 "India is prepared to capitalise on the potential that disruptive technologies like AI and Quantum Computing, revealed Chief of Army Staff General, Manoj Pande at the Firstpost Defence Summit. Image Credit: Firstpost")
India’s defence and security apparatus is ready to tap into the potential that disruptive technologies bring, revealed India’s Chief of Army Staff General, Manoj Pande
Speaking to Firstpost’s Managing Editor, Palki Sharma at the Firstpost Defence Summit, COAS Pande, when asked if India was prepared for the double-edged sword that technology like AI has become, said that the first step is to recognize the potential that disruptive technologies bring.
“I believe these days the conventional compact ratios, which we used to talk of earlier have become less relevant. We have to correctly recognize the potential, these disruptive Technologies provide,” said General Pande.
India has identified some key niche technology and it is through innovation with the help academia and the startups that these areas utilize to be able to leverage and tap their correct potential.
“We are engaged in a number of things. we are collaborating with the academia with some premier Technological Institute in the country, we have set up Our AI and 5G,” he said. General Pande also revealed that India is investing heavily in quantum computing labs, which have been going well.
“We have also made 5G and AI road map to how to integrate 5G with the Internet of Things for the military,” he added.