Indian sign language is our key focus: Rohini Srivathsa of Microsoft India

In a Q&A, the firms National Technology Officer talks about how AI is impacting language translation, and how Microsoft is reducing the complexity of Indian languages for machines

Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India, is responsible for strategic initiatives to accelerate digital transformation across industries and government. In an interview with Shivani Shinde, she talks about how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting language translation, and how Microsoft is reducing the complexity of Indian languages for machines and the need to get serious about responsible AI. Edited excerpts:

What are some of the breakthroughs in AI, in both the Indian and global contexts?

AI in language. Especially if we see the natural language processing area, it is one space which has seen an explosion of research breakthroughs and