Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar, President at Aeris Communications

The forward looking of budget 2023-2024 and its seven priorities or the “Saptarishi” will complement each other in India's growth during Amrit Kaal. The budget ticks all the boxes in terms of use of AI, emerging technology, social entrepreneurship, employment generation, push for manufacturing, infrastructure development, skilling and R&D to help India march towards inclusive and sustainable development. I personally admire the attention given to future technology with the proposal of setting up centres of excellence for Artificial Intelligence in top educational institutions of the country and prompting 5G labs. Budget 2023 is futuristic and encourages avenues of growth in future tech, healthcare, smart cities, digital communications, agriculture and multiple other sectors. I believe that new technologies drive innovation across business models and demands supportive policies and skills which have been managed well in this budget.”