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India’s NITI Aayog forges partnership to grow AI ecosystem in India

India’s NITI Aayog forges partnership to grow AI ecosystem in India

According
to a press
statement
, the Indian Government policy think tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog
recently forged partnership to help grow the artificial intelligence (AI)
ecosystem in India.

With
the objective of building an AI ecosystem in India, NITI Aayog’s partnership with
Google will focus on training in AI and machine learning (ML), hackathons, mentoring startups, and
providing research grants. The partnership was forged through the signing of a
Statement of Intent (SoI).

"Artificial
Intelligence is going to disrupt the way business is done and India, in
particular, is uniquely poised in utilising AI to innovate for social and
inclusive good. India is embracing future technologies such as machine learning
and AI to augment its capacity in healthcare, improve outcomes in education,
develop innovative governance systems for our citizens and improve overall
economic productivity of the nation,” said Mr Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog.

Since
its establishment in 2015, the NITI Aayog has been entrusted to setup a
national programme to conduct research and development in frontier technologies
including AI. It has also been developing India’s national strategy on AI along
with the National Data and Analytics Portal to enable the wide deployment and
use of AI.

“NITI's
partnership with Google will unlock massive training initiatives, support
startups and encourage AI research through PhD scholarships, all of which
contributes to the larger idea of a technologically-empowered New India,” he
added.

NITI Aayog and its partner will work on the following
initiatives:

(1)    
Training government officials to use open source
AI tools

To equip government officials and civil servants with the
digital capabilities, hands-on training programs will be organised with the aim
of educating policymakers and technical experts in governments about open
source AI tools, and how they can be used to streamline governance.

(2)    
Funding research in India and offering online
training course

The partnership will fund AI-based research in India and
offers online training courses in the form of study groups and developer-run
courses, to students, graduates and engineers across India on the fundamentals
of AI and ML

(3)    
Incubating Indian AI/ML startups

Google
will train and incubate Indian AI startups in an accelerator program. These
startups will be mentored and coached by Google and its affiliates to enable
them to better leverage AI in their respective business models.

(4)     An
AI/ML-focused hackathon

Under this partnership, an AI/ML hackathon will
be organised with the focus on using open data sets to develop AI and ML-based
solutions for agriculture, education, healthcare, financial inclusion, urban
mobility sectors.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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