AI Readiness Research · Flagship instrument
India AI Readiness Index
Status: in design · wave 1 collecting
Global indices rank governments, infrastructure and investment. Nobody tells a mid-level manager in Coimbatore, a first-year student in Trichy or a parent in Madurai where their people actually stand. The India AI Readiness Index measures the human side — individual readiness, by audience and by tier — year after year.
What the index measures
Five dimensions per audience, each cut by Tier 1 / 2 / 3. The scoring model is deterministic and will be published in full before the first edition.
Awareness
Does the person understand what AI already does in their field — beyond headlines?
Adoption
Actual hands-on use — frequency, depth and judgment, not just having tried a chatbot once.
Learning behaviour
Is there a habit of practice — time, consistency, direction — or only intention?
Anxiety vs. agency
The gap between fear and action — the single most decision-relevant number for policy and product alike.
Support structures
Whether school, employer, family or community actually helps — or leaves the person alone with a chatbot.
Why there is no number here yet
Because the sample is not real yet. An index that launches with invented percentages is marketing wearing a lab coat. This one publishes when every segment clears 100+ responses — with its N, its wording and its collection window attached. Until then, the most useful thing you can do is take the survey.