The next growth engine for manufacturers is not the next machine they sell, but the millions already running in the field. Why this matters to manufacturing leaders today Every truck, compressor and production line already sold is either making money or losing it, every single day it runs. Customers are starting to pay for something new: not just the machine, but the promise that it keeps working. The real shift Most manufacturers can already see how their machines are perfor

As enterprises scale AI, cloud and digital ecosystems, speakers at a Mint CIO Circle webinar said DPDP compliance will depend on data visibility, operationalising consent and continuous oversight of third-party and AI systems. By: Sohini Bagchi India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework is pushing enterprises to rethink how they handle personal data, from simply storing and securing it to continuously governing, tracking and acting on it. The shift matters beca

For years, a bigger team meant a more important GCC. That is changing fast, and most companies have not caught up yet. Why this matters to GCC leaders today Global capability centres in India used to grow the same way every time. Hire more people. Take on more work. Ask headquarters for a bigger budget. That formula is breaking down. AI tools can now do work that once needed a much bigger team. Counting heads no longer tells the full story of what a GCC is worth. The real shi

77% of banking and finance leaders say their worst tech outage in the last two years had nothing to do with hackers. Why this matters to BFSI leaders today? Banks do not close anymore. Payments, loans and claims move every hour of every day. When something breaks, even for a few minutes, customers notice right away. So do regulators. And once trust is shaken, it takes a long time to earn back. What we found As per a survey conducted on Mint CIO Circle's The C-Suite Circle Com

The world has gone from 16 Lighthouse factories in 2018 to 238 in 2026. Yet only ~30% of Industry 4.0 initiatives successfully scale across the network. The problem is no longer proving that a smart plant works. It is making the next plant cheaper, faster and easier to transform. Why this matters to manufacturing leaders today Indian manufacturers are running around 10 pilots on average, with 85% remaining in pilot mode for more than a year. A successful Plant 1 can demonstra

80–85% of testing is now done in software, not hardware. What does that mean for the economics of product development? Why this matters to manufacturing CXOs today Product complexity is moving rapid Why this matters to manufacturing CXOs today Product complexity is moving rapidly into software, electronics and system integration. Yet, for many organisations, critical validation still happens only after physical hardware is available, when failures are more expensive, timeline

74% of CEOs are not aligned with their CFO on the long-term value of technology investments. As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-scale investment, the challenge is no longer simply whether AI can create value, but whether organisations can measure, govern and scale that value. AI is moving beyond experimentation and into the core of manufacturing operations, from production and quality to supply chains, maintenance and workforce productivity. As investments scale,

India’s BFSI sector is no longer simply adopting technology—it is increasingly building its business models around technology. In this edition of CXO Strategy Exchange, Manish Yadav, Research Head, TechCircle, sits down with Cyrus Daruwala, Global Senior Analyst, for a wide-ranging conversation on how technology, innovation and changing customer expectations are reshaping the future of financial services in India. From India’s position among the world’s leading markets for BF