AI will "drive productivity" in India and be relevant for "rest of the world", Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's tour of India has put the spotlight on artificial intelligence and he has highlighted the abilities of the country's technology workforce to provide transformational economic growth and that too at good speed. India could be one of the countries that can benefit significantly from AI which may also result in solving the country's distinctive structural issues according to Nadella. In a number of interviews over the last few days, Nadella has said that he believes India, with its wide range of talent and massive developer community, could give major competition to developed countries even in this space and achieve transformational change. So, even though India initially missed the digital bus when it came Internet, computers, smartphones and more, currently, on AI, the country is right at the forefront of progress being made. At the Microsoft CEO Connection event in Mumbai, Nadella said, “This is the first time I feel what's happening in India and what's happening in the rest of the world—there is no impedance (delay), there is no gap.”

Countries have been in a race to adopt new technologies such as AI to become more powerful, however, according to Nadella, India will be the most country that will benefit the most from harnessing this technology. Nadella highlighted the government's claim that AI could contribute approximately $500 million to India's GDP by 2025 and the technology could also contribute to reaching the massive goal of $ 5 trillion economy. Currently, India's GDP is at $3.7 trillion.

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Nadella also highlighted his “tremendous optimism” for AI adoption in India which will contribute to fulfilling the the country's goal of becoming a developed country by 2047.

While highlighting the AI adoption in India, he said, “If anything, the use cases here are so unique... and are paving their own path. And that's what's exciting. We're not just talking about AI; we're scaling AI.”Additionally,