About Anand Mahindra
Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group, addressed concerns about artificial intelligence's impact on the IT services industry during a recent shareholder meeting. He stated that AI will not kill the IT services sector but will instead make it more vital to enterprises. Mahindra argued that while imagining what AI can do is the easy part, making it work reliably, securely, and responsibly at enterprise scale is much harder, and that companies like Tech Mahindra are needed to integrate, govern, and shape AI around each enterprise's context.
Mahindra compared AI to a smartphone, noting that the technology becomes indispensable only because of the apps, connectivity, and enterprises that bring it to life. He said that while building sovereign models is important, enterprises will increasingly need the ability to work across models, and that what will truly differentiate an enterprise is its own "alpha"—its data, workflows, judgment, and domain knowledge. Mahindra believes India's competitive strength lies in the "application layer" rather than in developing foundational models.
Source: AI-verified profile updated from Anand Mahindra's recent appearances.
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We're living through a digital tsunami. Artificial intelligence dominates global conversations and it's often accompanied by fear. Fear of what AI and the future will bring. But I want to take a contrarian view. I believe that the more digital the world becomes, the more valuable the human touch will be. As AI inevitably absorbs the repetitive and the routine, value shifts to what machines cannot replace, the skill of the hand, the intuition of the craftsman, the empathy of the caregiver, and the problem-solving grit of the technician. And just look around at many developed countries today and developed economies. Their challenge is not a lack of capital or technology. It is really the hollowing out of skilled real-world talent. They have a surplus of managers but they have a shortage of makers. Nations are built not only on the cloud but firmly on the ground and happily Telangana is choosing a different path. Through this Young India Skills University we are asserting that blue collar is the new gold collar. We are preparing a workforce that is not threatened by AI but which is going to be indispensable despite AI. And to help shape such a generation, one that can serve India and a world hungry for skill. Well, that's a privilege that I rank amongst my highest. So, thank you Chief Minister for making me part of that mission.
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