AI boosts efficiency for some in India

Category: (Self-Study) Technology/Innovations

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As the use of artificial intelligence surges across the globe, the technology is steadily gaining ground in India. Businesses, start-ups, and individuals are experimenting with new ways to improve efficiency and scale.

The Indian government is also rolling out national initiatives to fund research and train workers in the field of AI. That push was displayed at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, which was attended by heads of state, senior officials, and technology executives.

With nearly a billion internet users, India has also become a key focus for global tech companies to scale their AI businesses in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital markets. From farms to classrooms, AI is fast emerging as a tool for many Indians to boost efficiency, helping them cut time, rising costs, and labor constraints.

In New Delhi, students and educators are using AI technology to help them find solutions for their work. Anirudh Singh, a Master’s student in social work from Delhi University, has developed a virtual dashboard using AI as part of an internship project on mapping six states for weather predictions in 2026, including data on heat and rain risk.

“I think AI is just reducing the tedious work that students generally had to do. Like, looking at various studies and then coming for a single line or a single crux of that article, we have to read the whole article. AI is reducing the tedious work, and that’s what Google did when it came, and AI just improved on it,” he said.

Educator Swetank Pandey teaches at a civil services coaching center, a sector known for its fierce competition and mammoth volume. Millions of young Indians compete for civil service jobs each year, and coaching institutes are forced to process vast numbers of tests, evaluations, and revisions.

Pandey said AI has made that workload easier to manage. Pandey said the technology helps him carry out the same task on a loop, allowing tens of thousands of answer sheets to be evaluated in as little as 20 to 25 minutes.

This article and video were provided by The Associated Press.

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[Crowd of people walking in the summit]

[Delhi University students playing volleyball during lunch break]

[Anirudh Singh, a Masters’ student in social work from Delhi University, entering his hostel room]

[Singh opening his projects made with AI on his laptop]

Anirudh Singh (interview): “I think AI is just reducing the tedious work that students generally had to do. Like, looking at various studies and then coming for a single line or a single crux of that article, we have to read the whole article. AI is reducing the tedious work and that’s what Google did when it came and AI just improved on it.”

[Laptop screen, Singh explaining a virtual dashboard he developed using AI as an internship project for an NGO]

[Signs displaying information about ‘AI Impact Summit’, an international summit on artificial intelligence]

[Heavy traffic on a road]

[Bomb Disposal Squad patrolling the streets near the venue of the AI Impact Summit]

[A Delhi University student on a bench, using AI on his phone]

[Phone screen showing AI analysis]

[Swetank Pandey, educator and author, walking to his cabin in the institute he works at]

[Pandey showing how he uses AI to evaluate thousands of handwritten answer sheets]

Swetank Pandey (interview): “We have developed indices, total 15 different indices, and every index has four sub-sections. In total there are 60 different parameters, on which the AI model will evaluate this paper. The AI model is very capable of transcribing the answer, what is written in it. Now it gave us seven out 10, for that answer based on all the 60 parameters. So if we just define a particular situation, AI gives us a good example which is more relatable, makes easy for us and to explain the things and also for the students to comprehend the thing. So right there it is direct use. Subsequently, right from evaluation to helping out students in the sense of creating extra content to be read, to resolve all of their mentorship issues.”

[University students on campus relaxing during lunch break]

Sangeeta Gupta (interview): “AI provides that bridge, right? Suddenly you can, you know, create content. You can create personal tutors if you need for every child in the language. You can customize it to based on that child’s competency as opposed to a one size fits all approach that normally flows in Indian education environment.”

[Youth walking on the streets of Delhi University]

[Traffic moving on the streets of Delhi]

[Students playing volleyball on the university campus]

This script was provided by The Associated Press.