AI calls: Indian software engineers seen honing AI skills in a big way

Call it Indian IT 3.0. After Y2K and the BPO boom, Indian software engineers are making rapid inroads in acquiring Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills.

AI, considered the holy grail for nerds, is seeing increasing adoption and this is resulting in a huge requirement for techies who understand how to use this technology.

A report by Stanford titled AI Index 2019, points out some interesting trends. It states that the average penetration of AI skills in India in select sectors is 2.6 times the global average. Stanford, along with LinkedIn, analysed sectors such as software & IT, education, finance, manufacturing and hardware and networking.