Why India’s AI moment is a leadership challenge, not a technology one

By Dr. Kanishk Agrawal Chief Technology Officer at Judge Group, India

India is quite often depicted as being on the brink of a historic AI opportunity. The country has a very large digital population, a flourishing startup ecosystem, and an immeasurable technology talent pool that are now the major factors leading to its being viewed as a potential global AI giant. However, with the companies vying with one another to bring on the use of AI, one vital fact is becoming very clear: India’s biggest challenge to becoming a world leader in AI is not the technology, data, or infrastructure available; it is the lack of leadership readiness.

Cloud computing is highly scalable, access to computing power is becoming easier, and the pace at which AI models are developing is unprecedented. However, it is still uncertain whether the people at the top of organisations are ready ...