India now leading in tech advancements, not playing catch-up: Nvidia South Asia MD
India is leading in technology advancements for the first time, rather than just playing catch-up, said a top executive from American chip major Nvidia on Wednesday.
«Why India now? What is it for India now? Will India really succeed? I strongly believe India will succeed. For the simple reason that, for the first time in technology advancements, we're not following; we're leading. We're not just creating; we're innovating on top of it. We are the cradle in which AI will be applied,» said Vishal Dhupar, managing director of Nvidia South Asia.
He was speaking at the India Innovation Summit, the flagship national event of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), held annually in Bengaluru.
Explaining why India will lead, Dhupar attributed it to three factors: volume, diversity of languages, and the ability to collaborate. The size and breadth of India's culture, which spans 5,000 years, play a crucial role, he said.
«This tapestry, which has the common sense and sensibilities of world heritage embedded within it, is unique to this country. When encoded in that intelligence in digital form, it will make us unique and provide spellbinding answers to the rest of the world. Because we have the volumes,» he said.
For the longest time, since technology became available in India, there has been a massive divide, he noted.
«There is a massive divide between people who learned to speak the language of computers and program them, and those who don't. That group accounted for less than 1% of the population. For the very
