New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- India's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will only be able to harness artificial intelligence if they receive sustained, hands-on support rather than one-time skilling interventions, Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow at NITI Aayog, said today.

Speaking virtually at the Conference on 'AI for All: Driving Equitable Growth and Societal Good' in the national capital, Ghosh said, "You cannot have companies coming in, doing one-shot skilling, and then moving away...You need to handhold, and that is what was missing."

She said that while awareness of digital technologies had improved, a large section of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) still lacked the tools, guidance and ecosystem support needed to...