India to be AI leader to ensure access to services: MyGov CEO at Unesco meet
India Today
Participating in the Annual Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility Conference (AI4IA) organised by Unesco, MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh said India can become the “garage of AI tech in the world” by using the huge amount of data available for research purposes.
With Artificial intelligence (AI) a buzzword for future technology and policy initiatives, the second Annual Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility Conference (AI4IA) organised by the Unesco Working Group on Information Accessibility was hosted online.
In his address to the conference, Abhishek Singh, CEO of the Indian government’s National E-Governance Division (NeGD) and mygov.in, said AI-based platforms worldwide were projected to add about 15-20 billion dollars by 2030 to the world economy. For India, he said the projected contribution to the economy would be "around 950 million dollars".
