Corner Office Conversation: HP India MD Ipsita Dasgupta on AI PCs & Creator Economy
5/22/202628 min
HP’s MD and SVP for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Ipsita Dasgupta joins ET’s Anirban Chowdhury in the latest Corner Office Conversation to discuss why India’s PC story is still in its early stages — and how AI PCs, creators, SMEs and students could drive the next wave of growth. She explains why HP sees “a PC in every child’s hands” as a national opportunity, how AI-powered computing could change productivity for enterprises and creators alike, and why India may emerge as a critical manufacturing and innovation hub in the global tech supply chain. She also speaks candidly about women in leadership, risk-taking, workplace culture and building communities that help women succeed in tech.
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First 90 secondsIpsita Dasgupta· Guest0:01
Our way of using technology today is far more passive and consumption-led. If you look at consumption of content, entertainment of a child in the US and a child in India, it's almost exactly the same, Anirban. But if you look at the amount of time a child in India gets to spend on a computer versus a child in the US, because of the averages, we fall absolutely to the floor. I think in the last year, the AI PC market grew at almost 129% from the year before. We are about 22% share of that market. Creators are a big part of what we focus on. Interestingly, the gaming segment where we have a very big play, um, is where we also see a lot of young creators coming out of and a lot of loyalty to our brand. I think right now we are seeing industry disruptions, as you know, with, uh, escalating costs and supply constraints around both processors, memory, and other components. India's one of the toughest markets for women to succeed and grow in. My career is littered with as many failures as successes, but I know exactly where I went wrong on my failures.
Anirban Chaudhuri· Host1:09
Ipsita Dasgupta has led at some of the world's most interesting companies, Apple, IBM, Cisco, GE, and Disney. She's now the managing director and senior vice president at HP India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. With a Harvard MBA and 25