AI for a Better Tomorrow: India's Path to Global Leadership @Viksit Bharat 2047

In this chapter, we are showcasing and presenting India’s journey at a defining moment in the global artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. With its young population, expanding digital backbone, and rapidly growing talent base, India has the potential to evolve from being a technology back-office to a creator of AI-driven solutions. Building on innovations such as Aadhaar, UPI, and the JAM trinity, the country has already proven its ability to design and scale digital platforms that impact millions of lives. The chapter highlights how AI is transforming key sectors. In agriculture, precision farming, soil health monitoring, and smart irrigation are improving yields and sustainability. In healthcare, telemedicine and AI-powered diagnostics are extending quality care to underserved areas. Education is becoming more inclusive through adaptive learning and multilingual AI tutors. Meanwhile, AI in finance is enabling fairer credit access and fraud detection, and in governance, it is driving transparency, efficiency, and citizen-first administration. We also present the opportunities and challenges ahead—strengthening research, building academia-industry partnerships, nurturing a skilled and diverse workforce, and investing in infrastructure like 5G and green computing. At the same time, addressing the digital divide, affordability, multilingual access, and ethical concerns such as bias and privacy will be critical to ensuring inclusive growth. By 2047, aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat, India aspires to be a premier hub for affordable, culturally relevant AI. This chapter presents how success will be measured not only in economic gains but in AI’s power to uplift communities and drive equitable, sustainable progress.