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| Rajiv Kashyap - Head of Growth - Saarthi.ai, IT Minister Mano Thangaraj and Vishwanath Jha - Founder - Saarthi |
Communication AI Leader Saarthi.ai’s AI-BizTech Conference - SPHOT successfully concluded on February 1, 2023
The one-day event featured discussions on ‘Powering the Bharat Revolution with AI’, in the presence of leading researchers from institutions such as IIT Patna and IIT Kharagpur, renowned CXOs and business leaders
The event also saw the exclusive product launch of Pravid - Saarthi’s flagship Communication AI platform that will disrupt how enterprises communicate with their users
As an ode to the origin of its name – the Sanskrit word, ‘Sphut’, meaning ‘to burst’, SPHOT is an explosion of interesting ideas and a celebration of novel research and meaningful real-world AI applications of Indian languages and the Communication technology ecosystem.
The day-long conference was inaugurated at the hands of Shri Mano Thangaraj, IT Minister, Government of Tamil Nadu. After inauguration, Mr Thangaraj presented the opening keynote about the benefits of delivering e-governance by infusing latest technologies. This was followed by an academic keynote on ‘Sphota and the Process of Cognition & Communication: A Cognitive Holistic Approach’ by Prof. D.N. Tiwari, Senior Fellow, ICCR.
Those present included leading researchers from institutions such as IIT Patna and IIT Kharagpur, renowned CXOs and business leaders from enterprises in the BFSI industry like Fullerton, KreditBee, and budding entrepreneurs from across the country wanting to make a mark in the space of AI. Sphot ’23 was attended by over 300 individuals comprising senior executives from the world of business, heads of data science and analytics, VCs, investors AI & software developers, students and more.
In line with the theme of Sphot ’23 - ‘Powering the Bharat Revolution with AI’, the event saw insightful, thought-provoking sessions on topics such as, ‘The Role of communication AI in Improving the Speed and Accuracy of Lending Decisions, ‘Promoting Higher Education in Indian Languages Language and literature ’, ‘Evolving relationships between humans and AI’, ‘Tribal languages- Documentation, Language Endangerment Issue, Language Rights, Policy and Planning’, ‘How communication AI can work hand in hand with RBI and TRAI to improve compliance and regulation in the lending industry?’, and much more. The annual AI-BizTech Conference witnessed eminent speakers such as Nitin Agarwal (Fullerton), Bornini Lahiri (IIT Kharagpur), Sivakumar Nandipati (Fedfina), Jawar Singh (IIT Patna) among others.
In line with the theme of Sphot ’23 - ‘Powering the Bharat Revolution with AI’, the event saw insightful, thought-provoking sessions. A business keynote on Role of Communication AI in improving the speed and accuracy of lending decisions by Mr. Ajeet Kumar, COO, KreditBee was well received by the audience. Other sessions included Voice AI in BFSI: Past, Present & Future, Brain Inspired Energy Efficient ANN Architectures for AI/ML Applications by Prof. Jawar Singh, Professor, IIT Patna; Tribal Languages- documentation, language endangerment issue, and language rights, policy & planning by Mr. Sujoy Sarkar, Officer-in-Charge, Scheme for Protection & Preservation of Endangered Languages, CIIL, Mysuru, Integrating Voice AI in your Legacy process - Challenges & Advantages by Gaurav Mojasia – Lending Kart, The Power of Simple & Elegant Ideas in Computational learning by Dr Anil Kumar Singh.
While speaking in a panel discussion on Languages, Diversity, and AI, Ms Bornini Lahiri, Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur, said, “We think languages are different and they are from different families, but there are aspects which are universal. These common, universal aspects are very interesting and a topic of interest for many researchers.”
One of the highlights of the event was an exclusive product launch of Pravid - Saarthi’s flagship Communication AI platform that will disrupt how enterprises communicate with their users.
Commenting on the great success of Sphot’23, Mr. Vishwa Nath Jha, Founder and CEO of Saarthi.ai., said, “Through Sphot – our flagship AI thought leadership conclave, we are happy that we could bring together delegates from the fields of philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, computer science engineering and financial enterprises, on one platform. In line with the theme of the second edition of Sphot- ‘Powering Bharat revolution with AI’ - I’m really excited how the conclave brought together multifaceted perspectives of language and speech technologies pertaining to technological challenges and growth areas in conversational AI, its incredibly diverse impacts on financial enterprises and national financial literacy awareness. Sphot also presented us with an opportunity to showcase our enterprise suite of products and share with the world how Saarthi.ai has quietly revolutionised the growth of lending businesses and helped enterprises effectively manage the notorious collections and recovery operations.”
About Saarthi.ai
Saarthi.ai is the leading and most trusted AI partner for enterprises to power their omnichannel customer communication strategy. We provide all that's necessary to automate, analyze and adapt your communication for customer-centricity in multiple languages. Our flagship Communication AI platform Pravid.io has streamlined the voice and non-voice processes of top financial enterprises in India affordably. Pravid.io enables personalized user experiences at scale and delivers value to your business from every conversation.
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