India has a talent pool of about 4 lac professionals knowing AI. It constitutes 16 per cent of the global AI pool. However, Indian manpower falls short in fulfilling the job requirements of the employers.

India is investing in AI and the growth in CAGR is 31 per cent. India’s share in global AI investment is 1.5 per cent. Bangalore happens to be an AI talent hub, ranked 5th in HBR review study. New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai lag far behind.

AI has several dimensions — vision AI using sensors, cameras, neural networks, ML algorithms, facial recognition, conversational AI for voice and text-based conversations, sense AI culling information from emotions, expressions, uses in wearables, and decision AI for organisations.

The talent pool in demand must have skills in DB Query languages, deep learning, NLP, reinforcement learning, predictive analytics, scripting, robotics, neural networks and cloud computing.