The arrival of COVID19 pandemic beyond the borders of China earlier this year has thrown the global economy into a meltdown. The chaos caused by the coronavirus crisis along with geopolitical tensions has forced many major global economic powers, including India to rethink their economic and technological strategies, leading Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

With US announcing restrictions to AI software export in January this year, and China implementing a similar policy last month, the time has finally arrived for us to explore a way forward for going Aatmanirbhar in AI. The 10th edition of INDIAai 360 Webinar series seeks to identify the challenges and opportunities for Indian start-ups towards building powerful AI technologies indigenously.