New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- India should focus on becoming the world's leading hub for real-world artificial intelligence applications to drive wider adoption across industries, electronics, and IT, said Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan on Monday, according to several media reports.

During his address at a Nasscom-hosted gathering, Krishnan outlined India's dual strategy: welcoming international AI firms while strengthening the nation's own technological foundations. This includes developing indigenous language models and expanding data centre capacity to broaden AI accessibility and lessen future reliance on foreign systems.

Central to the government's agenda is making AI resources widely avail...