New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- To boost AI adoption in India, the chiefs of key IT giants met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in separate meetings on Tuesday.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director S Rajesh Varrier, and Intel Corporation CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with the Prime Minister to discuss accelerating AI adoption in India.

In a social media post on X, Satya Nadella announced a USD 17.5 billion investment in AI in India, calling it the "largest investment ever" in Asia.

"To support the country's ambitions, Microsoft is committing US$17.5B--our largest investment ever in Asia--to help build the infrastructure, skills, and sovereign capabilities needed for India's AI first future," he said in a post.

Fur...