According to co -founder Infosys and architect Aadhaar Nandan Nilekani, India is on his way to 2035.
Great forecast for 2035
“In 2015, India had only about 2,000 startups. Today we achieved approximately 150,000,” Nilekani said. “By 2035, this number will increase to one million. It is a complete shift, driven by a virtuous cycle of innovation, success, reinvestment and scale.”
He stressed how successful startups support newer businesses and often create hundreds of others through capital, mentoring and inspiration. The following wave of problem solving, as suggested, will be driven by areas such as climate change, energy and space.
Nilecans emphasized the critical role of digital public infrastructure in accelerating this growth. We commemorate the timeline of orientation digital milestones in 2016 – from Aadhaar, which exceeded a billion users in April, to the opening of UPI, Reliance Jio and the application BHIM – said it was not an isolated event, but the result of “years of silent preparation”.
“This kind of transformation does not occur overnight. It takes years of building the right foundations,” he said. “But now that we put the foundations, we can move faster because we know the way forward.”
Evolving roles AI at startups
Nilekans also discussed the emerging impact of artificial intelligence in India and noted that the implementation of AI on a scale must build on the strong digital base of the Earth. With more than 600 million WhatsApp, approximately 400 million on UPI and increasing digital literacy, India is ready for another jump – especially in the area of regional language accessibility and intuitive user interfaces.
“The future consists in transition from Hindi and English to all the main Indian languages, the transition from touch screens to voice and video, and replacing static knowledge with dynamic information about context,” he explained.
However, he acknowledged that the deployment of AI in the public sector remains a challenge. Structural silos, ownership of territorial data and ethical concerns are the main obstacles.
“The data is AI lifetime, but they are fragmented across ministries and departments,” he warned. “To actually realize the potential of AI managing public affairs, we need integrated systems and renewed emphasis on public confidence.”
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