Vishal Sikka, the former Infosys CEO, recently revealed that he trusts India has the capability of being the global leader in AI education. This is, however, dependent on the way India massively integrates its education system with AI.
Sikka has made a reputable mark in the AI sector as depicted by his recent announcement of a new AI company speculated to be worth $50 million. He, therefore, believes that India has made incredible progress in the AI field as this nation is at an inflection point.
India will depend on AI education
Sikka proclaimed that AI was going to be rampant in Indian society for the next 20-25 years. He also noted that the disruption witnessed because of job losses and automation was just the start.
Nevertheless, Sikka stipulated that AI education would be instrumental in making prosperity inevitable as the populace would be equipped with the necessary expertise to create AI systems in India at a large scale.
He affirmed that he was speculating about 1 billion Indians to have acquired AI education for it to be the global leader in this industry.
Sikka has been instrumental in advocating for the integration of AI into Indian society through education. For instance, he recently gave a presentation before the National Institution for Transforming India or NITI Aayog, an Indian government think tank, about how AI could be tremendously expanded to the Indian populace.
During the presentation, Sikka affirmed that the necessary AI infrastructure was required and this would be achieved by propelling expertise through schools and educational institutions. This approach would make AI education propelled on a large scale.
On the other hand, AI is expected to transform the higher education sector by addressing some of its challenges, such as accessibility, elevated student expectations, and decreasing lecture attendances.
AI has incredible advantages as it has the capability of making students’ online learning experience adaptive and personalized. For instance, AI will equip lecturers with robust learning data that will make them more insightful.
