ThePrint’s Fareeha Iftikhar speaks with Professor M. Vidyasagar, a distinguished professor at IIT Hyderabad and a leading expert in artificial intelligence and control systems. He shares his team’s role in developing indigenous control laws for India’s Light Combat Aircraft and the significance of that achievement. Professor Vidyasagar offers a candid critique of India’s R&D ecosystem, pointing to funding gaps, bureaucratic hurdles, and dependence on foreign technology. On the government’s plan to introduce AI education from class 3, he emphasizes that such steps must be taken with proper consideration and expert input to ensure long-term educational value.
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