Why AI Innovation Is Yet To Take Root In India: Panel At NDTV World Summit Answers [Video]

New Delhi:

Saurabh Kumar Sahu, Managing Director & Lead, India Business, Accenture said Artificial Intelligence, analytics and emerging technologies need to be a part of India’s mainstream education to ensure initiatives in the field. “We have to look at what enables people to become inventors. Like computer science was part of the educational policy, AI needs to be a part of the education system too. Also, freedom of expression of experimentation and a sense that it is okay to fail is important,” he said.

Quoting ‘DPI to the power of AI’, Dr Rohini Srivathsa, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft India & South Asia said AI will exponentially increase the impact of digital public infrastructure, which includes Aadhaar and UPI.

In a discussion titled ‘AI and tech: The new frontiers of disruption’, saw California-based EssentialAI co-founder Niki Parmar saying she is mulling returning to India and working on AI. “It is remarkable to see …