Why India needs to build AI | Nivruti Rai

Why India needs to build AI | Nivruti Rai

22 February 2025

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India will invest $2.3 billion in AI R&D this year. Nivruti Rai, MD & CEO, Invest India, breaks down how India is investing in tech: data centres, talent, partnerships. The country’s strengths and persisting gaps. India’s strategy for AI. Why India’s 1.4 billion citizens are data factories. And a new data-based economic model for a digital society. In a riveting conversation with Shoma Chaudhury, Founder of Lucid Lines & Founder-Director, SYNAPSE and Ananya Mukherjee, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University.