One of the senior government and public sector leaders at the Microsoft Digital Governance Cloud & AI Summit said that  reimagining a tech-enabled future, using data and technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform services and drive adoption within government and public sector with the help of industry will be critical for India.

“The government is looking to create collaborative mechanisms with the private sector to participate in problem solving by using new technologies. We are excited about the potential of data analytics and AI technologies. We are also looking at ways in which the startup ecosystem and SMBs can participate with value added services on top of these platforms, to make use of AI technologies, blockchain, geospatial technologies, AR/VR," said Ajay Prakash Sawhney, secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India.

“An inclusive economic recovery requires innovation and a disruptive pace. The public sector has been using technology to not only rebound from the crisis, but also emerge at the forefront of digital transformation in India. Cloud and AI are playing a central role in reshaping education, health, public services, MSME and agriculture," said Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India

Especially after covid-19 that has moved people to remote working, students to online education, and other such interventions that are no more an option, but a necessity, India has been at the forefront of digital acceleration.

"India has outshined many developed countries with prompt action and rapid development especially in terms of adopting technology," said Sanjay Dhotre, Union Minister of State for Education, Communications and Electronics & IT, Govt. of India.