On Saturday, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the second tenure of PM Narendra Modi-led Govt, Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Law & Justice & Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad launched India's national Artificial Intelligence Portal called www.ai.gov.in.
An official statement issued by the Ministry of Electronics & IT reads, "Artificial Intelligence Portal has been jointly developed by the Ministry of Electronics & IT & IT Industry. National e-Governance Division of Ministry of Electronics & IT & NASSCOM from the IT industry will jointly run this portal. This portal shall work as a one-stop digital platform for AI-related developments in India, sharing of resources such as articles, startups, investment funds in AI, resources, companies & educational institutions related to AI in India. The portal will also share documents, case studies, research reports etc. It has a section about learning & new job roles related to AI".
On this occasion, the Minister also launched a National Program for the youth -- Responsible AI for Youth.
"The aim of this programme is to give the young students of our country a platform & empower them with appropriate new age tech mindset, relevant AI skill-sets & access to required AI tool-sets to make them digitally ready for the future. The programme has been created & launched by the National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT in collaboration with Intel India, with support from Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Human Resource Development. DoSE&L will help reach-out to State Education Departments to nominate teachers as per eligibility criteria," said the Ministry.
Addressing the media at the launch event, Prasad said "India must be a leading country in the development of Artificial Intelligence in the world, leveraging upon its vast Internet-savvy population & data it is creating. India's AI approach should be of inclusion & empowerment of human being by supplementing growth & development rather than making human beings less relevant."
The statement reads that "The national programme is open to students of classes 8 - 12 from Central & State government-run schools (including KVS, NVS, JNV) from across the country & aims to bring about a change in the thought process & create a bridge for the digital divide. The programme will be implemented in a phase-wise manner & in its first phase, each of the State Education Department will nominate 10 teachers as per the eligibility criteria. Teachers may also self nominate themselves by fulfilling the eligibility criteria. These teachers will be provided orientation sessions aimed to help them understand the premise & identify 25-50 potential students for the programme. The identified students will attend online training sessions on AI & understand how to identify social impact ideas/projects that may be created using AI & submit their ideas through a 60 seconds video explaining a proposed AI-enabled solution".
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