Artificial Intelligence in India and applications

Artificial intelligence in India and its applications

Artificial intellegence(AI) is defined as the ability of a machine to perform cognitive functions that are associated with the human mind like perceiving, reasoning, learning, interacting with the environment, problem-solving, and even exercising creativity. There is a huge potential to deploy AI in various sectors of the economy in India to accelerated growth and productivity.

 According to Pricewater coopers, there is a global opportunity of $15.7 trillion worth of AI market in the future. India is the largest Information technolgy (IT) services exporter, have potential to be developed as AI hub. Since major IT companies have research and development lab in India. Recently, Apple, Google and Facebook like Giant Multinational companies have opened R&D lab in India. Government is also promoting various flagship programme to develop AI ecosystem in India such as Digital India program, Bharatnet project and make In India etc. These programmes not only address Digital governance but also increases the penetration of AI in various sectors of Indian economy. 

In India, there are less than one(.725) doctors per thousand people and the number is even worse for specialised doctors. According to the current scenario, this figure is not going to improve in near future. AI plays a very crucial role in health sector especially in rural and tribal areas where the availability of doctors is acute. Tele-medicine and video conferencing help in interacting rural citizen with doctors without physical presence. Agriculture is the important sector because two-thirds of Indian population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Deploying AI will increases productivity by disseminating important weather forecast information, use of fertiliser, and which crop to be sown for maximum yield and many more information. The government has taken various initiatives to deploy AI technology in agriculture like in Pradhan Mantri fasal bima yojana.

 AI is the future market which is untapped, so it is the best time to gear up and explore this opportunity. it is not only accelerated growth but also moves people from low productive activity to high productive one. Government is also focussed on tapping this opportunity by skilling people through various programmes.