- Published on September 19, 2025
- In AI Features
Leander Paes: AI and Indian Intelligence Can Power Nation’s Leap to First World
At Cypher 2025, the tennis icon said India’s rise will depend on fusing global investment with the country’s greatest asset, its people’s intelligence.
- By C P Balasubramanyam
Tennis legend Leander Paes believes India’s rise as a first-world nation will depend on how effectively it combines technology, artificial intelligence, and human intelligence.
Speaking at Cypher 2025, India’s largest AI conference organised by AIM from September 17-19, Paes urged global businesses to invest in India’s talent. “Their money, our intelligence, we design in India. We don’t design outside India. Make in India. Make in Bharat. Make it here.”
Paes stressed that India’s strength lies in its people’s intellect and adaptability. He framed AI as both a global leveller and a uniquely Indian opportunity. “AI does not have emotions. It only processes the data we feed it. What it forces us humans to do is grow our emotional quotient. The Indian human quotient is
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C P Balasubramanyam
Bala is a journalist covering Indian tech companies and startups from Bengaluru.
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