NASSCOM launches Centre of Excellence for Data Science and AI Global Edition

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), today launched the Centre of Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoE – DSAI), in Bengaluru, in partnership with the Government of Karnataka. NASSCOM also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Niti Aayog to collaboratively foster applied research, accelerating adoption and ethics, privacy and security. The CoE and MoU aim to strengthen the country's AI ecosystem and serve as a platform serve as a platform for intelligence-sharing and technology collaboration between stakeholders to build collective capabilities for the industry and country in the cutting-edge areas artificial intelligence. In line with the government's National Strategy for AI, NASSCOM will facilitate collaboration between NITI Aayog and CoEs and will include NITI Aayog as a knowledge partner. The CoE-DSAI initiative aims to support SMBs, by fast-tracking their product development, provide market access to enterprises and assist them by co-creating programs along with other industry partners and start-ups to solve complex and real-world business problems.