New Delhi, Feb 11: The National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya has been selected as one of the institutes that will provide collaborative network to AIIMS Delhi, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Ropar which have been designated as India’s Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, focusing on health, sustainable cities and agriculture, respectively, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed Parliament on Tuesday.
These centres will operate as consortiums, bringing together leading academic and research institutes with industry partners and startups, Chouhan said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Besides NIT Meghalaya, the collaborative network includes prestigious institutions like IIT Madras, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Tirupati, IIT Guwahati, IIT Gandhinagar, IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, AIIMS Patna, NIT Hamirpur and NIT Calicut.
The selection process was conducted through rigorous evaluation by an apex committee, comprising industry experts, AI specialists, academicians and ministry representatives.
The initiative, which comes under the government’s “Make AI in India and make AI work for India” vision, has been allocated a total financial outlay of Rs 990 crore over the period 2023-24 to 2027-28. (PTI)
