Cairn Oil & Gas Taps Tech and Data to Modernize India's Energy Backbone
Cairn Oil & Gas, India's largest private oil and gas exploration company, is doing something bold: Reimagining oilfields as intelligent ecosystems.
In this episode of The Sound of CIO, we're joined by Sandeep Gupta, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta—a man steering this deep-tech transformation, turning some of India's oldest hydrocarbon reserves into hubs of innovation.
But at the heart of this story is something bigger—how a legacy industry is embracing the future to produce more, safer, and cleaner.
This is not just about oil. It's about reinventing energy at a time when India needs it most.
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