Indian Government Advisor Predicts AI to Contribute $12 Billion to Healthcare by 2030

At the 4th CIO Conclave & CIO Excellence Awards organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood projected that artificial intelligence will contribute $12 billion to the healthcare sector and drive six million new jobs by 2030. Sood described AI as a "horizontal enabler" and called for systems-level thinking and indigenous capability building, positioning CIOs as the critical bridge between research, policy, and enterprise execution. Narendra Nath G, Joint Secretary of the National Security Council Secretariat, emphasized the need to integrate AI into workflows and prepare for post‑quantum cryptography, noting work on a national testing and certification framework.

The government has already restructured public health delivery by embedding AI into a unified strategy from 2022 to 2025. Key deployments include AI-enabled tools within the National TB Elimination Programme (achieving a 27% decline in adverse outcomes), the National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme, and the Media Disease Surveillance System (generating over 4,500 outbreak alerts). The e-Sanjeevani telemedicine platform has supported 282 million consultations with AI-assisted differential diagnosis, while the UdyogYantra AI System monitors malnutrition. This ecosystem spans infectious disease management, cancer care, modernization of traditional medicine, and the National One Health Programme, creating a comprehensive AI-driven healthcare infrastructure.