Kranti Nation

by Pranjal Sharma

"In the seventy years of its independence, India has leapfrogged to become a high-growth economy fuelled by advanced business and consumer technologies.

Since smartphones and cloud computing became popular five years ago, the fourth industrial revolution has been creeping into almost all sectors of the Indian economy. Technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, advanced robotics and neuroscience are transforming businesses faster than we realize.

Kranti Nation: India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the first book to chronicle, through more than fifty examples, how visionary leadership in Indian industry is deploying these technologies. From water pumps to railway coaches, chai shops to burger chains, and telecom towers to warehouses, economic analyst Pranjal Sharma profiles organizations that have transformed their processes, products and services while delivering the best to consumers.

‘Kranti Nation … is a rich and comprehensive account of how technologies are disrupting and reshaping industries [in India] from mobility and healthcare to banking, agriculture and manufacturing’
Prof. Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman and Founder – World Economic Forum

‘We may interpret kranti as revolution, as Pranjal Sharma does, but in Sanskrit, the word also means course/trajectory, including that of the sun. Is India on that technology trajectory? Pranjal’s delightful chronicling of fifty cases, many unknown and in unexpected segments, conveys a sense of optimism’
Bibek Debroy, Member – NITI Aayog

‘Pranjal Sharma brings the power of technical change and innovation to life in a thoroughly engaging way, through dozens of original cases of companies in India … and shows that there are fortunes to be made in this Kranti Nation’
Dr Naushad Forbes, Co-chairman – Forbes Marshall, and ex-President – CII

‘Kranti Nation: India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution … will build the much-needed awareness of how entire sectors are transforming in response to the wave of disruptive technologies collectively known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General – CII"

288 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Debaprabho Bhattacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

For someone who wants a crash course in the digital revolution that is enveloping India, this book is a good read. I picked it up because the title and the excerpt were interesting, but as I turned over leaf by leaf, it opened my eyes to the digital way in which companies and the young Indians are putting technology to use ... and honestly, at certain points of the book, I simply felt like a cave-man wincing at the old-tech currently I have in my business :)
The reason for my not giving a 5-star is because I found some part of the book similar to a school history-text-book (but I understand that there is soooo much happening in each industry that covering all the technologies and its aspects can make a book a bit boring). But do pick it up!

[Arun Sundar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoughtful Work by the author

This book provides a good insight on how the present is transforming to the future. Recommended for a deep learning in order to equipped for the future.

[Tanmay Jadhav · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good insight into the developments India is making in both the government and private sector. It's a treat for believers in the future of AI and IoT

[Shubham · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good start to understand how Indian industries are trying to match up the competition... What are the changes taking place and how is technology shaping the industrial scenario

[Rajendra Ambre · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very comprehensive work on industry 4.0 revolution in India covering various sectors. Very well explained with examples and case studies. Many of these things predicted in the book are before 2020 and we are seeing these in reality now in 2025.