PANAJI: Students and teachers from six schools in Ponda were introduced to the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) by professors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, as part of the institute's initiative to reach out to the community and get youngsters interested in pursuing higher education in the field. IIT Goa director, professor B K Mishra said that IIT Goa hopes to contribute to the advancement of the education system in Goa through these interactions. "IIT Goa is keen to reach out to local students, schools and colleges to share latest developments in science and technology," Mishra said. From explaining the basics of AI to hands-on sessions, forty Class XI students and six teachers from six different schools were made aware about how AI works. They were invited to the IIT campus for the workshop'artificial intelligence for all', conducted last month by faculty members Sharad Sinha and Clint P George from the computer science and engineering departments at IIT.