Foundation stone laid in April 2026 by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and CM Chandrababu Naidu. Planned to be Google's largest AI hub outside the US. A Reliance-Brookfield-Digital Realty venture is also investing about $11 billion in an AI data centre in the same city.

It is an OSAT facility (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) under the India Semiconductor Mission. Also: Netrasemi unveiled India's first indigenous AI system-on-chip in 2026.

Source is the State of India's Digital Economy (SIDE) 2026 report. The report says keeping this position depends on skills - which means you.

Moonshot's Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model published; reported to coordinate up to 300 sub-agents [CHECK]. The gap between open and closed models is estimated at only a few months. This means students can run and study strong models themselves.

Tools students will meet: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex. The developer's job is shifting from typing code to directing, reviewing and verifying it.

In June 2026 access to Anthropic's newest models was suspended under US export controls and restored on 1 July. First time this has happened to a frontier model. AI is now treated as strategic technology, like chips and rockets.

Google's Gemini Robotics ER 2 (July 2026) helps robots reason, collaborate and solve real-world tasks. Robotics needs C, operating systems, electronics and AI together.

Almost every advanced AI chip is fabricated by one company in Taiwan. Countries, including India, are racing to build their own capacity. Link back to slide 5.

Hiring managers say a developer who ships AI code without reviewing it is a liability; one who reviews and tests it is what companies need. That needs C, data structures, operating systems, networks, databases.

The emerging skill set: supervising AI output, building and running evaluations, debugging agent failures, taking a demo to production. Maths (linear algebra, probability) and Python are the base.

From Check Point's Cyber Security Report 2026 (figures for 2025). AI speeds up reconnaissance, phishing and decision-making for attackers.

Detected by Anthropic in September 2025. Humans stepped in only at key moments. Defenders now use AI agents too - security is becoming AI versus AI, with humans in charge.

Projected losses of Rs 70,000 crore. Fraudsters use deepfakes to beat video KYC and impersonate executives. Around 65% of incidents go unreported. Forensic experts are the people who prove what is real.

The Data Protection Board of India became operational in late 2025; 2026 is the start of active enforcement of the DPDP Act. MeitY notified the IT Amendment Rules 2026 in February. Every company now needs people who can investigate and present digital evidence.

Honest picture - jobs for developers aged 22-25 are down about 20% since 2022 (Stanford AI Index 2026). But companies building the AI economy are hiring more juniors: IBM tripling entry-level hiring, Cloudflare from about 60 interns to 1,111 [CHECK]. Three habits:

1. Learn the basics deeply.
2. Build real things, not just assignments.
3. Use AI every day - and always check its work.

These jobs are being built in your own city while you study.