Google,NITI Aayog Partner To Help Grow AI Ecosystem In India

Tech giant Google has partnered with NITI Aayog to provide an artificial intelligence (AI)-based skill training opportunity to Indian startups as well as to budding entrepreneurs. The two parties have signed a statement of intent (SoI) to train and incubate Indian startups specialising in AI-based technology. The beneficiaries of the programme will include startups and students (graduates and engineers) across universities and colleges. The training will be imparted through online and developer-run courses in the form of study groups, NITI Aayog said in a media statement. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, "NITI's partnership with Google will unlock massive training initiatives, support startups, and encourage AI research through PhD scholarships, all of which contributes to the larger idea of a technologically empowered New India."