Google announced the Google for India Digitisation fund, a commitment to invest USD 10 billion that is around Rs 75,000 crores focussing on four areas.
First, enabling affordable access and information for every Indian in their own language. Second, building new services that are relevant to India’s unique needs.
Third, empowering businesses as they embark on digital transformation. Fourth, leveraging technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good.
Google also announced support for Early Stage Startups with a particular focus on women-led startups under the India Digitisation fund.
Using AI to further India’s digital transformation journey, Google AI Research Center in Bengaluru is building models to support over 100 Indian languages, and working with the Indian Institute of Science to support open sourcing of speech data through India’s Bhashini project.
It has also partnered with IIT Madras to establish a multidisciplinary Center for Responsible AI.
With a focus to support businesses and governments to run on Cloud, Google Cloud has been playing a pivotal role in bringing innovative cloud technologies to India and being a part of India’s digital transformation journey.
