“Which area has (India) invented? Please give me an example,” Murthy during an inter highlighting the countryâ€s dependence on adapting foreign technologies rather than creating innovations. Murthy said that India has yet to solve long-standing issues like Dengue and Delhi’s pollution, despite these being persistent problems.
He questioned why the IT services industry should be singled out for criticism when the country as a whole has not addressed these challenges.
“We have not been able to build large databases, and without big data, AI (artificial intelligence) has no value. A large language model (LLM) doesn’t make any sense. Basically, the Indian mindset is still not oriented towards problem definition and problem-solving,†Murthy said in an interview with Moneycontrol.
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on Thursday announced the winners of the Infosys Prize 2024 in six categories, including two from Indiaâ€s premier institutions and two from Stanford University. The award carries a cash reward of $ 100,000, given annually to honour the achievements of contemporary researchers and scientists.
The winners for 2024 in six categories are: Arun Chandrasekhar from Stanford University in Economics; Shyam Gollakota from the University of Washington in Engineering and Computer Science; and Mahmood Kooria from the University of Edinburgh in Humanities and Social Sciences. Siddhesh Kamat from Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Pune won in the Life Sciences category, Neena Gupta from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, was awarded the prize in Mathematical Sciences, and Vedika Khemani from Stanford University in Physical Sciences.