Artificial intelligence will power India’s digital transformation, driving innovation, economic growth and global leadership, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Mumbai on Wednesday.
In front of a crowd of entrepreneurs, developers, academics, and business leaders, Huang positioned AI as the foundation of the country’s future.
Huang said India has an “amazing natural resource” of IT and computer science expertise, but nothing is left untouched by the vast potential waiting to be unleashed.
To take advantage of the country’s talent pool and India’s vast data resources, India’s leading cloud infrastructure providers are rapidly accelerating data center capacity. NVIDIA is playing a key role, with NVIDIA GPU adoption expected to grow nearly 10x by the end of the year, creating the backbone of the AI-driven economy.
Huang says these companies, along with NVIDIA, represent the most profound platform change since then, compared to the dramatic shift in computing ushered in by IBM’s System 360 in 1964. .
“This industry, the computing industry, is going to become an intelligence industry,” Huang said, pointing to India’s unique strengths in leading this industry thanks to its vast amount of data and large population.
With this rapid expansion of infrastructure, AI factories will play a key role in India’s future and become the backbone of the country’s AI-driven growth.
“It makes perfect sense for India to build its own AI,” Huang said. “We should not export data to import information,” he added, pointing out the importance of India building its own AI infrastructure.
Huang listed three areas where AI will transform industries. Agent AI to automate knowledge-based tasks. The other is physical AI, which applies AI to industrial tasks through robotics and autonomous systems. Huang pointed out that India is uniquely positioned to lead in all three areas.
Indian startups are already leveraging NVIDIA technology to drive innovation across industries, establishing India as a global player in delivering AI solutions to the world.
Meanwhile, India’s robotics ecosystem is adopting NVIDIA Isaac and Omniverse to power next-generation physical AI, revolutionizing industries like manufacturing and logistics with advanced automation.
Following Hwang’s remarks, the focus shifted to a fireside chat between Hwang and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, during which the two leaders discussed how AI could be the future of Indian industry, particularly in sectors such as energy, communications and manufacturing. We explored how to form the .
Mr. Ambani emphasized that AI is central to this continued growth. Reliance is partnering with NVIDIA to build an AI factory that automates industrial tasks and transforms processes in sectors such as energy and manufacturing.
They discussed their joint efforts to pioneer AI infrastructure in India.
Mr. Ambani highlighted the role of AI in public sector services and explained how the combination of data and AI is already transforming governance and service delivery in India.
Huang added that AI promises to democratize technology.
“The ability to program AI is within everyone’s reach…If AI is in the hands of all citizens, this amazing ability will be further enhanced and put in the hands of all,” he said. spoke.
Mr. Huang highlighted NVIDIA’s role in preparing India’s workforce for an AI-driven future.
NVIDIA partners with Indian IT giants like Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Wipro to upskill nearly 500,000 developers, helping India lead the AI revolution with a highly trained workforce I’m trying to make it possible.
“India’s technological talent is unparalleled,” Huang said.
Mr. Ambani echoed this sentiment, stressing that “India will become one of the biggest information markets,” pointing to the country’s young and technologically talented population.
Vision of India’s AI-driven future
As the session drew to a close, Huang and Ambani reflected on their vision for India’s AI-driven future.
With a vast talent pool, a burgeoning technology ecosystem and vast data resources, the country has the potential to contribute globally in areas such as energy, healthcare, finance and manufacturing, they agreed. .
“This cannot be done by any one company or individual, but we all need to work together to safely bring this age of intelligence to the world, to create a more equal world and a more prosperous world,” Ambani said. said.
Fan agreed, adding, “Let’s commit today to working together to help India take advantage of the upcoming intelligence revolution.”
