2026 TIME100 AI: From nuclear science to Cognizant CEO, how Ravi Kumar S is preparing workers for the AI era

From nuclear science to TIME100 AI 2026: How Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S is preparing workers for AI. (Photo Courtesy of Cognizant) Artificial intelligence has created a difficult question for companies and employees alike: if machines can perform more tasks, what happens to human jobs? Ravi Kumar S, the Indian-origin CEO of Cognizant, has spent…

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2026 TIME100 AI: He worked as a Supreme Court clerk; now Utkarsh Saxena is using AI in thousands of Indian courtrooms

From Supreme Court clerk to TIME100 AI 2026: How Utkarsh Saxena is using AI to transform Indian courts (Photo: Adalat AI Adalat) Artificial intelligence is usually associated with coding, chatbots and high-powered computing. Utkarsh Saxena is applying it to something much less glamorous but potentially far more consequential for India: the machinery of justice.Saxena, co-founder…

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2026 TIME100 AI: She lost her nephew to sepsis; now Suchi Saria’s AI is helping doctors detect the deadly condition earlier

She lost her nephew to sepsis; now Suchi Saria’s AI is helping doctors spot the condition earlier. (Photo: Will Kirk) For Suchi Saria, artificial intelligence in healthcare is not an abstract technology problem. It is connected to a personal loss that changed the direction of her research.Saria, founder and CEO of Bayesian Health and a…

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2026 TIME100 AI: Meet Indian-origin lawyer Meetali Jain, who is challenging AI companies over chatbot harms

Meetali Jain makes TIME100 AI 2026: The lawyer taking on AI companies over alleged chatbot harms. (Photo: Emile Jansen) The people shaping artificial intelligence are not all engineers, researchers or technology CEOs. Meetali Jain represents another increasingly important side of the AI revolution: the lawyers asking what happens when an AI system allegedly causes real-world…

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2026 TIME100 AI: How Arvind Raman is shaping AI testing, standards and safety in the US

Arvind Raman makes TIME100 AI 2026: How he is helping the US evaluate advanced AI systems. (Photo: Kevin Cofer—DOC) When artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, one question becomes increasingly important: how do you know whether an AI system is safe enough to deploy?That question sits at the centre of Arvind Raman’s work. An Indian-origin technology…

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2026 TIME100 AI: Meet Sunny Gandhi, the advocate pushing for stronger safeguards as AI enters critical systems

2026 TIME100 AI: Meet Sunny Gandhi, the Indian-origin advocate pushing for stronger safeguards as AI enters critical systems. (Photo: Grace Sullivan) Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly into workplaces, classrooms, hospitals and government systems. But as the technology becomes more powerful, another question is becoming harder to ignore: who makes sure AI remains subject to meaningful…

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Harvard Business Schools professor Rohit Deshpande says Indian B-schools need more local case studies and AI-ready MBA graduates

Harvard Business Schools professor Rohit Deshpande Are Indian business schools preparing students for a world shaped by artificial intelligence, rapid technological change and shifting workplace expectations? And are they drawing enough from India’s own experiences, businesses and knowledge traditions, rather than relying predominantly on imported frameworks?These were among the issues discussed by Harvard Business School…

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2026 TIME100 AI: Arvind Krishna, Anima Anandkumar, Vivek Raghavan among 9 Indian names shaping AI

TIME100 AI 2026: Meet the nine Indian-origin leaders, researchers and experts shaping the future of AI Artificial intelligence may be dominated by conversations around OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Nvidia, but TIME’s 2026 list of the world’s 100 most influential people in AI tells a broader story. Among the people shaping the technology are nine Indian-origin…

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