Episodes

  • How AI is changing classrooms

    How AI is changing classrooms
    Mar 23 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Pradeep Kumar Singh, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Aakash Educational Services Limited. The conversation explores the use of AI in education. Our guest elaborates how AI is being used to personalise education, so that each and every student can get to learn and understand the material well. Post the pandemic, hybrid education has also become a reality, so Pradeep shares the ways in which Aakash makes sure that every student, whether online or offline gets the same amount of focus and resources. To learn more about how Aakash is using AI to educated and train it's students, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    15 mins
  • Why India's education strategy needs to change in times of AI

    Why India's education strategy needs to change in times of AI
    Mar 16 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Vineet Nayar, Founder, Sampark Foundation and Former CEO, HCL Technologies. The conversation focusses on education and how AI can be used to its fullest potential in the field. Our guest breaks down myths and beliefs around artificial intelligence and who is gaining profits out of its use, he suggests ways in which it can fill the gaps in the system. He also shares how the Indian IT ecosystem should use artificial intelligence and what role can education play in creating employable people. To know more on AI in education and how Vineet Nayar is working on Sampark Foundation, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    22 mins
  • How AI research is becoming products at scale

    How AI research is becoming products at scale
    Mar 9 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Dwarak Rajgopal, Vice President, AI engineering and research, Snowflake. This conversation explores Snowflake and how it is working in the field of AI. Our guest highlights the need to upskill in order to be able to use Snowflake's products to its maximum potential. The discussion also moves towards how ready enterprises are for agentic AI and vice versa, the impact of error rate and more. To know more about Snowflake, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    21 mins
  • AI will only be as intelligent as its user

    AI will only be as intelligent as its user
    Mar 2 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Dr. Pawan Kumar Gurzada, Associate Director AI and Data Science, Great Learning. This conversation explores how as a user you can upskill yourself in order to be able to use AI to its full potential. It highlights the need to ask intelligent and correctly worded questions to AI tools like Chatgpt, so that you can receive the exact required output. To know more about what you can do to use artificial intelligence fully, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    24 mins
  • Panos Panay explains how AI will change devices

    Panos Panay explains how AI will change devices
    Feb 23 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Panos Panay, Senior Vice President, Amazon Devices and Services. The chat revolves around Alexa and how Amazon devices are leveling up with AI. Panos talks about Alexa's transformation into a natural assistant due to the incorporation of artificial intelligence and how people can have actual conversations with it beyond just command and control. He also shares how they are planning on developing it further and the kind of changes that can be expected in its interface. Along with this, there is also a discussion on user trust and how it can be built stronger, especially in times of AI. To know more about what all is in store for all Alexa and Amazon device users, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    16 mins
  • Can your phone have a personal AI assistant?

    Can your phone have a personal AI assistant?
    Feb 16 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Founder of Equal AI, Keshav Reddy. In this conversation Keshav talks about Equal AI and how it can help Indians answer or retrieve information from calls that they don't want to pick up, no points for guessing, AI will do it for them. He talks about the interesting use cases that have come up since the launch, how they plan on tackling different languages in India and whether they plan on going Global or not. To know more about Equal AI, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    21 mins
  • Why tech needs story telling in the age of AI

    Why tech needs story telling in the age of AI
    Feb 9 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by author and storytelling coach Ravishankar Iyer. In this very interesting chat, Ravishankar Iyer talks about the importance of storytelling behind a product and a company. He also addresses the topic of AI in storytelling and how you can use artificial intelligence to enhance your edits and rewrite your drafts, and most importantly he emphasized the concept of 'presence' that is the human touch which needs to given it's due credit in storytelling. To understand more about the art of storytelling and how you can make your products more appealing by using it, tune into Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    24 mins
  • How an Indian company is banking on Applied Intelligence

    How an Indian company is banking on Applied Intelligence
    Feb 2 2026
    In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Madhav Sheth, CEO, Ai+ Smartphone and Founder, NxtQuantum Shift Technologies. Madhav has been working towards creating AI+ smartphones and this conversation explores what differentiates NxtQuantum OS from other brands and how AI in smartphones will enhance the user experience. The discussion also covers how Indian consumers become the yardstick for global consumers and how an India first approach is what NxtQuantum OS is focused on. To understand more about AI+ smartphones and what they bring to the table, tune in to today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Produced by Niharika Nanda
    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    20 mins