Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) India is pursuing a trust-based approach to artificial intelligence governance that emphasises inclusion, innovation, and safeguards rather than rigid regulation, the country’s top scientific adviser told the think-tank community.Speaking virtually from New Delhi, Principal Scientific Adviser, Ajay Kumar Sood told a CSIS conference that AI governance has become a core element of national economic and strategic policy.“AI is no longer confined to isolated enterprise …
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New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) As India moves from connectivity to an era of intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a defining force, according to a senior government official.India is approaching AI with a clear conviction and innovation must be aligned with responsibility, transparency and public trust, said Amit Agrawal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications,.Addressing the annual forum of telecom and digital ministers from the 11 ASEAN Member States, he reaffirmed India’s stron…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) As the nation marks the decade of the ‘Startup India’ initiative, the revolution is no longer merely an economic phenomenon; it has become a nation-building instrument, reshaping how the India creates capability, opportunity, and confidence for the next century.‘Startup India’ was launched on January 16, 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a transformative national programme to nurture innovation, promote entrepreneurship and enable investment-driven growth, …
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The second day of the Human Capital Working Group Meeting in Guwahati concluded on Tuesday with detailed discussions on how artificial intelligence can be practically implemented to improve language access, education and digital inclusion across India.The two-day meeting was organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the IndiaAI Mission, in collaboration with the Assam Government and IIT Guwahati.The day began with a session on the architectur…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A two-day Working Group Meeting on Human Capital began at IIT Guwahati on Monday, bringing together senior policymakers, academics, industry leaders and practitioners to discuss how India should prepare its people for the age of Artificial Intelligence. The meeting is being hosted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the IndiaAI Mission, the Government of Assam, and IIT Guwahati.The discussions, held on January 5 and 6, are focused on educati…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) India stands at the cusp of a new era powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the government has allocated more than Rs 10,300 crore over the five years for the ‘IndiaAI Mission’ with 38,000 GPUs deployed, it was announced on Tuesday.From expanding computing infrastructure to fostering homegrown models and supporting startups, the country is creating a robust AI ecosystem that benefits citizens and drives innovation.Initiatives in agriculture, healthcare, educat…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS)The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government on Tuesday released a white paper on democratitising access to Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.The white paper defines democratising access to AI infrastructure as making the AI infrastructure – compute, datasets, and model ecosystem available and affordable, such that it reaches a wide set of users.It refers to empowering a wide set of users to engage with and benefit from AI capabilities….
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Building artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities at scale requires deep collaboration between government, industry, academia and training institutions, according to Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.He said that the government is strengthening industry co-ownership in skilling, promoting flexible learning pathways, and ensuring that “our training systems remain responsive to real-world demand”.“By …