Nasscom launches program to accelerate AI-led innovation in India

New Delhi, March 03: To promote artificial intelligence (AI)-led innovation, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) is launching its ‘AI Game Changers’ program in India.

 

For that program, Nasscom is collaborating with Microsoft. They will work closely to develop and promote the AI Gamechangers program. It was built with the shared commitment of adopting Artificial Intelligence across all the key sectors.

 

The program is being run in collaboration with the innovation partner for the program, Microsoft. Nasscom is launching the program under the “AI for India” Mission. It seeks to recognize the impactful and scalable AI-based innovation in India.

 

According to the statement, the AI-led program will help in recognizing the innovators for their successful AI implementation at the Xperience AI Summit of NASSCOM.

 

The program will recognize innovators for their successful AI implementation at Nasscom’s Xperience AI Summit, one of the largest AI summits in India. “This will serve as a platform for startups, enterprises, academia, governments, and NGOs to showcase their AI-based products and solutions, providing reach and impetus to drive AI innovation for the country," Nasscom said in a statement.

 

 

 

It will also provide reach & impetus to drive AI innovation in India. The program was launched with the aim of spotlighting several leading AI-based innovations and recognizing their efforts. It also seeks to motivate the ecosystem to leverage the opportunity to help India in becoming a global powerhouse in AI-led innovation.

 

“The past decades have seen a dramatic growth of innovation and talent in India. While the country continues to leap forward to become the global innovation hub, we expect AI to unlock $500 billion of value to India’s GDP by 2025," said Debjani Ghosh, president, Nasscom.

 

 

 

Anant Maheshwari, President of Microsoft India, said cloud-led data and AI innovation offer a huge canvas for India to be the tech engine of the world and drive home-grown innovation. "Data and AI are driving transformation at scale across industries and offer a tremendous opportunity to transform public infrastructure and solve some of the most critical issues facing the country," he said.