India can not keep out of worldwide technological race, stated Jeet Adani.
Mumbai:
India can not keep out of worldwide technological race and may construct capabilities that may preserve it on the prime whereas remaining vigilant in opposition to its misuse, stated Jeet Adani, Director, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
Talking at IIT Bombay’s Techfest 2024, Mr Adani, the 27-year previous youthful son of infrastructure magnate Gautam Adani, stated the way forward for expertise is each scary and thrilling.
“However be it scary or thrilling, we can not afford to disregard expertise and even go sluggish in our use of expertise — both as a nation or as its residents. India can not keep out of this international race,” he stated.
“Our era must construct capabilities to steer India into this new technological period if we wish to keep on the prime of our sport and realise our dream of Viksit Bharat — to develop into a USD 26-trillion financial system by 2047,” he stated.
Whereas expertise has helped mankind progress, additionally it is being utilized to incorrect causes — pretend information, pretend images, pretend movies, pretend cash, on-line scams, spoofing, phishing, and cyber-crimes.
“Because the scope and energy of expertise grows, we should be cautious to not let the dangerous use of expertise overshadow the helpful use of expertise,” he stated.
Expertise is just nearly as good because the profit it offers.
“As we stand on the point of a brand new AI-empowered world, we should all ask ourselves how to make sure that the huge potential of expertise is harnessed for good. There isn’t a restrict to the place expertise can go or lead us, however it’s our era’s accountability to information its journey,” he stated.
Whilst he hailed Google’s new quantum computing chip, Willow, as a revolutionary breakthrough with immense potential for constructive influence in areas like drug discovery, renewable power and local weather change, he cautioned that such energy additionally comes with accountability.
“What you do with that sort of energy is a alternative — whether or not to resolve the world’s issues or create new ones.” Urging college students to anchor their technological pursuits to societal targets, he known as on the subsequent era to drive progress responsibly, making certain that expertise uplifts humanity and fosters inclusivity.
India, he famous, has already embraced expertise with goal by way of initiatives like UPI and Digital India, which have made monetary and digital providers accessible to tens of millions.
India’s 180 billion cashless transactions a 12 months is, he identified, a far larger quantity than each superior financial system, whether or not it’s the US or the UK or Singapore or any of the developed international locations in Europe.
“India is in overdrive, and for good purpose,” he stated. “Harnessing expertise is essential not only for financial development however for addressing long-standing challenges in healthcare, training, and governance.” On the Adani Group, simulation-based coaching is bettering office security at ports, At Adani-managed airports, improvements like DigiYatra, eGates and the ‘aviio’ app are enhancing the passenger expertise at airports and the conglomerate is popping arid desert of Kutch in Gujarat into the world’s largest clear power challenge by leveraging cutting-edge applied sciences to speed up building.
“At Khavda (Gujarat), we’re including 25 MW of fresh power each single day,” he stated.
“That is like constructing a challenge the scale of our earlier international milestone, the Kamuthi photo voltaic plant, each month. Khavda is super-massive, and it is pushed by the helpful use of expertise to make an actual distinction.” As India aspires to develop into a USD 26-trillion financial system by 2047, Mr Adani’s message underscored the vital position of purpose-driven expertise in shaping a future that advantages everybody.
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