9 months ago
Leaders advocate AI for productivity and human dignity
Anil Agarwal, the Chairman of Vedanta, and Arundhati Bhattacharya, the President and CEO of Salesforce–South Asia, both believe that AI is a powerful tool that can help people work better and faster.
Anil Agarwal says AI makes him more productive by helping him complete tasks quickly, but he thinks humans are still needed to make important decisions.
Arundhati Bhattacharya believes AI can improve services like healthcare and education in developing countries like India, where there are many people but not enough resources.
She thinks AI can help give people better services and improve their lives.
Both leaders agree that AI should be used ethically and should not control people but should help them.
Other experts at the Infocom 2025 event also talked about how AI can make people smarter and more capable, not just replace them.
A survey also found that most people think AI will make them more productive and valuable in their jobs.
Anil Agarwal advocates for using AI as a supplement to human intelligence to increase productivity.
Arundhati Bhattacharya argues that AI can enhance service delivery in healthcare, education, and public sectors in developing countries.
Both leaders emphasize the ethical use of AI to benefit mankind without allowing it to become a controlling factor.
Industry experts at Infocom 2025 view AI as a capability multiplier rather than a headcount reducer.
A recent survey by ANSR and Talent500 found that most respondents believe AI will increase productivity and employability.
- Who
- Anil Agarwal, Arundhati Bhattacharya, and other industry leaders
- What
- Advocacy for AI-human collaboration and its impact on productivity and service delivery
- Where
- Online and at the Infocom 2025 event
- When
- Recent posts and speeches, including at Infocom 2025
- Why
- To highlight the benefits of combining AI with human intelligence for better outcomes and productivity, and to address systemic limitations in essential services
AI as a supplement to human intelligence
AI as a strategic tool for service delivery
AI's role in productivity
AI as a supplement to human intelligence
AI supplements human intelligence, increasing productivity and employability.
AI as a strategic tool for service delivery
AI enhances service delivery in healthcare, education, and public sectors, improving quality of life.
Impact on jobs
AI as a supplement to human intelligence
AI is not a replacement for human intelligence but a tool to aid decision-making.
AI as a strategic tool for service delivery
AI can restore human dignity by addressing systemic limitations in essential services.
Ethical use of AI
AI as a supplement to human intelligence
Human intelligence is crucial for interpreting AI outputs and making decisions.
AI as a strategic tool for service delivery
AI should be used ethically, benefiting mankind without becoming a controlling factor.
Key facts
- Person 1
- Anil Agarwal
- Role 1
- Chairman of Vedanta
- Person 2
- Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Role 2
- President and CEO of Salesforce–South Asia
- Event
- Infocom 2025
- AI's Role
- Supplement to human intelligence and strategic tool for service delivery
- Productivity Impact
- Increased productivity and employability
- Survey
- AI Advantage Survey Report 2025
- Survey Conductors
- ANSR and Talent500
- Survey Finding
- Majority believe AI increases productivity and employability
- Ethical Use
- AI should be used for the benefit of mankind, ethically and under control
Quotes
Arundhati Bhattacharya
President and CEO of Salesforce–South Asia
“In the developed world, there is already a labour shortage. The next wave is going to be robotic agents, and that is where they will be able to make good of their loss of labour. It may not go entirely, but to some extent, sure.”
telegraphindia.com
“In the developing world, there is no shortage of people. But I think there is a big reason to lean into AI. We (India) are a very populous nation, and in a brick and mortar manner, there is no way that you can give the service that these people actually deserve, whether it be services like medicine, education or citizen services that the government should provide.”
telegraphindia.com
Bhaskar Ghosh
Chief strategy and innovation officer at Accenture
“Suppose I have to lift a weight, maybe I will be able to lift 50 kg. But with a machine, I can lift 500 kg with lesser effort. Think of AI as exactly the same thing, only instead of lifting weights, it can enhance the IQ of the workers. We should use AI not for replacing workers but to enhance the capability of each and every person in the enterprise with the power of AI.”
telegraphindia.com
“What I strongly believe in the next 3-5 years down the line, every individual in the world will have a personal cognitive brain. Every business will have a digital enterprise brain and every nation will have a national digital brain.”
telegraphindia.com
Bishwajit Mohapatra
Head of customer solutions and CIO advisory at AWS
“With the explosion of cloud technology, more opportunities have opened up. We are exactly at the same inflexion point. But the fundamentals are not going to change.”
telegraphindia.com
Raju Vegesna
Chairman and Managing Director of Sify Technologies
“We need to build a strong foundation to run AI.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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