India’s sovereign cloud moment: Why regulation is reshaping enterprise architecture
By Pradeep Nair, Vice President, India, Broadcom
India is at a defining moment of accelerating its own digital sovereignty. With the IndiaAI Mission backed by ₹10,300 crores and a clear national mandate for indigenous AI infrastructure, the country is prioritizing control over its digital future. For industries like Banking and Financial Services (BFSI), telecom, and government, the cloud strategy is no longer about cost or scale, it is about data security, governance, and accountability.
Cloud Architecture in a Regulation-First Nation
Regulatory frameworks from RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, DoT, and the DPDP Act have established a clear requirement: cloud architectures must be deterministic, auditable, and fully controllable.
Regulators now expect organizations to maintain oversight of data, metadata, access, and operations.
This requires rigorous data classification, consistent security policies, and unified governance – moving beyond simple data residency to true data sovereignty. To ensure predictable performance, workloads must be separated, with end-to-end visibility,...
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