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Sandeep Manudhane
@sandeep_PT
Bro, we all support you, and speak highly of you and Sarvam now, but refrain from making claims that don't stand technical scrutiny. Sarvam is no DeepSeek. There has been no new foundational algorithmic breakthrough, no training on fully indigenous chips, and no step-change in the economics of frontier-scale training. DeepSeek’s low-cost result came from concrete (new) technical advances, novel model architecture choices, deep bare-metal optimization of their hardware stack, and access to massive, diverse global data at scale. Let's not confuse running a smaller regional cluster with executing a global paradigm shift.
We wish you the best.
#Sarvam #DeepSeek #AI

https://x.com/sandeep_PT/status/2025097332208091309?s=20

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Sabeer Bhatia
@sabeer
The Galgotia fiasco is the inevitable end result of what I said about education a while back. When institutions prioritize optics, money, and rote memorization over real learning and critical thinking, failure isn’t an accident - it’s the outcome. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hotmail-cofo...


https://x.com/sabeer/status/2024879694701797589?s=20

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Dr Nimo Yadav 2.0
@DrNimoYadav
Galgotias University is the only university in the world that published a research paper claiming that coronavirus gets killed by banging thalis and bells.

And Modi awarded this as Top Private university of India.

God save this country 🙏🏾

https://x.com/DrNimoYadav/status/2024696987820708102?s=20

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Prateek Goyal
@tweets_prateekg
Fun facts:
In just 7 yrs,#Galgotias Universty says it has filed 2,430 patents.

Meanwhile,IIT-Madras,one of India’s most respected public research institutions has filed about 2,550 patents in the 50 yrs since its inception in 1975.
someone needs to patent the word "patent". 1/n

https://x.com/tweets_prateekg/status/2024755147126255854?s=20

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Mint
@livemint
Galgotias University was allotted more space than four IITs' total during the AI Impact Summit 2026. This sparked controversy over the space allocation process, questioning the criteria used to determine exhibitor space at the event aimed at showcasing India's tech advancements.

https://livemint.com/news/india/ai-summit-galgotias-universitys-boo...

https://x.com/livemint/status/2025053947745153137?s=20

Comment by Riaz Haq 3 hours ago

India Can’t Spectacle Its Way to AI Power

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-19/india-can-t-s...


Giant posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and feel-good slogans about artificial intelligence lined New Delhi’s roundabouts for the AI Impact Summit.
The summit was marked by dysfunction, including road closures, long lines, and unexpected venue closures, but also revealed India's appetite for AI and its potential as a market.
India's AI adoption figures are high, but the country faces challenges in moving from being a consumer to a producer of AI, including finding land, water, and electricity for data centers and addressing environmental concerns.


The spectacle of this week also obscures a more immediate, unique risk. Throughout the developed world, policymakers sell AI as a solution to aging populations and labor shortages. India has the opposite problem: a huge, young, increasingly educated workforce that needs jobs. The recent “AI scare” selloff has hit Indian IT especially hard, a reminder of how exposed its software sector is. If AI becomes a substitute for entry-level work before India can generate new opportunities, the social impact could be sharper than in the countries exporting the technology. The challenge of translating the AI wave into livelihoods is a bigger governing test for Modi than collecting selfies with Silicon Valley’s elite.

Still, the enthusiasm at the summit wasn’t manufactured. I spoke to a couple of college students who came to check it out on Monday. They didn’t mind the crowds or disruptions, saying the chaos simply proved how much people cared. They insisted that Indians aren’t merely using AI, they’re experimenting and building. The optimism was contagious, and it hinted at the nation’s genuine advantage: a massive, ambitious, mobile-first talent pool willing to try new tools fast.

But optimism doesn’t substitute for an ecosystem. A harder question hanging over this gathering is why India, with undeniably deep tech talent, has never had a “DeepSeek moment,” and still lacks a defining foundational research breakthrough. Adoption can scale quickly, but it’s much more difficult to build frontier capability without sustained investment in research, access to compute, and the kind of capital that lets entrepreneurs take bold bets. If the summit was meant to showcase India as an AI builder, the disarray also exposed why so many of its best and brightest are seeking opportunities elsewhere.

AI’s promises and hypocrisies were on open display in Delhi. Under a banner of “democratizing AI,” hotel rooms went for as much as $33,000 a night while homeless people were forcibly moved along the road to the venue. India is a test case for whether AI diffusion empowers everyday people or widens inequality. The rest of the world will be watching closely.

Walking between meetings in downtown New Delhi, I stopped counting the number of Modi posters after I hit 20. India can host the world. It can sell its vision of the future. But it can’t spectacle its way into AI power. That takes the unglamorous work of dedicated research funding, trustworthy institutions, reliable infrastructure — and a plan for the people expected to live with the consequences of this tech revolution.

Comment by Riaz Haq 3 hours ago

Bloomberg Opinion

@opinion
Nowhere were the promises and hypocrisies of AI clearer than in India this week.

@cathythorbecke
explains from New Delhi 🎥

https://x.com/opinion/status/2024918460430455010?s=20

Comment by Riaz Haq 3 hours ago

Hotmail cofounder Sabeer Bhatia blasts Indian education system: 'We are producing an army of useless kids'

Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hotmail-cofo...

Synopsis
Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia criticizes India's education system for prioritizing obedience over critical thinking, leading to a workforce of unoriginal individuals. He contrasts this with Western education, which encourages independent thought. Bhatia argues that the Indian system stifles creativity by emphasizing rote memorization and discouraging failure, hindering innovation and producing compliant workers instead of visionary creators.




In a nation obsessed with ranks, marks, and job titles, we’ve forgotten to ask the most basic question: Are our kids actually learning? For Sabeer Bhatia, the man who co-founded Hotmail, the answer is a resounding no. In a hard-hitting interview on the NNP podcast, Bhatia doesn’t mince words, calling out India’s education and work culture for building an “army of useless kids” instead of original thinkers.

At the heart of the problem is a deeply flawed system that rewards obedience over curiosity. “We live in a conformist society—people are often told, ‘Listen to others, do what they say.’ But why follow a path that’s already been walked?” Bhatia questions. Whether it's memorising textbooks or chasing the same startup ideas in saturated sectors, he believes the country is wired to produce workers who take orders, not visionaries who disrupt systems.

Bhatia draws a stark contrast between Indian and Western education. His young children in the US write their own stories and ideas, even if full of spelling mistakes. “Teachers don’t correct those because spelling is irrelevant. What matters is the thought.” In India, however, children are punished for errors instead of being encouraged to think independently. They’re taught not to learn, but to score.

It’s a mindset that starts early and ends up defining careers. Many bright students become engineers or doctors, not because of passion, but because society deemed it safe or respectable. “You can’t suppress the arts, sports, and culture and expect to build a balanced society,” he adds.

And even when Indian youth show entrepreneurial ambition, Bhatia says they’re crippled by the system itself: “You’re never asked to write a paper. You’re asked to memorise 13 chapters and regurgitate them. That is not education.

For innovation to thrive, he insists we need critical thinkers—people who do things, build things, experiment and fail. But the stigma around failure in India is so strong, even someone like Bhatia has been asked, “What have you done since Hotmail?” As if one stumble erases all worth. He believes that until India stops confusing compliance with intelligence, the country will keep losing potential to a system designed for factory workers, not creators.

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