Mint Techcetra
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The Mint Techcetra podcast is your navigator into the mesmerizing maze that is technology today. From decoding technologies, policies, enterprises, and legal decisions to sci-fi and pop culture, this podcast will cover it all. Every week hosts - Leslie D'Monte, Shouvik Das and Deepti Ahuja - will talk about important developments in tech and how they transform our lives, work and play as we know it.
If you have any questions or suggestions you can reach out to the hosts on LinkedIn via their handles given below:
Leslie D'Monte, Mint's Sr. Associate Editor: linkedin.com/in/leslie-d-monte-4985993
Shouvik Das, Mint's Assistant Editor, Mint: linkedin.com/in/shouvik-das-77a4bbba
Deepti Ahuja, Content Head, HT Smartcast: linkedin.com/in/deeptea
This is a Mint production brought to you by HT Smartcast.
Episodes
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- Will AI Agents Decide Your Next Loan? Raj Nair, Piramal Finance, Explains | Mint Techcetra · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 1How is AI changing who gets a loan in India? Raj Nair, Head of Customer Experience at Piramal Finance, tells Mint's Consulting Editor Leslie D'Monte why speed is no longer…
- The Data Advantage: Building for the AI Era | Matthew Oostveen & Ramanujam Komanduri | Everpure · 35 minAI has made data the most valuable thing a company owns. But does your organisation actually know what data it has, where it sits and who can access it? In this episode of…
- Why AI adoption isn't AI transformation | Avani Prabhakar, Atlassian | Mint Techcetra · 22 minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- The Biggest AI Risk You Should Know About | Are Enterprises Ready? | Techcetra | Mint x Salesforce · 17 minPARTNERED In this episode of Techcetra, in partnership with @salesforce Leslie D'Monte speaks with Abhijit Kokane, Vice President - IT at Gen Digital, about how organisations…
- The Economics of AI Explained | Neil Thompson on AI, Chips, & What's Next | Techcetra | Salesforce · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 7PARTNERED Artificial Intelligence is advancing faster than ever—but can this pace continue? In this episode of Techcetra partnered with @salesforce , Leslie D'Monte speaks with…
- Can AI Agents Replace Human Work in Logistics? | Techcetra | Salesforce | Mint · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 10PARTNERED Artificial Intelligence has moved far beyond chatbots. In this episode of Techcetra, in partnership with @salesforce Leslie D'monte speaks with Kapil Mahajan, Global…
- Iron Man, Wolverine & Agentic AI? Salesforce SVP Explains the Future of AI · 29 minPARTNERED Artificial Intelligence is entering a new phase-and it's no longer just about generating content. In this episode of Techcetra, in partnership with @salesforce Leslie…
- How AI Is Reinventing India's Jewellery Retail Experience | Techcetra | Salesforce x Mint · 20 minPARTNERED Artificial Intelligence is changing retail in ways most customers never notice. In this episode of Techcetra in partnership with @salesforce Mint's Leslie D'Monte…
- How Agentic AI Is Changing Education In India | Techcetra | Salesforce x Mint · 21 minSPONSORED Artificial Intelligence is changing education faster than ever before. But beyond concerns about students using ChatGPT, how are universities themselves adopting AI?…
- Building the Infrastructure and Digital Sovereignty Foundation for Scaling Enterprise AI · 25 min“AI has to run where your applications are running and where your data resides." In this episode of Mint Techcetra, Nelson John speaks with Ravi Jain, Vice President, Systems and…
- Beyond ChatGPT: How AI Agents Are Changing Enterprise Logistics | Salesforce | Techcetra Episode 5 · 16 minPARTNERED As businesses race to adopt Agentic AI, one question remains: how do you move beyond experiments and create real business value? In this episode of Techcetra, Mint's…
- Agentic AI in the Enterprise: Why Businesses Can’t Afford to Wait | Mint Techcetra · 21 minArtificial intelligence is no longer just an experiment for enterprises. In this special episode of Techcetra, in partnership with @salesforce , we decode how businesses are…
- Agentic AI in the Enterprise: Why Businesses Can’t Afford to Wait | Mint Techcetra · 21 minArtificial intelligence is no longer just an experiment for enterprises. In this special episode of Techcetra, in partnership with @salesforce , we decode how businesses are…
- Building India's AI-Ready Enterprises: The Data Strategy Behind Scalable AI | @IBM · 38 min"The real challenge is converting enterprise data into real-time, accurate, meaningful context" In this episode of Mint Techcetra, Nelson John speaks with Sriram Raghavan…
- How under Tatas, Air India leapfrogged, built tech stack from scratch | Mint Techcetra · 15 minArtificial Intelligence is evolving faster than ever — and Agentic AI could completely redefine how businesses operate, how people work, and even whether traditional degrees…
- Time of Massive Change, AI is now a rocketship: Salesforce's Arundhati Bhattacharya | Mint Techcetra · 21 minArtificial Intelligence is evolving faster than ever — and Agentic AI could completely redefine how businesses operate, how people work, and even whether traditional degrees…
- The Rise Of Agentic AI: Salesforce’s Vala Afshar On Jobs & Digital Labour | Mint Techcetra · 38 minArtificial Intelligence is evolving faster than ever — and Agentic AI could completely redefine how businesses operate, how people work, and even whether traditional degrees…
- The New Digital Sovereignty Playbook for Scaling AI · 28 minWe live in a world where data moves faster than borders, but the real question is no longer just who owns the data; it’s who controls the future built on it. In this episode of…
- Are Indian IT Firms Ready for the AI Era? · 37 minIndia is stepping into its biggest tech transformation yet. From powerful conversations at the Indian Impact Summit to insights from leading voices in AI, this episode explores…
- The Sovereign AI Playbook for India’s Energy Sector · 44 minIndia’s energy sector is undergoing one of its most defining transitions — and AI is now at the heart of it. In this Mint Techcetra episode, host Nelson John speaks with Manish…
- Two hours to delete unpalatable AI content. But how enforceable are short takedown deadlines? · 38 minIn this episode of the Mint Techcetra podcast, our host Shouvik Das and Leslie D'Monte talk about the two most significant developments shaping the future of technology and…
- Why IMF perception about India being a ‘Second-Tier’ AI Player, needs a revisit · 38 min“Instead of arguing about Tier-1 or Tier-2, the real question is whether AI will actually benefit 1.44 crore people.” In this episode of Mint Techcetra, we begin with IT…
- Is Your Resume Invisible to AI? What Job Seekers Need to Know · 27 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John sits down with Madhu Kurup, Vice President of Engineering at Indeed, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming…
- The Clash Between Grok’s Spicy Mode and India’s Local Laws, Plus Our Favourite Tech Gadgets from CES 2026 · 21 min“This is not really a question of morality; it’s about respecting the laws of the land.”In this episode, hosts Leslie D'Monte and Shouvik Das break down why Elon Musk’s Grok…
- India's Global Capability Leap: Unlocking AI-Driven Growth in 2026 · 34 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John explores the evolving role of Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India with Santhosh Rao, Partner and Executive Director at…
- AI in 2025: Power, Policy, and Guardrails and other 2026 predictions · 38 minA year ago, AI was still moving faster than everyone else, outpacing companies, governments, and just about anyone trying to keep up. By the end of 2025, that finally started to…
- Charting India’s Quantum Future · 30 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John discusses India's newly released National Quantum Roadmap with Dr. Amith Singhee, Director, IBM Research Indiaand CTO, IBM…
- What India’s DHRUV64, Samsung’s tri-fold phone, and the foundation model transparency index say about tech in 2025 · 37 minDHRUV64 is India’s first homegrown 64-bit dual-core microprocessor, and it quietly says a lot about where the country’s chip ambitions are headed. In this episode, our host Lesli…
- How Micron is Fueling India’s Chip Story while powering AI · 20 minIf AI is the brain, memory and storage are the nervous system.” In this Mint Techcetra episode, host Nelson John sits down with Anand Ramamoorthy, Managing Director, Micron…
- From India's PSLV rocket launch to Google's Gemini AI push · 37 minIn today's episode of Mint Techcetra, our host Leslie D'Monte and Shouvik Das talked about ISRO's trusted workhorse, the PSLV, which is now set to become a private "rocket taxi"…
- Internet outages, massive WhatsApp data leaks, and what India's data protection laws mean for us · 36 minWith the first episode of the new season of Mint Techcetra, your host Leslie D’Monte brings over his old tech friend Shouvik Das to talk about the Cloudflare outage that quietly…
- Securing the Future of Bharat with AI Infrastructure: IBM preps Indian enterprises to be AI-ready · 35 minJoin host Nelson John in a riveting episode of Mint Techcetra as he explores the future of AI infrastructure with IBM's business leader for IBMZ and LinuxONE, Suresh Jayanthi…
- Driving Relationship Banking & AI Transformation · 26 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Kartik is joined by Suja Chandy, Managing Director of Zafin India and Global Chief Sustainability Officer, for a conversation on how Zafin…
- India’s Digital Leap: The Power of Intelligent Information Management · 31 minIndia is going digital at a record speed, but without intelligent information management, the transformation won’t be complete.In this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John…
- Three decades of tech journalism: Leslie D’Monte of Mint steps down · 31 minThis week’s episode is a little different. Our co-host Leslie D’Monte, who’s been making AI, science, and all the complicated technology easier to understand for you, is stepping…
- How a Safe Second Account is Changing Digital Banking in India · 36 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, we speak with Anubrata Biswas, MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank, about the growing role of digital banking in India and why having a Safe…
- Agentic AI: The Next Frontier for Indian Enterprises · 27 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, host Nelson John is joined by Siddhesh Naik, Country Leader – Data & AI Software at IBM India & South Asia, to unpack the rise of Agentic AI, a…
- How AI in Healthcare is solving for India’s 1.4Bn? · 42 min"We’re not just innovating for India, we’re innovating from India for the world.”In this episode of Mint Techcetra, we sit down with Girish Raghavan, Vice President of GE…
- Inside multi-crore digital arrests, plus excitement toward GPT-5 and Google Pixel 10 · 37 minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Inside multi-crore digital arrests, plus excitement toward GPT-5 and Google Pixel 10 · 37 minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Nvidia on top of the world, Samsung’s new foldable, and Dorsey’s Bluetooth text app · 34 min“Nvidia is doing in AI what Apple did with the iPhone—it’s built an ecosystem that people don’t want to leave.” That’s where we start this week. Nvidia has crossed $4 trillion…
- Brillio Turning AI Disruption into Trustworthy Tech That Works for Everyone · 45 min"AI is not here to take your job, it’s here to take the grind out of it." In this episode of Mint Techcetra, Chander Damodaran - Global CTO @Brillio talks about what it really…
- Inside The Dell’s AI Factory: Powering the Next Generation of Enterprise AI. · 30 minIn this episode of Mint Techcetra, brought to you by HT Smartcast, host Karthik explores how enterprises in India are scaling smart and staying secure in the age of AI. Joining…
- Why Sam Altman wants you to stop blindly trusting ChatGPT plus India's $12 billion budget for advanced R&D and AI-related job cuts · 33 min"You can only become a product nation if you invest in R&D. Otherwise, you stay a service economy.” In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, we talk about what India’s $12 billion…
- An Indian finally enters the Space Station, as Sam Altman’s World ID hits controversies · 25 minIf India can rival SpaceX and send a person to the International Space Station, why can’t we have better roads back home?” In today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, we start with…
- Tech jobs on the decline, but reusable rockets are on the rise · 30 min"Are we entitled to have our jobs for a lifetime in the AI age?" That’s the question this week’s episode of Techcetra opens with, as Shouvik Das and Leslie D’Monte talks about…
- Apple slows down on AI, Android refuses to change, and ChatGPT breaks the internet · 30 minIn today’s episode of Mint Techcetra, host Shouvik Das is joined by Leslie D’Monte to break down Apple’s WWDC announcements — from its new ‘Liquid Glass’ interface and renamed…
- AI’s murky side, OpenAI’s documentary, and Gen-Z using emojis at work · 30 minCan you blame the tech company for building a technology that willfully at fault for creating a bot, which performed the way it did? and one that’s becoming harder to answer. As…
- Google Flow vs. Video Editors, AI Model Blackmails Human, and the Consumer Technology Space · 30 minIn today’s episode, we’re speaking about how the job of video editors is on the line and how the job of cinematographers might be next. The kind of videos that Google Flow is now…
- Very much in the AI game: Google doubles down on search, Gemini, and agents · 27 minWhy listen? Our host Shouvik Das was on the ground at the most talked-about tech event of the year—Google I/O 2025—and brings you exclusive insights from Sundar Pichai’s…
