NEC India CEO sees increasing role for AI in country's digital journey

The President and Chief Executive Officer of NEC Corporation India, Aalok Kumar, has recalled the significant contribution which the company has made with biometrics and other technologies on India's path to digital transformation in the last 70 years of the company's existence. Kumar spoke to Outlook Magazine ahead of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of India's independence celebrated on August 15. He highlighted how emerging technologies will help in shaping the future of the country, emphasizing the role of artificial intelligence-based technologies. Kumar said since 1956, NEC India has carried out projects aimed at connecting India to the global digital system. He explained that the Aadhaar biometric ID cards which Indians use today as proof of ID is built on their company's technology, which also enables multimodal biometric authentication for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).