With more than 4,000 patents registered in 2018 in technologies like AI, cloud computing, security and quantum computing, IBM inventors from India received over 800 of patents, the second highest contributor to the global record tally. Leading the charge, it is Gargi Dasgupta who coordinates everything to bring innovation to the forefront. In an interaction with Analytics India Magazine, Gargi Dasgupta – Director, IBM Research India and CTO, IBM India and South Asia shares the various facets of her research work, and the way forward. "After I completed my PhD I returned to India to pursue this passion and fulfil my ambition to contribute and drive this change and while doing so help establish India as a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI)," told Gargi Dasgupta. Gradually Gargi leveraged this expertise in creating leadership for IBM in AI-driven business processes and IT automation – embedding AI capabilities into IBM's Automation platform, bringing together assets and capabilities from our worldwide research into business use and establishing right relationships with industry verticals and services partners to drive impact.