and platforms –  announced Adobe Brand Visibility, a new solution for businesses to ensure their brand is visible, trusted and chosen across AI surfaces. The new offering is part of Adobe CX Enterprise, a new end-to-end agentic AI system that simplifies how businesses manage their entire customer lifecycle, from acquiring and engaging prospects to driving conversion and lasting loyalty.

Adobe Brand Visibility will enable businesses to succeed in the latest battleground for consumer attention, where audiences are embracing AI-powered chat services and browsers to discover and evaluate product offerings. New data from Adobe highlights the substantial growth in this channel, where AI traffic to U.S. retail sites have surged 1,324% between October 2024 and May 2026. In the travel sector, AI traffic is up 2,215% in the same period.

“In a world where customers often interact with an AI tool before ever reaching a business’s website, visibility is everything now,” said Anil Chakravarthy, President, Customer Experience Orchestration Business, Adobe. “Adobe has helped brands navigate and get chosen in every wave of marketing transformation, and Adobe Brand Visibility now provides a comprehensive solution for teams to expand their company’s influence across AI surfaces. Following the close of our Semrush acquisition, we moved quickly to integrate its capabilities, and early customer demand has exceeded expectations.”

Adobe Brand Visibility is a comprehensive solution for Generative Engine Optimization that combines the industry-leading capabilities of Adobe LLM Optimizer with Semrush’s AI Optimization. Consider a travel brand seeing consumers embrace AI tools for trip planning and competitors being recommended by ChatGPT. With Adobe Brand Visibility- drawing on nearly 300 million real-world AI search prompts – teams can see exactly which prompts they are winning or losing. Combined with Adobe’s first-party signals from owned channels, marketers gain a complete picture of how their brand appears across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity AI, from mention frequency and audience reach to competitive share-of-voice and content gaps. AI agents then surface prioritized recommendations, and updates can then be deployed in minutes, with impact measured directly in the tool. Teams can then connect every GEO action to bookings, pipeline and revenue via integrations to Adobe’s analytics solutions – all in a single workflow.

Adobe Brand Visibility provides businesses with:

• Visibility insights powered by Semrush data: Adobe Brand Visibility offers a comprehensive overview of a brand’s presence across AI surfaces by incorporating Semrush data directly, including how often the business was mentioned and who the audience is (number of times individuals looked at an LLM response that contained the brand), along with information on top performing topics and prompts.
• Prompt strategy: Teams can understand the topics and prompts that are gaining traction across AI surfaces, pinpointing any adjacent areas that a brand should be optimizing for (before competitors capture share of voice) with a full view into which brands are already capturing visibility across those topics.
• Competitive brand comparison: Marketers can easily compare their brand against competitors, to see where they earn citations, how often the brand is mentioned and drive historical comparisons of mentions.
• Auto-optimization: Adobe Brand Visibility surfaces prioritized recommendations and enables teams to act on them immediately, deploying optimizations in minutes. Updates reach AI agents at the edge, so LLMs can access the latest version of brand narratives, while changes to owned content simultaneously improve the experience for human visitors. Every optimization is then tied to measurable business outcomes.
• SEO intelligence: SEO fundamentals play an important role in AI search visibility. Adobe Brand Visibility leverages Semrush’s unmatched SEO corpus – 28.5 billion keywords and 43 trillion backlinks built over 17 years – to reveal exactly where a brand’s existing search authority should be driving AI citations and which content investments will close that gap across both channels simultaneously.

Adobe Brand Visibility can be leveraged as a standalone application or as a native integration with Adobe Experience Manager (an agentic content and asset management system) to ensure brands can optimize for both human and AI audiences across their entire content foundation – from web experiences and campaign content to digital assets and commerce catalogs. Adobe’s suite of brand visibility solutions works as a continuous operating model: Brands can sense how they appear across AI-driven discovery surfaces, generate content and experiences grounded in brand context, reach both human audiences and AI systems from a shared foundation, and continuously learn from every interaction to improve performance – all part of an experience flywheel. Powered by AI agent and human collaboration, Adobe’s brand visibility solutions build advantages that strengthen with every cycle.

Advanced Seed Coating Tech Enhances Agricultural Output Significantly

New Delhi, June 18: A new generation of smart seed coating technology is delivering significant improvements in agricultural productivity, with crop yields increasing by up to 30% in field applications, according to recent findings.

The advanced seed treatment involves coating seeds with precision-formulated materials designed to enhance germination rates, improve nutrient uptake, and strengthen resistance to environmental stressors such as drought, pests, and soil variability.

Agricultural experts highlight that the technology supports more efficient resource utilization by reducing dependency on excessive fertilizers and irrigation, while improving overall crop health and consistency. This makes it particularly valuable in regions facing climate variability and soil degradation challenges.

The innovation is expected to benefit farmers by increasing productivity per hectare and lowering input costs, thereby contributing to improved farm incomes and more sustainable agricultural practices.

Industry observers note that such precision agriculture solutions are becoming increasingly important as the sector looks to balance food security needs with environmental sustainability goals.

With successful early adoption, smart seed coating technology is positioned to play a key role in the next phase of agricultural modernization, supporting higher yields and more resilient farming systems.

India’s Exports to BRICS Nations Projected to Reach Dollar 200 Billion by 2030: ASSOCHAM

New Delhi, June 18: India’s exports to BRICS countries are projected to reach around $200 billion by 2030, driven by expanding trade linkages, diversification of export markets, and growing demand across key emerging economies, according to industry body ASSOCHAM.

The report highlights that stronger economic cooperation among BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—along with the inclusion of new member countries, is expected to create significant opportunities for Indian exporters in sectors such as engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, textiles, chemicals, and IT-enabled services.

ASSOCHAM noted that India’s competitive manufacturing base, improving logistics infrastructure, and policy support for export promotion are likely to play a crucial role in achieving this growth target over the next decade.

It further stated that rising intra-BRICS trade and efforts to reduce dependency on traditional Western markets could help India diversify its export basket and strengthen its global trade position.

Industry experts believe that strategic trade agreements, supply chain integration, and digital trade facilitation will be key enablers in accelerating export growth to BRICS economies by 2030.

India Sets Global Benchmark in AI Growth and Innovation: Piyush Goyal

June 18: India is positioning itself as a compelling global example in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, highlighting the country’s rapid progress in digital transformation and innovation-led growth.

Speaking at an industry event, the Minister noted that India’s expanding digital ecosystem, strong startup culture, and large talent pool are driving the country’s emergence as a key global hub for AI development and deployment.

He said India’s approach to AI is focused on inclusive growth, real-world applications, and large-scale adoption across sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and governance. According to him, this practical and people-centric model sets India apart in the global AI landscape.

Goyal emphasized that India is not only adopting AI technologies but also building capabilities in innovation, data infrastructure, and skilled manpower to support long-term leadership in the sector. He added that collaboration between industry, academia, and government is playing a crucial role in accelerating AI-driven solutions.

The Minister further stated that India’s digital public infrastructure, including platforms for payments, identity, and governance services, has created a strong foundation for AI integration at scale.

He expressed confidence that India’s continued investment in technology and innovation will further strengthen its position as a global leader in AI and emerging technologies.

AI Upskilling Drives Up to 150 pc Salary Growth in India: Report

New Delhi, June 18: AI-related upskilling is significantly boosting career growth in India, with professionals reporting an average salary increase of up to 150 per cent after acquiring artificial intelligence and emerging technology skills, according to a recent industry report.

The findings highlight a sharp rise in demand for AI, data science, machine learning, and automation skills across sectors such as IT services, fintech, e-commerce, and consulting. Employers are increasingly prioritising candidates with AI competencies as businesses accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

The report indicates that professionals who transition into AI-enabled roles or enhance their existing skill sets with AI tools and technologies are witnessing faster promotions, higher compensation packages, and improved job mobility compared to peers in traditional roles.

Industry experts noted that organisations are actively investing in workforce reskilling programmes to bridge the widening talent gap in advanced technologies. This trend is also being driven by the rapid adoption of generative AI and automation across business operations.

Hiring trends show strong competition for AI-skilled professionals, with companies offering premium salaries to attract and retain talent in high-demand roles. Entry-level and mid-career professionals are particularly benefiting from structured upskilling pathways.

Experts said AI upskilling is becoming a key factor in long-term career sustainability, as industries continue to evolve toward data-driven decision-making and intelligent automation systems.

The report further suggests that India’s large talent pool and growing digital ecosystem position the country as a key global hub for AI-skilled workforce development.