LAB AUTOMATION TRAVAILS IN INDIA Whether it is the industry or academia, life sciences workers are gradually accepting the factthat lab data digitisation improves processes, simplifies workflows and makes research and development R&D more efficient. With increasing advances in machine learning ML and artificial intelligence AI, digitisation in the research environment is set to become an integral part of every laboratory worldwide. But in emerging markets such as India, there are a large number of factors responsible for its slow adoption such as lack of skilled workforce, high maintenance and service costs, limited expertise, data security etc.