Author: Dr Udaya Shankar Puranik
India is witnessing one of the most significant technological transformations in its modern history. Artificial Intelligence (AI), once considered a futuristic concept limited to research laboratories and science fiction, has now become central to economic growth, governance, education, healthcare, cybersecurity, agriculture, and national development. Today, India’s AI journey is moving rapidly through three parallel tracks: AI industry growth, digital infrastructure creation, and large-scale skill development. Together, these pillars are shaping the foundation of a technologically empowered and economically strong nation under the vision of ‘AI for Viksit Bharat’. The dream of a ‘Viksit Bharat’—a developed India by 2047—cannot be achieved…