Every year, AI Appreciation Day celebrates the technology transforming industries worldwide. But beyond the excitement around generative AI and automation, the real story lies in how organizations are creating measurable business value.
From Google's AI-powered Olympic experience to Netflix's recommendation engine and Nestlé's enterprise-wide data transformation, today's AI leaders aren't replacing people—they're enabling smarter decisions, better customer experiences, and sustainable growth.
Hemant Tiwari, Managing Director and Vice President for India & SAARC, Hitachi Vantara
"Artificial Intelligence has evolved from experimentation to enterprise-scale execution, making AI Appreciation Day an opportunity to recognise the critical role of data foundations in enabling this transformation.
Our 2025 State of Data Infrastructure Report is based on a global survey of 1,244 business and IT leaders across 15 countries, including 104 respondents from India. It found that 89 percent of Indian organisations have either widely adopted AI or consider it essential to their operations, compared with a global average of 69 percent.
This momentum is being matched by strong national ambition, with India's AI ecosystem continuing to gain scale and depth. At Hitachi Vantara, our focus is on helping organisations unify fragmented data estates and build governance into their systems by design, ensuring AI outcomes are consistent, secure, and dependable at scale. India's data infrastructure maturity today will shape how confidently the country scales AI in the years ahead."
Mr. Anjaiah Surgi, CTO, AGI Greenpac (Somany Impresa Group)
"In glass manufacturing, AI Appreciation Day isn't a slogan for us—it's already running on the line in real time.
At AGI Greenpac, AI has moved directly into the production process. Computer vision systems now inspect every bottle for choke bore diameter, height, and colour match against customer samples, catching defects the human eye would miss at line speed.
On the planning side, our AI-driven production scheduling manages demand and capacity constraints across plants with far fewer disruptions. We've also piloted dynamic compressor control solely for energy savings in our eco-plants. Additionally, we've used VR to train operators on IS-machine handling, making training safer, faster, and eliminating production downtime.
The next phase involves extending that same rigor upstream through AI-led receivables automation and multi-agent systems for sourcing and vendor management that can cut procurement cycle time in half while improving compliance.
For a glass and packaging business, the real opportunity over the next few years isn't AI as an add-on—it's AI embedded into every quality checkpoint and every plant decision, enabling continuous improvements in consistency and yield rather than one-off projects."
Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Chief Executive, L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT)
"World AI Appreciation Day is a reminder that the global AI race is no longer won by algorithms alone—it is won by the strength of a nation's semiconductor and compute ecosystem, along with the depth of its engineering talent.
As AI workloads become increasingly specialised across manufacturing, mobility, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, customised silicon will form the foundation of secure, high-performance, and energy-efficient intelligence.
India generates nearly a fifth of the world's data yet captures only a fraction of its value. Closing that gap is our defining opportunity—to build a sovereign AI stack rooted in indigenous semiconductor design, trusted compute infrastructure, and world-class engineering talent.
The intelligence economy will be led by nations that master the full stack—from silicon to systems to software. That is the stack India is building, and the one LTSCT is proud to help design."
Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO, CambrianEdge.ai
"What we're celebrating this year is the recognition that human intelligence must remain at the centre.
India produces nearly 1.5 million engineers annually, and a growing cohort is thinking in AI-native terms from the very beginning. They're designing systems where machine capability amplifies human judgment, creativity, and leadership.
Yes, only 16% of IT professionals currently possess AI skills. Yes, AI-related job demand has crossed one million roles this year. But that gap is also our opportunity.
We have the scale, the talent pipeline, and engineers who can build AI the right way from the start—creating systems that make humans better at what only humans can do. That's the future we're building."
Mudit Jain
Founder, Happy & Hungry – The Event Co.
As the founder of an experiential marketing company, Mudit Jain has witnessed AI's growing influence on consumer engagement, campaign planning, audience insights, and personalised brand experiences. He can offer perspectives on how brands are leveraging AI to drive innovation while ensuring creativity, strategic thinking, and authentic human connections remain at the heart of marketing.
Sudhanshu Rai
Creator of Detective Boomrah, Author & Filmmaker
As the creator of India's first sci-fi detective franchise, Detective Boomrah, Sudhanshu Rai brings a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, imagination, and storytelling. Through his work blending science, mystery, and futuristic concepts, he can discuss how AI is influencing the creative process while underscoring the enduring value of human intuition, originality, and emotional depth in crafting compelling narratives.
