Built on a powerful idea that a single mobile number can reveal the full picture, DeepSight simplifies verification like never before. With just one input, organizations can instantly understand who they’re dealing with. By unifying identity, business, financial, locational, and telecom data into a single intelligent layer, it helps organizations reduce fraud risk and accelerate onboarding.

With smart analytics, companies can move beyond basic Know Your Customer (KYC) processes to a more insightful Understand Your Customer (UYC) approach.

“Verification shouldn’t be slow or fragmented,” said Vineet Bansal, Co-founder & COO, OnGrid “With just a mobile number, businesses can access a complete, contextual view of their users, including personal identity and PAN to banking and telecom signals, enabling faster onboarding, reducing risks, and helping teams truly understand their customers. It’s not just about data; it’s about actionable intelligence.”

DeepSight transforms scattered information into a 360° trust profile, providing enterprises with instant clarity on their users. Teams can access identity, PAN & taxpayer profile, employment history, business registration, banking, and telecom information, all through a single mobile number and unified system. This integration allows verification to be faster, simpler, and more reliable across industries such as banking, fintech, IT, and gig platforms.

“Our goal was to move beyond traditional KYC and deliver actionable insights,” said Vaibhav Yadav, Head of Product, Gridlines. “By unifying diverse data points into one intelligent, contextual layer, and making it all accessible through a mobile number, DeepSight turns information into intelligence, helping enterprises make smarter, safer decisions while providing a seamless onboarding experience for their customers.”

From mobile to everything, the platform provides organizations with a complete, actionable view of their users, combining critical signals across identity, financial, business, and telecom data. This enables faster onboarding, smarter decision-making, and proactive risk reduction, while setting a new benchmark for trust and reliability in verification.

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In today’s increasingly globalized environment, cultural intelligence (CQ) is not merely an asset but a necessity for anyone seeking to operate successfully across diverse cultural landscapes. It surpasses basic communication abilities, facilitating a deeper understanding and active engagement across various international contexts, making it a critical skill set for navigating and thriving in the global marketplace.

Enhanced Communication Abilities:

At its core, cultural intelligence enables individuals to manage and navigate the complexities of cross-cultural communication adeptly. This includes interpreting non-verbal cues and understanding various communication styles, crucial for building trust and effectively collaborating with international partners, clients, and team members. The ability to avoid misunderstandings and foster clear, productive interactions underpins successful global operations.

Business Effectiveness Across Borders:

Cultural intelligence significantly enhances the adaptability of businesses in foreign markets. By aligning business practices with the cultural norms and expectations of each market, companies can avoid cultural faux pas that might otherwise jeopardize their local and global reputation. This adaptability extends to every aspect of business operations, from strategic planning to day-to-day management, ensuring that the entire organization can respond dynamically to varied cultural cues and nuances.

Conflict Resolution:

Cultural intelligence is key to resolving the inevitable conflicts that arise when diverse groups interact. With a deep understanding of different cultural backgrounds, individuals equipped with high CQ can navigate disputes with sensitivity and tact, finding solutions that respect all involved parties’ viewpoints and cultural values. This capability is invaluable in maintaining team harmony and ensuring cohesive work environments, even across borders.

Market Expansion and Customer Loyalty:

For businesses looking to expand into new markets, cultural intelligence provides the insights needed to customize marketing strategies and product offerings to meet local preferences, which can significantly enhance consumer engagement and brand loyalty. Companies like Airbnb and Alibaba, for example, use cultural intelligence to tailor their platforms and operations to reflect local languages, currencies, customs, and preferences, thereby enhancing user experience and satisfaction.

Innovation and Creativity:

By facilitating a deep appreciation and understanding of diverse viewpoints, cultural intelligence can dramatically enhance the creative processes within an organization. Teams that are culturally diverse yet harmoniously integrated often outperform their more homogenous counterparts, thanks to a broader array of ideas and problem-solving approaches that spur innovation and creative solutions.

Ethical Operations and Compliance:

Operating in a global environment involves navigating a complex web of legal and ethical standards that vary significantly from one country to another. Cultural intelligence helps businesses understand and comply with these varied norms, avoiding legal pitfalls and ethical breaches that could lead to fines, sanctions, or damage to reputation.

Leadership in Diverse Settings:

Effective leadership in diverse cultural settings demands more than traditional management skills; it requires a nuanced understanding of cultural dynamics. Leaders with high cultural intelligence can inspire, motivate, and drive teams from diverse cultural backgrounds, leveraging their varied strengths to achieve common goals.

Personal and Professional Development:

Engaging with diverse cultures not only enriches personal experience but also enhances professional capabilities. For global citizens, continuous cultural learning and adaptation are part of a lifelong journey that fosters greater empathy, flexibility, and a broader perspective on the world.

Attracting and Retaining Talent:

In the global talent pool, companies that exhibit high cultural intelligence attract employees from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, enriching the organization’s internal culture and expanding its capabilities. These companies are better positioned to retain top talent by creating inclusive, respectful, and engaging workplaces.

Sustainability in Global Markets:

The ability to continuously adapt to the evolving cultural landscape is essential for long-term success in international markets. Cultural intelligence fosters an organization’s agility, helping it to respond effectively to cultural shifts and new market demands, thereby ensuring sustainable growth and relevance.

Cultural intelligence is foundational for anyone looking to succeed in the interconnected, diverse, and rapidly changing global marketplace. It enriches interactions, enhances business practices, fosters innovation, and builds effective, respectful international relationships. For global citizens and organizations alike, developing and nurturing cultural intelligence is not just a strategic advantage—it is essential for survival and success in the 21st century. In this regard, the School of Liberal Studies at BML Munjal University offers a comprehensive curriculum that fosters cultural intelligence, equipping students with the skills to navigate and thrive in diverse cultural settings. This preparation ensures that graduates are well-prepared to meet the demands of an increasingly globalized world.

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MUMBAI: In June, domestic G-sec yields are likely to be influenced by a range of factors, such as foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows, crude oil price movements, the rupee-dollar equation, outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee, (FOMC) domestic inflows into the debt market, and announcement of G-sec auctions, amongst others.

Three-month view

The 10-year G-sec yield is expected to react to FPI flows, crude prices, global interest rates, the CPI inflation print, rate decisions by the RBI MPC and FOMC, global cues, and liquidity concerns.

Framework for the outlook

CRISIL provides its outlook on key benchmark rates for different debt classes — 10-year G-secs, state development loans (SDLs), and corporate bonds (CBs) — based on statistical models and inputs from our in-house experts. We also incorporate our views on policy expectations, the macroeconomic outlook, key events (local and global), and market factors (liquidity and demand/supply).

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INDIA: Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has announced an update to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into its Guided Work Solutions to help bring greater operational efficiency and better shopper experiences to retailers in today’s competitive landscape. Honeywell Guided Work Solutions’ AI-driven speech technology enables in-store associates to perform tasks like click-and-collect order fulfillment, shelf restocking, and returns processing with speed and efficiency. The development of an AI-enhanced solution to streamline retail operations also supports Honeywell’s portfolio alignment to three compelling megatrends: automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition.

By combining headset-enabled speech direction with software that offers insights and analytics built on Honeywell Forge architecture, the updated solution walks retail associates through workflows in real time. Associates simply talk into a hands-free headset and then receive specific directions and confirmation they are selecting the right items. With the integration of AI, the solution can understand employees’ speech in more than 48 different languages, despite variations in tone, dialect, and pronunciation.

“The retail landscape has undergone a significant transformation, particularly with trends like buy online, pick up in-store, and the advent of highly personalized shopping experiences,” said David Barker, president of Honeywell Productivity Solutions and Services. “As retailers seek ways to improve their operational performance and enhance the customer experience, Guided Work Solutions is the ideal tool to accomplish these goals. It harnesses the strengths of AI technology to empower retail associates to serve in-store customers more efficiently.”

Honeywell Guided Work Solutions helps retailers build a competitive advantage and optimize daily operations by increasing productivity, decreasing training time, and cutting out-of-stock items on shelves, thereby facilitating the potential for greater in-store sales. Since launching Honeywell Guided Work Solutions in 2018, it has enabled retailers to improve productivity by more than 30% over radio frequency (RF) scanning and to reach upwards of 99% accuracy in product picking.* As a result, store managers can make improved use of limited labor resources by leveraging time savings to reallocate their workforce to other value-added activities or to increase the number of orders fulfilled within the same timeframe.

To learn more about Honeywell Guided Work Solutions, visit: https://automation.honeywell.com/us/en/solutions/productivity

*According to Honeywell customer data regarding Guided Work Solutions overall, not solely the AI component.

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The inaugural ceremony was graced by guest of honor, Shri Rizwan Arshad, Minister of Karnataka Legislative Assembly; Shri Prithul Kumar, IRTS, Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India & Interim Managing Director, National Film Development Corp. (NFDC); Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman Axilor Ventures, Co-founder Infosys, President Infosys Science Foundation; Mr. Thierry Berthelot, Consul General of France in Bangalore; Mr. Alfonso Tagliaferri, Consul General of Italy in Bengaluru; Ms. Nivruti Rai, MD, and CEO Invest India; Mr. Rajan Navani, Founder & CEO, JetSynthesys; Mr. Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Asia South – NVIDIA; Mr. Sai Srinivas Kiran Garimella; Co-Founder, MPL;  Mr. Ashish Kulkarni, Founder & CEO, Punnaryug Artvision Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Sudhir Kamath, COO, Nazara Technologies; Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to Government, Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka; Mr. Biren Ghose, Country Head, Technicolor India and President, ABAI; Shri Darshan H V, IAS, Director, Department of Electronics, Information Technology & Biotechnology, Govt. of Karnataka; Mr. RK Chand, Executive Director, The Mill India & Secretary, ABAI.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah said, “I am pleased to inaugurate this congregation of the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics (AVGC) industry at the 5th edition of Bengaluru GAFX. Karnataka has long been the torchbearer state in India across technology, innovation, and growth. We are proud to be the pioneers of leading the IT and IT-enabled services industries. Our state, a trailblazer in technology, is proud to lead the nation’s Media & Entertainment sector, contributing 20% to the industry. With over 15,000 professionals and 300 specialized studios, GAFX celebrates Karnataka’s role as a global AVGC hub. With a focus on generating 30,000 jobs by 2028, targeting 80% revenue from exports, the policy rests on six strategic pillars—emphasizing skill development, infrastructure, startup empowerment, global market access, incentives, and a ‘Mobile First’ approach. Since 2012, Karnataka has been a pioneering force, boasting 139 specialized institutes and Digital Art Centers, with the Karnataka Centre of Excellence (COE) serving as a unique facility nurturing creative technologists and technicians. As we delve into the next two days of discussions, let’s concentrate on the synergy of creativity and technology that defines our industry. Bengaluru GAFX 2024 provides the platform for government and industry collaboration, propelling the AVGC industry in India to new heights.”

A patron of Bengaluru GAFX 2024, Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Karnataka said “Karnataka, a pioneer in evolving India’s AVGC policies, is committed to securing a future where it not only maintains the state’s leadership in traditional IT-BPM but emerges as a global powerhouse in AVGC-XR. With a vision to create 30,000 jobs by 2028, we shall leverage our existing strengths and additionally establish a center of excellence for Gaming. The state is also looking to help establish AVGC-XR-focused incubators. Bengaluru GAFX epitomizes our dedication to becoming a global skilling epicenter, aiming to position Karnataka as the world’s #1 hub for creativity and technological advancement. The Bengaluru GAFX B2B Forum acts as a catalyst, propelling local talent onto the global stage, and defining Karnataka as the leader in AVGC-XR intellectual property creation.”

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Shri Biren Ghose, ABAI President & Country Head, Technicolor India, said: “Bengaluru GAFX 2024, is a celebration of our wins and exploring new avenues for the all-round growth of AVGC in India. With diverse sessions, competitions, and networking opportunities, Bengaluru GAFX 2024 will witness a stellar lineup of speakers comprising industry veterans and thought leaders. The AVGC industry is on a continuous growth spree, and events like GAFX bring together studios, producers, and investors, creating a hub for gaming, film, animation, AR/VR, and comics. It’s more than an event; it’s a platform where innovation meets opportunity, shaping the future of India’s creative narrative on a global scale.

Bengaluru GAFX 2024 is set to host 120 sessions and 200 speakers, including more than 20 renowned international speakers hailing from 10 different countries. This impressive lineup features industry veterans and thought leaders, including winners of prestigious awards such as Oscars, British Arrows, VES Awards, Cannes Golds, and esteemed Indian accolades. Bengaluru GAFX stands out as a unique event in the AVGC industry, facilitating the convergence of Indian and international synergy. Both international and Indian studios, along with industry veterans, will present some of the largest and most critically acclaimed titles during the event.

• VFX: This edition will see some leading Indian & international names in the world of visual effects. Some mind-blowing visual effects showcase from Hollywood that wowed audiences the world over will be presented at GAFX including the Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Antman & Wasp Quantamania, and The Fast & the Furious X. As well as the Making of Blockbuster LEO’s Photoreal Hyena VFX by multiple-Oscar winning studio MPC’s Jateen Thakkar & Nimish N Shah, the Making of Jurassic World by Industrial Light and Magic, London and Srinivas Mohan- the VFX Supervisor for RRR. The rise of VFX content in the Indian regional landscape will be further underscored by showcases from Ghost, Jawan, Animal, PS2, Charlie 777, and Vikrant Rona.
• Animation: Cutting-edge animation presentations and showcases include the animation of the Oscar-nominated movie Nimona by DNEG, Delivering Spectacular Animated Features from India by Oscar-nominated studio Mikros Animation, and Independent Global Animation Films by Assemblage, as well as How to Secure your IP for Content Creators by Zebu Animation. Greengold Animation will present its unique work on the Making of Chhota Bheem’s action movie.
• Gaming: Kalari Capital’s Vani Kola & Invest India CEO Nivruti Rai are slated to address the incredibly exciting gaming landscape of India in the session ‘Investor Speak – Strategies for Staying Relevant and Resilient in the Indian Gaming Startup Ecosystem.’ Leaders of the Gaming ecosystem Kris Gopalkrishnan- Chairman Axilor Ventures, Co-founder Infosys, President Infosys Science Foundation & Rajan Navani– Vice Chairman & Managing Director at JetLine Group of Companies; Founder & CEO JetSynthesys will address the gathering on The Indian Video Gaming and Esports Industry. MPL, Nazara Technologies, Nodwin Games, and Technicolor Games will present insightful panels and showcases on topics ranging from the ecosystem, technologies, talent, and game art & animation.

Moreover, the Bengaluru GAFX B2B Forum stands as a distinctive platform meticulously designed to connect IP owners, developers, content creators, and production houses aspiring to produce groundbreaking content. This event acts as an exclusive interface, attracting selected international and national studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors, and financiers. Esteemed industry figures like Rajeshwari Roy, Associate Chief Producer & Head of Content – Animation, Digital & Broadcast Media at Ramoji Group, Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz, Creator of Nickelodeon’s hit international franchise Shimmer and Shine, and Russell Tracy Jr. from Mikros Animation will contribute to the stellar industry lineup at this marketplace forum.

A diverse range of competitions is thoughtfully curated to engage the talents and potential of students and emerging professionals, representing the future workforce of India. Spanning from traditional artistry like Clay Sculpting to the digital realms of Sculpting and Painting, and venturing into the intricate world of 3D Character Animation, these competitions are carefully crafted by industry leaders. The primary objective is to nurture a sustained ecosystem that promotes a culture of progression, skill enrichment, and mentorship within the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC) realm in India.

In its fifth edition, Bengaluru GAFX and the B2B Forum continue to shape the future of the AVGC-XR industry, providing a platform that facilitates collaboration, innovation, and the exchange of ideas on a global scale. The event is organized with a steering committee covering all individual domains of VFX, Animation, and Gaming. GAFX will also witness the participation of AVGC trade associations from other states, including TVAGA from Telangana.

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NEW YORK, NY: The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology is hosting a virtual tech summit on January 25, 2024, that will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss key developments in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI), looking across the layers of technology related to AI.

The summit will bring together representatives from academia, industry, civil society organizations, and government to discuss the state of technology, emerging market trends, and real-world impacts of AI. The discussions will also explore how to cultivate a marketplace that allows both consumers and businesses, including startups and small businesses, to thrive.

FTC Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya will provide remarks at the summit. The event will also feature three-panel discussions. These include discussions on the hardware and other key infrastructure that will be needed for AI development; issues related to the data and models used in AI; and AI-powered consumer applications.

The summit will begin at noon and take place online. The tentative agenda is available on the event website. Information on how to participate will also be posted to the event page soon.

The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

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JEDDAH, KSA: The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (www.ICIEC.IsDB.org), the Insurance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, organized on 20-22 March in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the 1st Capacity Building Program for the Users of the OIC Business Intelligence Center (OBIC), targeted at Supporting Credit and Investment Decisions.

The program was organized under the title: The Role of Credit Information Sharing and Business Intelligence in Supporting Trade and Investment Decisions, and was an opportunity for 32 participants representing 10 OIC member states to increase their knowledge and understanding about the OBIC, its core business areas, and the services it will be offering. Participants gained also insight into how to effectively use the OBIC platform as an improved Credit Risk Management tool that will facilitate access to finance for Trade and Investment, as well as the mitigation of risks related to those activities.

During its different working sessions that continued for three days, the program focused on the importance of the Role of Business Intelligence & Digital Transformation in Supporting Business Decisions, credit information, and data sharing when it comes to decision-making with regard to the evaluation of the environments for potential investments, in addition to the efficient utilization of Statistical Sources of Information on Credit, Trade, and Investment. The session also highlighted the importance of supporting Member States in their development plans and the implementation of their business intelligence strategies.

The program lasted for three days and included presentations and open discussions, where participants were actively engaged during interactive and networking sessions with peers from other institutions and industry experts to gain insights from the case studies and real-life examples presented.

The Chief Executive Officer of ICIEC, H.E. Mr. Oussama KAISSI in his closing remarks urged the participants on the importance of digitalization & Business Intelligence in today’s business environment and stressed the important role planned for the OBIC. He also indicated the importance of working towards gaining the required understanding and skills in the areas of credit information and data sharing, digitalization, and business intelligence in order to be able to make informed trade and investment decisions, especially with the availability of the capacity building and advisory services as part of the bundle of services to be offered by the OBIC.

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INDIA: TeamLease Digital, one of the leading tech staffing firms, has released its niche report on ‘Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) – Forces Shaping Future of Technology’ with a specific focus on Artificial Intelligence. The report illuminated the recently concluded iCET partnership between the US and India by exploring the growth as well as job opportunities in the area of AI. iCET was established in order to boost and expand strategic technology partnerships between the two countries and pledged cooperation in multiple tech areas like AI, quantum technologies, advanced wireless, etc. Being an IT powerhouse and the second largest online market in the world, the iCET initiative and a great government impetus in recent years, especially recent budget announcements in terms of skilling in new age technologies, create the enormous potential to benefit from the AI revolution.

This report has conducted a thorough analysis of AI’s potential in some of the selected industries and examined the key job roles and AI uses in these industries, demonstrating the increased demand for AI career aspirants and professionals specialized in AI. The report finds a wide variety of key job roles in the AI landscape across major industries, including Healthcare (Clinical Data Analyst, Medical Imaging Specialist, and Health Informatics Analyst, among others), Education (Edtech Product Manager, AI Learning Architect, AI Curriculum Developer, Chatbot Developer, etc), BFSI (Fraud Analyst, Credit Risk Analyst, Compliance Specialist), Manufacturing (Industrial Data Scientist, QC Analyst, Process Automation Specialist, Robotics Engineer, among others) and Retail (Retail Data Analyst, IT Process Modeler, Digital Imaging Leader, and others). Additionally, the report extends the importance of upskilling a pool of opportunities to freshers and experienced professionals by providing a list of job roles that are currently available.

The report also estimates the open job roles and salary packages for freshers and experienced professionals across occupations and industries, as well as the desire for AI skills that job seekers should have to secure future employment. The report has also evaluated that, as of February 2023, there are 45,000 AI job openings in India alone, with data scientists and ML engineers among the most sought-after careers. It is also highlighted that increased focus on scalable ML applications is leading to an increase in demand for AI professionals proficient in scripting languages, and building conventional ML models will be the foremost skill required for a career in AI.

According to TeamLease Digital’s research, the expected salaries for freshers in various technology roles in India are as follows:

Data engineers can earn up to INR 14 lakhs per annum
ML engineers up to INR 10 lakhs, data scientists up to INR 14 lakhs
DevOps engineers up to INR 12 lakhs
Data architects up to INR 12 lakhs
BI analysts up to INR 14 lakhs, and database admins up to INR 12 lakhs

Additionally, candidates with eight years of experience in similar fields can earn even higher salaries ranging from INR 25 to 45 lakhs per annum.

Sharing his views, Sunil Chemmankotil, Chief Executive Officer, TeamLease Digital, said, “The AI revolution is transforming the job market, creating an urgent need for skilled professionals who can design, develop, and implement cutting-edge AI technologies. Fortunately, the Indian government is taking proactive steps to address this challenge by entering into a bilateral strategic partnership through iCET and setting up centers of excellence and training initiatives. TeamLease Services is uniquely positioned to help job seekers capitalize on these opportunities, offering a range of resources and support to connect individuals with the best possible AI job opportunities. With our assistance, talented professionals can thrive in this dynamic industry and contribute to the continued growth and development of AI in India.”

“In today’s rapidly evolving job market, upskilling with AI skills is becoming increasingly important for career growth and employability. With automation and AI transforming industries across the board, having a basic understanding of AI and its applications can give individuals a competitive edge in the job market. Moreover, developing AI skills can lead to higher-paying job opportunities and help individuals stay relevant and adaptable in an ever-changing job landscape. It’s never too late to start upskilling, and investing in AI skills can provide long-term benefits for individuals and their careers,” added Siva Prasad Nanduri, Chief Business Officer, TeamLease Digital.

According to a survey conducted by TeamLease Digital, 37% of organizations prefer to provide their employees with relevant tools to build an AI-ready workforce, and 30% of organizations stated AI learning initiatives are mandatory to unlock hidden talents in the workforce. Evidently, 56% of organizations expressed that necessary initiatives are being undertaken to fill the AI demand-supply talent gap. The survey also revealed that a majority of employees share their employers’ sentiments. 55% of employees expressed that AI unlocks new job opportunities, and 54% of employees stressed the fact that organizations take upskilling and reskilling initiatives to have a future-ready workforce. More than 40% of employees feel that building in-house capabilities and integrating AI into day-to-day operations enhance AI capabilities.

Finally, the report also takes into account steps announced by the Government of India (GoI) as part of the Union Budget for upskilling the youth in AI-related skills. One of the major initiatives taken is the creation of Centres of Excellence for AI. Such steps aim to provide a boost for interdisciplinary research, the development of cutting-edge applications, and scalable problem solutions in numerous segments. Another step by the GoI highlighted by TeamLease Digital in its report is the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana which aspires to provide on-the-job training in AI and other emerging technologies.

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