Bill Gates meets Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar; India stack, AI discussed

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday met billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the two discussed India stack and artificial intelligence. Gates who is the co-chair in Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation, is on his first tour of India since the Covid pandemic.

The minister tweeted about the meeting, saying “Had an interesting conversation about the @India_Stack & Artificial Intelligence. He also handed me a signed copy of his book”.

Meanwhile, Gates, while addressing a session on ‘Building resilient and inclusive economies- the Promise of Digital Public Infrastructure’, spoke about India’s digital identity Aadhaar, its payment infrastructure, and rapid strides that the country has taken in bringing more people into formal banking system.