Cypher 2024- India’s biggest AI conference– hosted by AIM Media House– has kicked off and is bigger than ever. The day one of the events witnessed more footfall than we anticipated, close to 1500+ participants and 600+ companies took part in India’s biggest AI conference.
Well the highlight of the event was Mohan Das Pai, former CFO and Board Member at Infosys, session with journalist Bhupendra Chaubey Pai discussed the deepening technological partnership between India and the United States, positioning the two countries as the next dominant forces in the global digital landscape.
Pai likened Bangalore to San Francisco, noting their shared vibrant tech culture and entrepreneurial spirit that attract innovators from around the world.
San Francisco has long been the go-to for founders looking to build the next big thing, known as a hub for tech talent, investment, and trends. But now the Indian city, Bengaluru is quickly emerging as the next major startup hub.
However, he does add that Bangalore needs the capital. “We need the competing power and investment capital. Once you do that, Bangalore has 350,000 chip designers, testers, and embedded software professionals—the largest pool of collective design and testing talent in the world.”
( Mohan Das Pai, former CFO and Board Member at Infosys, session with journalist Bhupendra Chaubey)
While Pai’s session was engaging, Cypher 2024 began with an exciting presentation by Raja Jamalamadaka, Managing Director at Roche Information Solutions India. He shared insights on how neuroscience can accelerate generative AI adoption in enterprises.
He believes understanding human emotions towards technology will play a critical role for enterprises that are looking to scale generative AI adoption.
“High touch is all about simplicity, ease, helping people relate their emotions in a particular level, ensuring people understand that they will not lose their jobs, if anything, they will benefit from it,” Jamalamadaka said.
( Raja Jamalamadaka, Managing Director at Roche Information Solutions India)
At Cypher 2024, Shalvi Chitkara, COO of Data and AI at Genpact, emphasised that an AI-ready organisation begins by aligning AI with business needs.
Chitkara believes that talent is at the heart of AI success. It’s no longer just about data scientists and engineers, everyone in the organisation, from HR to finance, needs to be AI literate.
“In the past, AI challenges were left to technical experts,” Chitkara noted. “Today, the entire workforce needs to be AI-literate.”
Similarly, Shashank Dubey, co-founder and chief revenue officer at Tredence also took the stage at Cypher 2024 and explained that the key to thriving in the Generative AI era lies in redefining how we perceive job roles.
In his talk titled ‘Leadership in the GenAI Era: Navigating the New Human-Machine Paradigm’ he stressed the importance of focusing on the outcomes delivered by skill sets rather than the skills themselves.
“It’s important not to define our jobs by the skills we possess. Instead, we should define our roles by the outcomes those skills deliver, and those outcomes are business outcomes,” he said.
Other interesting sessions that took place at Cypher 2024 include Sarkar Yadav, founder and CMD at Lexlegis.AI session, where he emphasised the importance of using AI in the legal space.
He highlighted the complexity of the country’s legislation, quoting the Income Tax Act in India, which has undergone more amendments than any other law globally.
Madhusudan Shekar, Customer CTO at Google Cloud, in his talk, ‘Architecting your Enterprise for AI’ explored the future of enterprise architecture in the age of generative AI and discussed how organisations should adapt their structures to navigate this disruptive change effectively.
( Madhusudan Shekar, Customer CTO at Google Cloud)
While these are but a glimpse of Day one from India’s most prominent AI conference, Day two is packed with more interesting sessions, including a fireside chat with Baichung Bhutia, former captain of the Indian football team. He will discuss how quick thinking, changing strategies, and predictive planning—essentials on the football field—can shape leadership in today’s fast-paced tech landscape.
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