1Former Chief Engineer, Central Electricity Authority
2Former Executive Director, Power Grid Corp. of India
Online Published on 26 June, 2025.
2024 had been the year of artificial intelligence (AI) with the market size for AI growing to $184b in 2024 and projections for a $ 876.40b growth by 2030. With the constant influx of new technologies, some more top tech trends in AI are expected in 2025. GOI has approved Over Rs 10,300 Crore for IndiaAI Mission, expand Compute Infrastructure Access catalyzing India’s AI ecosystem and position it a force shaping the future of AI for India and for the world including setting up ‘Safe & Trusted AI and IndiaAI Innovation Centre (IAIC) for developing & deployment of indigenous Large Multimodal Models (LMMs).
India and France launched a joint road map for developing safe, secure and trustworthy AI to explore ways to ramp up cooperation in science and innovation under the bilateral strategic partnership. Indian Prime Minister in a podcast with MIT scientists and American podcaster Lex Fridman mentioned ‘No matter what the world does with AI, it remains incomplete without India on account of India’s vast pool of talents which is country’s greatest strength. India has 10 Leading AI Innovation and Research Centers.
India has many AI powered facilities in grid management thru better integration of renewable energy and instantly balance supply and demand, AI model of wind generation affording a consistent prediction and a pilot project utilizing AI in grid management, AI enabled monitoring systems to assess panel conditions in solar farms, prediction of operation and maintenance, improvement in production.
The paper discusses Artificial Intelligence Anatomy, role of international & national institutions in development of AI and generative AI, and AI powered Use-Cases in Power Sector in India and worldwide including NREL eGRIDGPT developed ‘Trustworthy AI in the Control Room’.
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