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Imagine that, it's a morning in 2026. In a classroom, a teacher holds up a tablet. Instead of reciting multiplication tables, a group of eight-year-olds watches a tiny animation explaining how computers “learn” from patterns. A curious hand shoots up. “Ma’am, does that mean my phone is smarter than me?” The class bursts into laughter, but the question lingers. That, in essence, is the beginning of India’s new chapter — where Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant, sci-fi term, but a part of early education. The Turning Point The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has drafted a plan to introduce AI as a subject from Class 3 to Class 12 , a first in the country’s education history. The proposal, now with NCERT for expert review, aims to roll out by April 2026 . If all goes to plan, teacher training will begin next year, resource books and digital tools will follow, and by the time the next generation steps into school, “AI” will sit alongside English, Science,...

Walk into any conversation about Indian tech, and names like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro dominate. But beneath the noise, one company—quietly bootstrapped, fiercely independent, and unapologetically Indian—is redefining what it means to build a global tech empire from India’s suburbs. That company is Zoho Corporation . Zoho was founded by Sridhar Vembu  in 1996 , Zoho has grown into a $1 billion-plus SaaS powerhouse with over 100 million users across 180 countries—without a single rupee of venture capital. It’s the polar opposite of Silicon Valley’s hyper-funded “grow fast, burn faster” philosophy. And now, as India positions itself as a global tech player amid shifting geopolitics and digital sovereignty debates, the question naturally arises: Can Zoho become India’s version of Microsoft or Google ? The New Global Tech Order The world of 2025 looks very different from the pre-AI era. The United States and China continue their tech cold war—semiconductors, AI models, data localizati...