Kulpreet Sahni, Founder and CEO, Chiltier
“As India advances into a technology-led future, innovation must be guided by responsibility, sustainability, and accessibility. The true impact of technology will not be measured only by breakthroughs, but by how effectively these advancements improve lives and create long-term value for society.
Responsible innovation means building systems that are energy-efficient, resilient, and designed with long-term impact in mind. As digital infrastructure continues to expand, the focus must remain on creating solutions that balance performance with sustainability. Inclusive growth will come from ensuring that technological progress strengthens industries, empowers communities, and contributes to a more sustainable and future-ready ecosystem.”
Amit Kumar, CTO & Director, Easebuzz
“India’s payments story has moved beyond enabling mere accessibility and ease. The harder problem now is trust – at scale, in real time, across transaction volumes and user profiles that keep expanding. AI is useful here not just because it automates, but because it also adapts. Fraud patterns shift. New user segments behave differently. Static rule engines can’t keep up. AI is proving its value in payments infrastructure by identifying patterns and risks that rule-based systems often overlook – detecting threats earlier, reducing false positives, and doing so without disrupting legitimate user experiences.
For fintechs, the next few years will separate companies that built for resilience versus those that built merely for scale and speed. Especially as digital adoption deepens in smaller cities and among first-time users, reliability and security will matter more than speed alone, to sustain the trust in digital payment ecosystem. At Easebuzz, we are not treating AI a replacement for judgement, rather as the layer that that helps our systems stay ahead of risk while keeping the experience clean for the businesses and their consumers we serve.”
Prashant Singh, CEO and Founder, Blue Planet Environmental Solutions
“As industries increasingly prioritise sustainability alongside growth, technology is becoming central to building more efficient, transparent and scalable environmental systems. Across waste management and circular economy operations, digital monitoring, traceability and process-driven solutions are helping improve accountability, resource recovery and long-term environmental outcomes. From landfill remediation and e-waste recycling to biofuels and waste-to-value initiatives, technology is enabling more structured and measurable sustainability frameworks. The future of responsible innovation will depend on combining operational efficiency with transparency, compliance and practical implementation to create circular systems that are both scalable and environmentally sustainable.”
