PM Narendra Modi launches blockchain-based digital degrees at IIT-Kanpur, we test out PlayGo's N37 wireless headphones, take a look at five trends that will shape India's technology sector in 2022 and more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 28 launched blockchain-based digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. The students were issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain-driven technology developed at one of the country's best engineering schools under the National Blockchain Project. These digital degrees can be verified globally and can't be tampered with.
The technology-enabled India growth story is rising on the shoulders of the IT industry and the Indian appetite for technology adoption. As a result, $35-36 billion entered the system in 2021 and resulted in an acceleration of trends already put in motion over the last decade and further speeded up by the coronavirus pandemic. The year 2022 will supercharge this trajectory.
Indian smartphone industry may have hit speed bumps on component supply crunch but the sector is poised to see 190-200 million shipments in 2022 with more 5G devices vying for consumer attention. CyberMedia Research (CMR) Analyst-Industry Intelligence Group Anand Priya Singh estimates smartphone shipments to hover around a similar level of 187-190 million in 2022, with a further uptick in 5G device shipments, growing 129 percent year-on-year from 28 million in 2021 to around 64 million in 2022.
India's top video streaming platforms expanded beyond the big cities in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a surge in viewership and watch-time. This expansion also led to these platforms tapping original programming in various Indian languages to fulfil the growing demand for digital content and attract more users.
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