Pravin Kaushal — Entrepreneur, Columnist
Pravin Kaushal is a Director at Verda.ai, which builds cryptographic watermarking for AI, and at Mrikal, an AI & Data Capability Centre. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and Governance.
He began his career with the Delhi Government and the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He then founded RaastaFix, a civic technology platform for anonymous, geotagged citizen complaints that has since been adopted across Haryana. He leads the eastern region programmes of WHEELS Global Foundation, the Pan IIT alumni initiative inspired by Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, including skilling work with the Tharu community in West Champaran, Bihar.
An alumnus of Sainik School Tilaiya and IIT Kharagpur. Skilled in policy design, government affairs, building partnerships & leading grassroots programmes, with more than 120 Opeds on deeptech, economy, governance and geopolitics for The Times of India, The Hindu, The Economic Times, Mint and leading English / Hindi dailies.
Latest News
- PHP2Shell is just the tip of the internet’s old-code iceberg — The Economic Times (Oct 24, 2026)
- Cyberattack on eMudhra’s digital certificate system? — The Hindu Businessline (Oct 22, 2026)
- The Machine Can Solve The Problem. Who Will Understand It? — Times Now (Oct 21, 2026)
- Superintelligence isn't science. Not yet. — The Times of India (Oct 19, 2026)
- Rogue AI agents are here, experts say Indian companies can no longer assume internal systems are safe — India Today (Oct 17, 2026)
- Don’t Get Starstruck By Musk — The Times of India (Oct 16, 2026)
- National Security and Digital Sovereignty in Starlink’s Path — Rajasthan Patrika (Oct 14, 2026)
- The H-1B Visa Debate in America — Amar Ujala (Oct 12, 2026)
- The Next Topper Should Be the Student Who Built Something — Times Now (Oct 12, 2026)
- Why Starlink should not be allowed in India. — Dainik Jagran (Oct 10, 2026)
- Why wait for Starlink when the rural internet gap is India’s to fix — The Economic Times (Oct 09, 2026)
- Is Elon Musk taking on Ambani to win Starlink race in India before Jio catches up? — India Today (Oct 09, 2026)
- The AI boom has users. It is still looking for customers. — The Economic Times (Oct 09, 2026)
- The AI boom has users. It is still looking for customers. — The Times of India (Oct 08, 2026)
- Steel frame must learn silicon — The Statesman (Oct 07, 2026)
- India Needs A Say In AI’s Value System — The Times of India (Oct 05, 2026)
- We Keep Grading AI Like A Student. We Should Study It Like An Alien — Times Now (Oct 03, 2026)
- Who will teach the machine the manners? — Deccan Herald (Oct 03, 2026)
- India’s chip mission will be decided in its classrooms — The Daily Guardian (Oct 01, 2026)
- IITs Pick the Brightest. Now They Must Learn to Hold Them — Times Now (Sep 28, 2026)
- UN wants to control frontier AI, but who will enforce the rules? — Firstpost (Sep 27, 2026)
- A student gone, a teacher accused, an institution in doubt — Deccan Herald (Sep 22, 2026)
- IIT Bombay | What IITs Should Be Asked — Navbharat Times (Sep 22, 2026)
- India Wants to Be an AI Compute Hub, But is Counting the Wrong Numbers — The Wire (Sep 19, 2026)
- Putting a meter on our best public rail — The Statesman (Sep 17, 2026)
- MDR charges explained: Who will pay how much for UPI? — The Times of India (Sep 17, 2026)
- When Machines Cheated — The Times of India (Sep 15, 2026)
- A needless controversy over the GDP numbers — The Statesman (Sep 11, 2026)
- BRICS Has Held Together, Now It Must Deliver Results — Amar Ujala (Sep 11, 2026)
- Government Should Build Affordable Hostels for Students — Prabhat Khabar (Sep 10, 2026)
- Who Will Look After Students’ Safety in the Growing PG Market? — Rajasthan Patrika (Sep 10, 2026)
- The Machine did not rebel. The supervision failed. — The Times of India (Sep 06, 2026)
- A Policy Must Be Framed to Protect Children from Digital Threats — Prabhat Khabar (Sep 06, 2026)
- When the screen becomes a mirror — The Statesman (Sep 04, 2026)
- What to study if AI scares you — The Pioneer (Sep 01, 2026)
- The other side: Use AI, but stay human — Amar Ujala (Aug 29, 2026)
- The anger is not about one exam — The Statesman (Aug 27, 2026)
- Who Gets the Good AI Model? — The Wire (Aug 25, 2026)
- When the feed reaches the street first — The Statesman (Aug 19, 2026)
- India's AI Moment: Can We Lead The Future? — The Times of India (Aug 15, 2026)
- Are We Ready to Lead the Future Why India Must Go Beyond Ranks and Build Problem-Solving Youth — Amar Ujala (Aug 14, 2026)
- India must make AI labels durable and verifiable — The Economic Times (Aug 13, 2026)
- India’s research economy has quietly changed hands — The Statesman (Aug 09, 2026)
- India in research set to pick up pace first time pvt sector outpacing public sector now more greater speed — Amar Ujala (Aug 08, 2026)
- India’s AI Gap | Silicon chips, power grids, data centres — Deccan Herald (Aug 06, 2026)
- AI’s Complicated World Is Here. Are We Ready? — The Times of India (Aug 04, 2026)
- The US-China AI fight holds a lesson India cannot ignore — Firstpost (Aug 01, 2026)
- Resignation is not reform — The Statesman (Jul 31, 2026)
- The Trillion Dollar Blind Spot in Big Tech's AI Boom — The Wire (Jul 28, 2026)
- Tokenmaxxing: Burning Billions — The Daily Guardian (Jul 24, 2026)
- India’s private space age has arrived — The Pioneer (Jul 21, 2026)
- Indian enterprises need cheap intelligence now — The Hindu Businessline (Jul 21, 2026)
- Skyroot made India the world's third space power in just six years — Prabhat Khabar (Jul 20, 2026)
- A problem of when, not how much — The Statesman (Jul 20, 2026)
- Beyond parlours and boutiques — The Statesman (Jul 17, 2026)
- The US–China AI race: India's computing capacity and AI strategy — Amar Ujala (Jul 15, 2026)
- We taught machines our paperwork. Now they are judging us — The Pioneer (Jul 14, 2026)
- When algorithms aid the predator — Deccan Herald (Jul 08, 2026)
- Global AI arms race escalates as China unveils its own rival to Anthropic's Mythos — The Wire (Jul 07, 2026)
- From research to risk capital: how India's oldest IITs are rewriting their mandate — The Daily Guardian (Jul 06, 2026)
- 2027 delimitation must go beyond North–South talk — The Statesman (Jul 02, 2026)
- Can IITs deliver technology to improve lives in new India? — The Daily Guardian (Jun 26, 2026)
- The dragon codes — BusinessLine (The Hindu) (Jun 23, 2026)
- Hybrid AI model is the need of the hour — Prabhat Khabar (Jun 18, 2026)
- America's shutdown of Anthropic's AI models is not a surprise and India has seen it coming for 30 years — The Economic Times (Jun 14, 2026)
- Explainer: the fitment factor in central government employees' salary hikes — Financial Express (Jun 11, 2026)
- Bots, AI agents and the shrinking human share of internet browsing — The Wire (Jun 10, 2026)
- Fertility rates are altering the global balance of power — Prabhat Khabar (Jun 10, 2026)
- Apni Baat: India's falling fertility rate — future challenges and solutions — Dainik Jagran (Jun 08, 2026)
- The mango that broke a market — The Statesman (Jun 03, 2026)
- India's population problem: what declining fertility rates mean — LiveMint (May 26, 2026)
- China's agentic AI framework is a long-term step — Prabhat Khabar (May 26, 2026)
- A Japanese lesson India must learn — The Statesman (May 21, 2026)
- China's landmark framework for agentic AI — and why it matters — The Wire (May 20, 2026)
- Can Indian IT make the most of the AI age? — The Statesman (May 18, 2026)
- Beyond bigger models: why smarter scaling will define the future of AI — The Wire (May 07, 2026)
- Can AI-based advice generate profits in the stock market? — Navbharat Times (May 04, 2026)
- India buckles up for Mythos: AI's double-edged weapon — BusinessLine (The Hindu) (Apr 30, 2026)
- If ethanol is the future, why is the world still running on oil? — Amar Ujala (Apr 27, 2026)
- If all vehicles can run on ethanol, why is the world still addicted to oil? — Amar Ujala (Apr 26, 2026)
- Can China break Nvidia's grip? — The Statesman (Apr 25, 2026)
- India is now ranked 6th in nominal GDP: IMF World Economic Outlook — Amar Ujala (Apr 21, 2026)
- Artificial intelligence is not information technology — The Statesman (Apr 16, 2026)
- Why artificial intelligence is not information technology — Amar Ujala (Apr 16, 2026)
- West Asia crisis: strategic blunders in the Iran war — Amar Ujala (Apr 04, 2026)
- OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally — Amar Ujala (Apr 02, 2026)
- OpenAI announces shutdown of its AI-powered video generator app Sora — Amar Ujala (Mar 28, 2026)
- One nation, one election: the benefits — Prabhat Khabar (Mar 20, 2026)
- Why is OpenClaw a topic of discussion in the AI world? — Amar Ujala (Mar 18, 2026)
- Karnataka's social media ban: courageous governance or impractical ambition? — Amar Ujala (Mar 12, 2026)
- Bold governance but unenforceable intent — The Statesman (Mar 12, 2026)
- Navbharat Times ePaper column — Navbharat Times (Mar 06, 2026)
- SIM binding: what India's new telecom order really means — Amar Ujala (Mar 05, 2026)
- Attention on air travel safety — Prabhat Khabar (Feb 27, 2026)
- AI Impact Summit marks a strategic turning point — The Statesman (Feb 19, 2026)
- India's semiconductor push is ultimately a test of execution — BusinessWorld (Feb 13, 2026)
- India is budgeting for power — The Statesman (Feb 3, 2026)
- What the Survey tells us about the economy — The Statesman (Feb 1, 2026)
- The world's first AI constitution — LiveMint (Jan 30, 2026)
- UGC's equity regulations need reform — The Statesman (Jan 30, 2026)
- Can AI help India breathe easier? — The New Indian Express (Jan 27, 2026)
- Urban maturity and the limits of compassion — The Statesman (Jan 25, 2026)
- India's growth story has a blind spot: pollution — The Daily Guardian (Jan 24, 2026)
- Should India shift income tax from individuals to households? — BusinessWorld (Jan 23, 2026)
- Why AI infrastructure matters more — The Hindu (Jan 22, 2026)
- The Greater Noida tragedy: state apathy and the death of a young professional — LiveMint (Jan 22, 2026)
- Military Quantum Mission: policy framework launched to get forces future battle-ready — BusinessLine (The Hindu) (Jan 22, 2026)
- A year of stress for democracies — The Statesman (Jan 20, 2026)
- Gig workers are recognised, at last, as human — The Statesman (Jan 16, 2026)
- Reverse brain drain depends on India's livability, not sentiment — BusinessWorld (Jan 13, 2026)
- India's AI moment hinges on who controls infrastructure access — BusinessWorld (Jan 13, 2026)
- Why India's rapid expansion tests safety, trust and institutional capacity — BusinessWorld (Jan 13, 2026)
- Gold, silver and metals reveal hidden shifts in global finance — BusinessWorld (Jan 06, 2026)
- How mining tourism can transform India's mineral-rich regions — BusinessWorld (Jan 02, 2026)
- Pedestrian safety in Indian cities: a governance failure — LiveMint (Jan 02, 2026)
- Shielding the few, weakening the many — The Statesman (Jan 01, 2026)
- Empowered but powerless — The Statesman (Dec 22, 2025)
- I Will Fight for Blue Skies — Navbharat Times (Dec 20, 2025)
- If I don't fight, who will? — The Statesman (Dec 17, 2025)
- Why India must rethink the ten-minute delivery cult — BusinessWorld (Dec 12, 2025)
- India's middle path on AI requires execution beyond strategic vision — BusinessWorld (Dec 12, 2025)
- The first instalment of freedom — The Statesman (Dec 12, 2025)
- Why India risks falling behind as the global AI race accelerates — BusinessWorld (Dec 05, 2025)
- Tackling Delhi's air pollution: a systems problem demanding systemic reform — The Pioneer (Dec 05, 2025)
- India's startups are filing patents for optics, not innovation — LiveMint (Dec 04, 2025)
- Delhi's pollution crisis: a systems view of winds, water and policy — BusinessWorld (Nov 25, 2025)
- AI and the intelligent farming revolution: farmers as data-driven innovators — LiveMint (Nov 25, 2025)
- Third green revolution possible with AI: a boon for farmers — Navbharat Times (Nov 21, 2025)
- From Silicon Valley to Sone river: why Bihar is the next frontier for nation-building — BusinessWorld (Nov 21, 2025)
- IPO illusion: why India's market hype threatens its economic future — BusinessWorld (Nov 14, 2025)
- Building a learning nation: empowering Bharat through quality education — BW Education (Nov 12, 2025)
- Stray realities: finding balance between compassion and safety — BusinessWorld (Nov 11, 2025)
- Rethinking the light within: towards a greener Deepavali — BusinessWorld (Nov 04, 2025)
- India to introduce AI lessons from Class 3 — BW Education (Nov 04, 2025)
- Our Metropolitan Cities Should Learn Traffic Management from Helsinki — Hindustan (Oct 17, 2025)
- What Delhi-NCR's fading festivities tell us about a failing region — BusinessWorld (Oct 10, 2025)
- Why India needs more entrepreneurs — BW Education (Oct 07, 2025)
- Gurgaon's traffic crisis demands data, design and discipline — BusinessWorld (Oct 07, 2025)
- IIT Kharagpur's Platinum Jubilee: from knowledge to social impact — Indian Masterminds (Sept 15, 2025)
- Semiconductors, an example of our technical expertise — Hindustan (Sep 03, 2025)
- From IIT to civic tech: a journey to rediscovering community in Gurugram — Hindustan Times (Aug 23, 2025)
- Gurugram IITians develop unique mobile app RaastaFix to solve civic problems — ETV Bharat (Aug 20, 2025)
- From potholes to flooding: Gurugram residents can now report civic issues in 30 seconds with this app — News18 (Aug 20, 2025)
- RaastaFix app puts Gurugram's civic woes on the digital map — Hindustan Times (Aug 19, 2025)
- IITians develop digital platform to address Gurgaon civic issues — The Times of India (Aug 19, 2025)
- No fire stations in new sectors: residents want infra set up, write to DC — The Times of India (Apr 06, 2024)
- On this 4-km Delhi link road, look down for craters, up for the dust they kick up — The Times of India (Oct 03, 2023)