India, Feb. 23 -- India's AI discourse is entering a decisive phase, shifting from exploratory conversations around generative tools to a more structural push toward sovereign infrastructure, agentic systems, and decision-centric intelligence. With initiatives such as national compute capacity, public-private collaboration, and a growing focus on inclusive innovation, the country is attempting to translate ambition into deployable ecosystems. Against this backdrop, industry leaders are increasingly being called upon to articulate how global experience can intersect with India's unique scale, diversity, and policy momentum.

In this conversation, Babak Hodjat, Chief AI Officer at Cognizant, shares a detailed perspective on the transition t...