Indian AI Researchers Should Move Beyond PhDs [Video]

According to the Global AI Talent Tracker 2.0 by Marco Polo, over the past few years, China and India have significantly expanded their domestic AI talent pool to support the burgeoning AI industry. The percentage of the world’s top AI researchers hailing from China has surged from 29% in 2019 to 47% in 2022. 

Historically a major exporter of top-tier AI researchers, India is now seeing an increase in talent retention. In 2019, the majority of Indian AI researchers with undergraduate degrees sought opportunities abroad. However, by 2022, one-fifth of these researchers chose to work in India.

Though there’s an increase in AI research within India, it seems that most of it has been done by researchers for their PhD thesis. None of it actually comes off for production. Similar thoughts were shared by several researchers when they spoke with AIM. 

There have been research work focusing on LLMs, voice models, and using AI in several fields coming out of Indian universities, but …