NITI Aayog To Create A Roadmap For National AI Program

As indicated by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Union budget 2018 speech, the Indian government's think tank NITI Aayog has geared itself to create a roadmap for National AI program. The initiative came on heels of China's three-step roadmap to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. The Indian National Program for AI will also be geared towards developing new applications of the AI technology. Reportedly, the high-level committee to create the artificial intelligence research and development roadmap will be headed by NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar and will be a mix of government, academia and industry officials. In January 2018, the government conducted a preliminary meeting wherein a number of people put forward their suggestions.