Education Minister Pradhan to announce 3 AI CoEs on healthcare, agriculture and sustainable cities
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Education Minister Pradhan to announce 3 AI CoEs on healthcare, agriculture and sustainable cities

These three CoEs for Artificial Intelligence will be led by top educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups

  • By ICN Bureau | October 15, 2024

Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, will be announcing three AI Centres of Excellence (CoE) focused on healthcare, agriculture, and sustainable cities on 15th October 2024 in New Delhi.

To realize the vision of "Viksit Bharat," these three CoEs for Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be led by top educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups. They will conduct interdisciplinary research, develop cutting-edge applications, and create scalable solutions in these three areas. This initiative aims to galvanize an effective AI ecosystem and nurture quality human resources in these critical fields.

As part of the vision to "Make AI in India and Make AI work for India," the establishment of these centres was announced under Para 60 of the Budget Announcement for 2023-24. In alignment with this, the Government has approved the creation of the three AI Centres of Excellence, with a total financial outlay of Rs. 990 crore over the period of FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.

To oversee the implementation of this initiative, an industry heavy Apex Committee has been constituted, co-chaired by Dr. Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO, Zoho Corporation.

K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary, Higher Education 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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