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Global tech major Adobe Systems' chief executive Shantanu Narayen on Thursday said creativity, and not software code, will be the main driver of India's economy in the future. Speaking at the WAVES 2025 event here, the India-born executive also announced that the company will help over 2 crore Indians and 5 lakh teachers to get trained in digital creativity with partners by offering free access to its wares. It can be noted that the over USD 250-billion IT sector has been a big contributor to the country's economic growth over the last few years. AI will supercharge creativity and production by enhancing human imagination, offering new tools, perspectives and possibilities that people can explore ideas in ways never seen before, he said. "Given the size and breadth of the creative opportunity that AI unlocks, it's fair to say that India's next growth as an economy will not be in software code but in creativity," he said. He added that by training AI models on Indian cultural, ...