Artificial Intelligence is a very large field of study with opportunities, uncertainties and challenges in emerging technological environment. India being the second largest populated country in the world has a lot of scope for leveraging the transformative technologies to have social and inclusive growth. Skill India, Make in India and Digital India initiatives are the efforts of Government of India towards modernization, innovation, adaptation and procreation in various sectors of the economy. The full potential of AI can be traced only by formulating specific AI policies including different sectors. The present paper presents a view of applications of AI in Indian context and certain challenges in its implementation.

KEYWORDS:  Artificial Intelligence, Government Policies, Opportunities, Machine Learning, Applications.