Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
is currently in India. During his visit, Nadella reinforced the company's commitment to helping the country become an AI leader. He announced a new initiative called ADVANTA(I)GE INDIA while speaking at the Microsoft CEO Connection event in Mumbai.
With this project, the tech giant aims to offer 2 million Indians with opportunities to improve their AI skills by 2025.
Nadella said that this project will help close skill gaps and prepare India for the AI age.
What Satya Nadella said about India’s AI potential
Nadella said: "India is uniquely positioned to make AI a reality.”. He also highlighted how tools like
Microsoft Copilot
are already driving major productivity gains by helping people complete their tasks faster.
Research on early
Copilot
users has concluded that
Microsoft AI
chat helped in achieving 29% quicker completion across searching, writing, and summarising activities.
He also noted that several Indian organisations are seeing major returns on their AI investments. On average, Indian companies see $3.86 in returns for every $1 spent on AI.
Over 150 organisations across agriculture, aviation, e-commerce and other sectors use
Azure OpenAI Service
. Here are the companies that are using Copilot for Microsoft 365, aGitHub Copilot or Azure OpenAI Service:
Axis Bank: The first Indian bank to use Copilot at scale. It has logged 30%+ productivity improvements.
Infosys: Over 7,000 developers at the IT consulting giant use GitHub Copilot to boost innovation.
HCL Tech: This company created a Copilot plugin for Teams to streamline bug fixing.
LTIMindtree: The comapny also built a Copilot plugin to enhance staff management.
ITC: The company’s Krishi Mitra chatbot uses voice and vernacular to aid Indian farmers.
Karya: The company partnered with Microsoft on local language datasets while uplifting rural workers.
Arvind Limited: This company’s Annual Report Copilot saves 60% of executive time.
Air India: The airline’s AI virtual agent manages 6,000+ customer queries daily.
During his visit, Nadella also engaged with India's developer and tech community.
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