Women powering Indian hockey and deeptech revolution
On International Women’s Day, four Indian women’s hockey players share their journeys to the national team, while women founders in deeptech—from AI to biotech—are building the systems and science shaping India’s technological future.
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In today’s newsletter, we will talk about
- Women powering Indian hockey
- Women leading deeptech revolution
Here’s your trivia for today: What was the first interactive computer-graphics program?
Sports
Women powering Indian hockey
Ahead of the Ferrari of Indian Hockey (FIH) World Cup Qualifiers on March 8, four players from the Indian women’s team tell HerStory about their journey—from dreaming of the Indian jersey to carrying the nation’s hopes. Their stories reflect a new generation powering India’s national sport.
Key takeaways:
- Many of India’s top women hockey players come from modest backgrounds in regions like Jharkhand, Odisha, Mizoram, and Haryana, often starting with limited facilities but strong family backing.
- From playing local tournaments for food prizes to overcoming language barriers, fitness challenges, and personal loss, these athletes reached the national team through discipline, persistence, and mental strength.
- Young players are gaining global exposure through leagues, academies, and international tournaments, helping elevate the profile of women’s hockey in India and inspiring more girls to pursue the sport.
Women entrepreneurs
Women leading deeptech revolution
Deeptech isn’t built in pitch decks. It takes shape through failed prototypes, years of clinical trials, and code that cannot afford to go wrong.
In fields like AI, biotech, cybersecurity, telecom, and neuroscience, women founders are choosing depth over visibility, building the systems, infrastructure, and science shaping India’s technological future.
Game changers:
- These women are building solutions in fields such as AI healthcare, cybersecurity, telecom infrastructure, genomics, neuroscience, and energy systems, addressing critical gaps in diagnostics, digital security, connectivity, and medical treatment.
- From AI-powered breast cancer detection and brain-mapping diagnostics to predictive cybersecurity and smart energy grids, their technologies aim to solve practical societal challenges and improve access to healthcare, security, and infrastructure.
- Across sectors like biotech, AI, and telecom, these founders have navigated long R&D cycles, regulatory hurdles, and slow enterprise adoption, demonstrating that deeptech success depends on scientific rigor, long-term vision, and technical expertise.
News & updates
- Oil prices: Global oil prices could breach the $100 a barrel mark within days, and reach $150 a barrel by the end of the month, without a solution to the severe disruption in crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Goldman Sachs has warned.
- OpenAI: The head of OpenAI’s robotics team has resigned, citing the company’s deal to deploy its artificial intelligence models within the Pentagon’s classified network as the cause.
- Chip: China's commerce ministry has raised the possibility of another global semiconductor supply chain crisis due to "new conflicts" between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese subsidiary.
What was the first interactive computer-graphics program?
Answer: Sketchpad
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