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India

#21 globally

Asia-Pacific

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#7 in Asia-Pacific

↑↑Strong Positive(+8)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

65/100
↑↑Strong Positive(+8)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

75/100
High Adoption

India's adoption score (75) is 10 points above its readiness score (65) — deploying AI faster than its capacity would predict.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure11/20
Talent17/20
Governance13/20
Investment12/20
Economic Readiness12/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

High Adoption
Government Deployment
16/20
Enterprise Adoption
14/20
Talent Demand
15/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
17/20
R&D PipelineWeakest
13/20

India Stack digital infrastructure and a massive IT services industry propel rapid AI adoption across enterprise and consumer segments.

Trajectory Outlook

73
/100

by 2028

65 now→+8 pts
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Top Accelerator

IndiaAI Mission sovereign compute combined with world's largest IT talent pipeline

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Top Risk

Infrastructure bottlenecks and uneven digital adoption across states

Pillar Detail

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AI Analysis

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◎Acceleration Phase

India is in the Acceleration Phase

Deploying AI at scale across key sectors. Projected score by 2028: 73/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 65

2

2025–26

AI deployed across 3+ key sectors

3

2026–27

Sovereign AI compute capacity online

4

2028

International AI partnerships active

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

⬡Digital Infrastructure
11/20
Near

Extend rural connectivity and reduce mobile data costs below $2/GB

Mid

Build national data centre capacity and connect to international internet exchanges

◇Investment & R&D
12/20
Near

Anchor a global AI investment hub with special economic zone incentives

Mid

Co-invest with pension funds in frontier AI labs and semiconductor supply chain

⬠Economic Readiness
12/20
Near

Leverage high productivity base to fund AI adoption subsidies for SMEs

Mid

Position as regional AI services hub; target $1B+ in AI-related services exports

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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