India doubled its artificial intelligence (AI) workforce in 2019 following advancement in technology and adoption of business intelligence, yet there are a large number of vacancies across sectors due to talent gap, according to a study. The number of AI professionals in India grew to 72,000 in 2019 from 40,000 last year as the number of companies working on AI projects tripled to 3,000 this year from 1,000 in 2018, according to a study on Indian AI industry by ed-tech company Great Learning. Large scale adoption of business intelligence, rising AI-based optimisation of enterprise processes, improved data management across organisations and bigger budgetary allocations from the government aided this growth, it added. However, the study found that close to 2,500 positions related to AI continued to remain vacant this year due to lack of talent despite the growth in number of AI professionals. The study is based on a survey among Indian professionals in AI and Machine Learning industry with varying years of experience, ranging from freshers to mid and senior level executives, across sectors. According to the study, Indian AI industry's revenue doubled in size to USD 415 million (about Rs 2,950 crore) in 2019 from USD 230 million (about Rs 1,600 crore) in 2018.

In line with a PwC India report named "With AI's Great Power Comes Great Responsibility", a very sad 10 percent of Indian CEOs are pretty dependable and in confidence of the accuracy and authenticity of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) application software they put to use. This is a really alarming and an attention drawing scenario where in today's world and time, Indian business establishments lack the aid of the AI benefactor. This report brought to light the dire need to understand the'Responsible AI' system and the areas it can be made use in.