#GoogleForIndia2022: Tech giant's $1 million grant for IIT Madras, agritech AI

Google on Monday announced a $1 million grant to IIT Madras to set up a multi-disciplinary centre for responsible artificial intelligence to study and research various aspects of bias in AI while focusing on the Indian context. The tech giant is also going to offer a similar amount to independent non-profit Wadhwani AI in order to develop AI models which will help monitor crop diseases, predict yield outcomes and bring efficiencies to Kisan call centers. By providing @WadhwaniAI with this grant, we are enabling them to improve farmer outcomes by providing information on crop disease risks, yield forecasts and much more.#GoogleForIndia At the Google for India 2022 event, the company also announced that it will contribute to the agri stack as defined by the government of India through a combination of AI and remote sensing to better manage the problems arising in agriculture. Manish Gupta, Director of Google Research India, told the Indian Express that the tech giant will use its AI models over satellite images to identify things like the location of farms and farm boundaries to better understand the agricultural landscape.