Yes, if you have your foundations in math, physics, and computer science in place, or are taking these courses currently. Make sure you learn modern topics in machine learning such as deep learning.
Yes, but in India, at present, it is mainly what is known as the GOFAI ( The good old-fashioned AI) which is mainly KBS (Knowledge-Based Systems-Knowledge Representation and Inference Engines viz. Expert Systems) that is taught in colleges at the graduate level.
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