“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new.” Famous words by Free India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Fast forward to almost 7 decades later - there isn’t 1 specific moment that can be pointed out, but it’s safe to say that India once again is at the cusp of a new dawn - a digital dawn. No longer is digital just about the computer you are using or the electronic watch on your wrist. Today digital technology has permeated into every aspect of our lives. The Do Big Symposium – 2015-2016 presented by Tata DoCoMo and powered by CNBC TV18 aimed to start a conversation with industry stalwarts and to hear from them about how they have seen digital disrupt their industry as well as other businesses across the country. We pit-stopped at 7 cities - Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad ...

After Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata we touched down in Delhi to talk about digital disruption. Digital disruption helped me in my travel as well, since my flight from Mumbai to Delhi was delayed by 2 hours owing to fog. While sitting in the plane on the Mumbai tarmac, I saw a tweet from Indigo Airlines saying that flights had started taking off from Delhi, and then in under 5 minutes the captain came on the PA system and announced that we would finally be taking off. This is a small example, but this could be a great opportunity for Makemytrip.com or similar companies or even a new start up to develop a business around providing travel updates- flights or trains delays, road traffic jams, etc - pan india.  Anyway, back to the symposium, the keynote speaker for the evening was the former President of NASSCOM ( the premier body for the indian IT industry) Mr. Som Mittal .  He spoke about how Voice as an activation tool is coming up and will make a marked difference in...

Do big symposium - Kolkata 18th December 2015 As the anchor/moderator for the Do Big Symposium presented by Tata DoCoMo business services and powered by CNBC TV18, I was in the city of joy - Kolkata -recently for our 3rd pit stop of the series. With a strong turnout of approx 200 delegates, the evening began with the Managing Director of SREI Infrastructure Hemant Kanoria addressing the audience about his views on digital disruptions. Some of the key points of his address: * The Holy Trinity of Hindu Mythology - Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh - are also disrupters in their space * Technology can be used to provide employment in rural areas * His company allows customers in rural areas, who dont have access to banking services, to use their product offering (S-Cash) to buy products * Essential to digitise so as to make it easier for your customers This was followed by the MD of Tata Teleservices Ltd., N. Srinath's presentation on digital disruption which began with a thought prov...