Should India Build Frontier AI Models Despite Challenges?

India faces a critical question in artificial intelligence: should it invest in building frontier AI models despite gaps in chips, compute, and funding? This segment examines whether sovereignty, security, and long term competitiveness justify the push. As global AI power concentrates in a few countries, dependence on foreign systems raises risks for defense, data control, and economic resilience. Srikanth Velamakanni, Co founder of Fractal Analytics and NASSCOM Chairperson, and Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Professor at IIT Bombay and BharatGen member, speak with Menaka Doshi on Emerging.