India’s BRICS Challenge: Can It Move From Technology Buyer to Technology Powerhouse?

By Kalpana Singhal India’s widening trade imbalance with BRICS economies is not merely a story about imports and exports. Beneath the numbers lies a deeper technology challenge — whether India can capture more value from semiconductors, electronics, AI infrastructure and next-generation digital networks instead of remaining heavily dependent on overseas technology supply chains. As India prepares to host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, the grouping’s growing economic i