IT Voice

India isn’t short on ideas. It’s full of them. Every day, creators, entrepreneurs, professionals and small businesses imagine new ventures, build brands, tell stories and communicate visually. The challenge isn’t creativity – it’s turning those ideas into something meaningful. That’s the thinking behind Aap Aur Canva, Jodi Wah Wah!, Canva’s biggest brand campaign in India to date.

BUSY, India’s leading accounting and GST compliance software provider for MSMEs, today announced the appointment of Gyanendra Acharya as Vice President, People and Culture. In this role, he will lead the company’s HR strategy, with a mandate to build people systems that can scale alongside the business as BUSY enters its next phase of growth.

LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, today announced its collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker and storyteller, Shekhar Kapur. Kapur will act as a Strategic Advisor to the LTM BlueVerseTM Craft business unit. LTM’s BlueVerse Craft helps enterprises build AI-powered creative capabilities at scale, bringing together strategy, creativity, technology and production in an integrated model.

boAt, India’s No. 1 audio and wearables brand, today announced the first smart audio devices featuring boAt CREST AI, its AI-powered platform built with Google Gemini. With the launch, boAt is introducing a new proposition for personal audio — ‘Intelligent Ears’ — earbuds designed not just for listening, but to listen, understand, converse and assist. Today, accessing AI typically means reaching for a phone, opening an app or looking at a screen.

Lava International Limited, India’s leading homegrown smartphone brand, today announced the launch of the Virat Curve 5G, designed to elevate premium experience in the 20k segment for the true tech enthusiasts. Envisioned, designed and developed in India, the smartphone brings together a striking 3D Curved AMOLED Display, premium vegan leather finish, distinctive Rear Mini Screen, powerful imaging capabilities, Vayu AI and enduring battery life in a compact, premium footprint.

By 2027, 60% of organizations that fail to address the cultural challenges associated with data and analytics (D&A) governance will fail to govern AI successfully, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. In data governance, culture includes the mindsets, behaviors and organizational norms that influence how governance is adopted and sustained across the enterprise.

The NX Group (Nippon Express Group) and the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at SEMICON India 2026, establishing a framework for collaboration to support the development of India’s semiconductor ecosystem through specialised logistics expertise and supply chain solutions.

In this exclusive interview with Subish Ram, Digital Products & Services Leader, Enablement Services, EY GDS, we explore how organisations can turn AI investments into measurable business value and scale successful use cases across the enterprise. He discusses Agentic AI, responsible AI governance, workforce transformation, and the growing role of GCCs in building and taking AI capabilities from India to global markets.

In this exclusive interview with Brijesh Agarwal, CEO, BUSY Infotech, we explore how AI-powered accounting is transforming the way MSMEs manage finance, GST compliance, inventory, and business operations. He discusses BUSY Magic, AI-driven automation, connected accounting workflows, and the evolving role of accounting software as a financial and operational command centre for Indian MSMEs. IT Voice- Recently launched, BUSY Magic brings sales, stock, receivables and e-invoices onto one dashboard.

The second day of SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi produced 25 memoranda of understanding and announcements spanning the breadth of the semiconductor value chain, from raw materials and fabrication to power electronics, advanced packaging, logistics, design and skills training.