India, Feb. 20 -- India's technology sector must transition from scale-driven growth to an AI-focused, intelligence-led, and Intellectual Property (IP)-driven model, said Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, on Thursday.

"India must move from being a tech services-led nation to an IP-led nation; services scale with effort. IP scales infinitely," she said while speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026.

She said that future belongs not to those who merely deploy technology, but to those who build, own and shape platforms, models and products.

"In the AI economy, value accrues to those who build and own platforms, models and products, not just those who deploy them. That shift is not only economic, it is transformative...