Indian Govt to Launch its Own National Artificial Intelligence Centre in July

Central government of India is planning to launch a National Centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and make it operational by July as the work has begun for a launch, said a report by Business Standard. Called as the National Artificial Intelligence Centre, the unit is likely to cost around Rs 400-450 crore and will be part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and will work in collaboration with other entities of the department such as the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), said the report citing senior government officials. The report said the AI unit will be for citizens and will help in setting up data platform, skilling, reskilling and research platforms, thereby helping to solve legal, regulatory and cybersecurity challenges. "The panels gave us a lot of fodder to think on, and suggested setting up of a national AI centre," a senior government official told Business Standard. "The centre will try to innovate in AI for government applications. It will look at how AI can be used in health care, education, and agriculture from a public systems delivery perspective."