East Point College of Engineering and Technology (EPCET) conducted a webinar on May 12th, in which Mr Rajesh Rajagopalan, Director of Industry Enablement at UIPath, conversed with Dr. Prakash S, Principal of EPCET, discussed Hyperautomation and the employment opportunity it presents to India’s youth.

After a warm introduction by Dr. Prakash, Mr. Rajagopalan started off by talking about his journey to becoming the director of UIPath followed by answers to various questions pertaining to the scope of Hyperautomation.

This interactive webinar, which streamed live on Facebook and YouTube, was joined by faculty members and students of various other colleges across Karnataka who asked very interesting questions to Mr. Rajagopalan.

Here are some of the important questions that were answered by Mr. Rajesh Rajagopalan:

• What is automation and why is this transition from automation to Hyperautomation happening?
• What is Hyperautomation?
• What is RPA and how is UIPath helping people leverage the technology of RPA?
• Will automation steal job opportunities of people?
• What value does a UIPath certification bring to students’ CVs and how will it prepare them for the job market?
• What are the effects of COVID-19 on the automation industry?
• What roles are available in the industry pertaining to automation?

Here are some key takeaways from the interview.

What is Hyperautomation?
When intelligence collaborates with robotics and data science, it results in a hybrid technology called Hyperautomation, a novel technology that integrates several core components of other technologies to augment the efficiency of Automation. Some of these are:

• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Process Mining
• Advanced Analytics

Hyperautomation aims to create accurate AI-driven decision making and end-to end automated processes that ramp up the functional efficiency and operational ability of organizations.

The scope of Hyperautomation in India
India offers enormous scope for accelerated growth of automation and Hyperautomation. It is a very important area of development for India as well as other emerging markets. With the growth in India’s GDP, manufacturing and production operations are at an all-time high with huge investments being made in automation too. We will witness a demand for students with skills in technologies related to Hyperautomation in the coming years.

Benefits of Hyperautomation
It alleviates humans from tedious tasks like data entry and email responses by performing them faster, allowing organizations to focus on more important and impactful tasks that require human intelligence.

It involves seamless interoperability of many cutting-edge technologies, which moves past the one-off advantages of a single technology, which allows companies to acquire true digital agility. With the help of advanced analytics that Hyperautomation offers, businesses can gauge the exact returns from the automation process, time saved and costs cut on a timely basis.

Watch the webinar to know more about Hyperautomation and its potential in India.