Governor Anandiben Patel at AI manthan
Addressing the gathering, OSD to the governor Sudhir M Bobde said the AI policy advisory group and AI implementation group will take the AI policy in the state forward. Bobde said the implementation group would not be restricted to five universities, and that institutions could be brought into the initiative according to their areas of expertise. Rao said that India must reform its PhD programmes to make it not limited to academics only.
The five-member AI policy advisory group will be headed by former IIT Kharagpur director Prof PP Chakrabarti with CSJMU vice-chancellor Prof Vinay Pathak as its member-secretary. Focusing on implementing AI initiatives across universities, the AI implementation group will be headed by AKTU vice-chancellor Prof JP Pandey with DDU Gorakhpur University vice-chancellor Prof KP Singh as member-secretary.
Earlier, VC, BITS Pilani, Prof V Ram Gopal Rao brought the role of universities into focus in the context of India’s development aspirations and the rapid advancement of AI. Governor Anandiben Patel at AI manthan Governor Anandiben Patel at AI manthan Governor Anandiben Patel at AI manthan Governor Anandiben Patel at AI manthan Lucknow: The Jan Bhawan on Sunday announced the formation of two steering groups to take forward the outcome of the two-day AI summit held at Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.
Rao called for need for UP universities to have endowment fund and build a strong alumni connect. Vice-President, engineering development and design, IBM Software Lab, India, Vishal Chahal highlighted the importance of AI adoption in building technological capabilities for the future. Prof Amay Karkare from IIT Kanpur focused on the potential of AI to enable education to respond to emerging requirements through technology-enabled approaches.
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