KOCHI:
As the essential purpose of technology is to empower people one of India’s most pressing challenges is to see how it helps across public and private sectors to make a difference in the society, said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft, today.
“Each time I visit, it is incredible to see the advancements taking place in India and how technology helps across the public and private sectors is one of India’s most pressing challenges,” Nadella said addressing Kerala’s Global Digital Summit # Future through video conference. For example, health care organisations are using AI (Artificial Intelligence) for early detection of cardiac diseases and in agriculture farmers and rural areas across the country are empowered with more data to better understand weather and soil conditions to improve crop yield, he said.
In education, schools are using cloud and AI to predict what students are at risk of dropping out so that they can intervene and local governments across India use Kaizala, a mobile communications app, to empower government workers and improve citizen service ,he said.
“ We don’t celebrate technology for technology’s sake, we celebrate what others are empowered to do with that technology. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more,” he said. Nadella expressed the hope that an event like #Future, which has brought together top leaders of knowledge industry, academics and influencers, would inspire to make a difference in the world.
“And that’s what I hope you would inspire to do after this event. To dream, create and build the solutions that will transform your organisations, your communities and make a difference in the world,” he added.
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