India, April 17 -- In India's fast-evolving deep-tech story, one question keeps coming up: are we building for ourselves, or are we still leaning on global technology players to move forward?

That question came up during Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's interaction with national media in Amaravati, where Dataquest asked him how dependent India still is on companies like IBM and whether the country can truly operate independently in a space like quantum computing.

Naidu's response was immediate:

"No, that is where we have been now, today you have seen, India operated, that is the beginning. if all of us will do, give confidence, Indians are capable."

There is no denying that global players are part of India's curren...