Archives for amitabh kant

31 May

NITI Aayog 2.0: Restructured Or Not, The Indian Think Tank Is Set To Ride The TsuNaMo Wave

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The National Institution for Transforming India, better known as the NITI Aayog, has had a tumultuous year so far, especially when it comes to the emerging tech sector. From working closely with numerous tech behemoths to keeping their ears on the ground to understand the grassroots reality in a diverse country like India, the NITI…

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16 May

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant Urges Govt To Use AI To Solve Grassroot Problems

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To edge the government towards artificial intelligence, NITI Aayog recently asked the state and central ministries to identify key tech-based projects which can be used to resolve problems in agriculture, education and health, among other sectors. According to a report in a national news wire, Amitabh Kant, the CEO of NITI Aayog, wrote to the…

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11 Mar

IBM Partners With Indian States To Train 2 Lakh Women For STEM-Related Careers

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IBM this week announced significant collaborations across India which will advance the skills and careers of more than 2,00,000 women students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields. The collaborations begin on 11 March with the signing of agreements with three state governments — Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh — and are planned to…

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14 Dec

UK To Invest £1 Million An AI-Based Health Programme

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The British High Commission announced at an event in Delhi that the UK would be making an ambitious one million pound investment in a programme which will bring several artificial intelligence companies from the UK to help tackle diseases in Indian hospitals and health centres. India-UK FutureTech Fest (FTF) which brought together over 200 companies…

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