India’s technological growth over past 15 years will enable faster AI adoption: Nandan Nilekani

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder and Chairman of IT services major Infosys, has cautioned against the hype surrounding AI, emphasizing that the challenges of implementation remain the same. According to Nilekani, AI adoption requires significant effort and changes in workflow.

While speaking at the Carnegie Global Tech Summit 2025 on Friday, Nilekani noted that the gap between global developments and AI adoption in India to be short.

He also stressed the need to change habits and workflows in enterprises and government to effectively integrate AI.

Everybody is talking about AI, so the whole thing is much more hyperventilating, but fundamentally, the challenges of implementation are the same, like anywhere else, and we have to make sure habits change," Nilekani said.

"You have to change the workflow in enterprises or in government, so that AI is part of it. we have to do a lot of upgradation, but the fundamentals still matter," he added.

Nilekani emphasized that AI adoption will not be easier and will require the same effort, if not more. "AI doesn't mean it's going to be easier to do. It's going to take the same effort, if not more effort," he said.

He also highlighted the increased responsibility that comes with trusting machines to make decisions. "Because you're trusting the machine to give decisions more responsibility to make sure that it works," he affirmed.

Despite the challenges, Nilekani believes that India's technological sophistication over the past 15 years will enable faster AI adoption. "Because of India's situation today and the technological sophistication that we have been able to accomplish in the last 15 years or so, it is going to be much faster," he stated.