AI powering next phase of India’s digital infrastructure: Reliance Jio official

New Delhi: The convergence of connectivity and compute will reshape how citizens, enterprises and governments interact in India, with artificial intelligence poised to amplify the country’s already robust digital public infrastructure, a top executive at Reliance Jio said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Shyam Prabhakar Mardikar – CTO, Mobility, at Reliance Jio, said India stands nearly a decade ahead of many developed economies in building population-scale digital platforms from digital payments and online banking to Aadhaar-based identity systems and paperless air travel through Digi Yatra.