Have seen much better planning, operations via AI system: Sanjay Kirloskar

We have seen a much better planning and operations process via our AI system which is reducing delivery times to customers, says Sanjay Kirloskar

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) has completed 100 years of its incorporation. KBL Pumps help irrigate over 65 per cent of India’s land and provide 35 per cent of the population with drinking water. KBL has been a pioneer in technology for many decades and has embraced fourth industrial revolution ahead many others. In a conversation with Pranjal Sharma, the chairman of KBL, Sanjay Kirloskar, lays out the importance of using emerging tech for manufacturing sector.

What is the overall policy and approach to new technologies at KBL?

Before Independence, when the rulers curbed manufacturing in India by imposing very high