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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Towards actualising PM Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make AI in India and Make AI work for India.’ These CoEs in AI will bring together the best of industry and academia to democratise the use of AI for cutting-edge solutions in the areas of agriculture, health and sustainable cities and progress and well-being of all.”
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch 3 AI CoEs tomorrow. Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch three AI Centres of Excellence (CoE) focused on Healthcare, Agriculture, and Sustainable Cities on October 15 in New Delhi. The three AI- CoEs will be led by educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Towards actualising PM Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make AI in India and Make AI work for India.’ These CoEs in AI will bring together the best of industry and academia to democratise the use of AI for cutting-edge solutions in the areas of agriculture, health and sustainable cities and progress and well-being of all. It will also strengthen Bharat’s credentials as a front runner for human-centric AI development.”
Towards actualising Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji’s vision of ‘Make AI in India and Make AI work for India.’
These CoEs in AI will bring together the best of industry and academia to democratise the use of AI for cutting-edge solutions in the areas of agriculture, health and… https://t.co/v0O8h35BFn
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 13, 2024
The aim of Centres of Excellence is to galvanize an effective AI ecosystem and nurture quality human resources in these critical fields. The CoEs will onduct interdisciplinary research, develop cutting-edge applications, and create scalable solutions in the respective areas.
The AI centres were set up as part of the vision to “Make AI in India and Make AI work for India”. In the last budget in 2023, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the setting up of 3 AI Centers of Excellence and the government approved a total financial outlay of Rs. 990.00 Cr over the period of FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.
Educatio Ministry has also set up a central project management unit (CPMU) at IIT Jammu in October 2023 for the set up of AI Centres of Excellence, an advertisement by IIM Jammu mentioned.
An apex committee co-chaired by Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation will oversee the implementation of this initiative. K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary/HE will grace the occasion, along with Directors of IITs, Heads of higher educational institutions (HEIs), industry leaders, start-up founders and senior officials from various ministries of the Government of India.
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