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Government to set up data & AI labs; onboards 8 projects for safe AI: Jitin Prasada


The federal government plans to arrange data and AI labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities throughout the nation and has invited proposals from all 36 states in addition to Union Territories for a similar, Parliament was knowledgeable on Friday. Minister of state for electronics and IT Jitin Prasada in a written reply to Rajya Sabha mentioned that in addition to proposals anticipated from states and UTs, IndiaAI in collaboration with Nationwide Institute of Electronics and Info Expertise (NIELIT) additionally plans to ascertain 27 knowledge labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities throughout the nation.

“All of the 36 states and Union Territories (UTs) have been requested to submit their nominated listing of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)/Polytechnics situated in tier 2 and tier 3 cities for the organising of knowledge labs. Moreover, IndiaAI in collaboration with NIELIT plans to ascertain 27 knowledge labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities throughout the nation,” Prasada mentioned.

The information and AI labs are a part of the skilling initiative of the federal government beneath IndiaAI mission.

The minister mentioned {that a} mannequin IndiaAI Information Lab within the NIELIT, Delhi has already been arrange, which acts as a reference level for the infrastructure to be arrange in tier 2 and tier 3 cities as part of the initiative.

Prasada mentioned that IndiaAI fellowships are being awarded yearly to 400 B-Tech and 500 M-Tech college students working in AI area from All India Council for Technical Schooling (AICTE)-recognised engineering establishments.


“Prime 50 Nationwide Institutional Rating Framework (NIRF) ranked analysis institutes have been requested to take new PhD students beneath IndiaAI PhD fellowship,” he mentioned.

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On steps being taken by the federal government for creation of protected and trusted AI, the minister mentioned that eight accountable AI tasks have been chosen to deal with the necessity for strong guardrails to make sure the accountable improvement, deployment, and adoption of AI applied sciences.

In keeping with the listing shared by Prasada, the chosen tasks embrace Machine Unlearning from IIT Jodhpur, Artificial Information Era from IIT Roorkee, AI Bias Mitigation Technique from Nationwide Institute of Expertise Raipur, AI Moral Certification Framework from IIIT Delhi and Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), amongst others.


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