Tech-à-Tête

Secretariat of the EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue

Tech-à-Tête is a podcast by the Secretariat of the EU–India Digital Policy Dialogue that takes listeners through the conversations shaping Europe and India’s shared digital future. Anchored in the EU–India Trade and Technology Council, Working Group 1, the podcast brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from industry to unpack the technologies driving the partnership. Through these conversations we explore digital cooperation in the two economies and the factors shaping the cooperation: laws and regulation, standards, geopolitics, market and investment incentives, and how digital systems are built and scaled. Whether you work in digital policy or are simply living through digital change, Tech-à-Tête is your space to pause and reflect. Join us each month as we explore how digital cooperation between the EU and India can move from dialogue to action, and from ideas to impact. The EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue is co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.

Episodes

  1. 8 APR

    The Infrastructure Behind Trustworthy AI: What the EU and India Are Building

    In Episode 2 of Tech-à-Tête, hosted by Tanea Bandyopadhyay, we move beyond policy frameworks to ask a more fundamental question: what does it actually take to build AI that is safe, sovereign, and scalable? Titled “The Infrastructure Behind Trustworthy AI: What the EU and India Are Building,” this episode features Aalekh Sharan, Head Agentic AI and Head Public Sector at Sarvam AI and a key contributor to India’s National AI Strategy. Drawing on his experience across both policymaking and real-world deployment, Aalekh unpacks what “trustworthy AI infrastructure” truly means in practice.   The conversation takes listeners inside India’s evolving AI ecosystem; from building full-stack, multilingual models trained on domestic infrastructure to the realities of working with limited compute, talent constraints, and rapidly scaling demand.   Along the way, we tackle some of the biggest questions shaping global AI today: What separates having infrastructure from actually using it well?Can open, sovereign AI models create a more trusted and equitable ecosystem?And where do India and the EU’s approaches to AI infrastructure complement each other, particularly in areas like multilingual and inclusive AI? From DPI-inspired thinking to the economics of compute and the geopolitics of AI, this episode offers a grounded, practitioner-led perspective on what it really takes to build trustworthy AI.

    26 min

  2. 29/12/2025

    Talking Tech Diplomacy: Europe, India, and the Shared Digital Future

    In this inaugural episode of Tech-à-Tête, we sit down with Amaia Sánchez, Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Asia Programme at Institut Montaigne, and Shyam Krishnakumar, Co-Founder of The Pranava Institute, to unpack what tech diplomacy really means for the EU–India partnership at a pivotal moment. With the EU–India Summit scheduled for January 2026, join us as we reflect on where cooperation stands today and what needs to happen next. The discussion dives into key questions: Where do the EU’s values-driven approach and India’s interests-led strategy collide — and where do they align?How can standards-setting and scale come together to shape global rules?And what pathways exist for moving from dialogue to real-world collaboration, in both the short term and beyond?  If you would like to be part of the conversation beyond the airwaves, follow us on LinkedIn. Please also subscribe to our monthly newsletter, for fresh insights to be delivered straight to your inbox.

    25 min
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About

Tech-à-Tête is a podcast by the Secretariat of the EU–India Digital Policy Dialogue that takes listeners through the conversations shaping Europe and India’s shared digital future. Anchored in the EU–India Trade and Technology Council, Working Group 1, the podcast brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from industry to unpack the technologies driving the partnership. Through these conversations we explore digital cooperation in the two economies and the factors shaping the cooperation: laws and regulation, standards, geopolitics, market and investment incentives, and how digital systems are built and scaled. Whether you work in digital policy or are simply living through digital change, Tech-à-Tête is your space to pause and reflect. Join us each month as we explore how digital cooperation between the EU and India can move from dialogue to action, and from ideas to impact. The EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue is co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.

Information

  • Creator
    Secretariat of the EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Secretariat of the EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue
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