NITI Aayog, Intel & TIFR collaborates to establish Model International Center

NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborates to establish Model International Center for Transformative AI: Details, Aim, Highlights

NITI Aayog, Intel, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) recently collaborated to establish a Model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI).

Model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) research center will be established with an aim to develop and deploy Artificial Intelligence-led application-based research projects. Aiming to solve major challenges in India, the center will focus on application-based AI research in healthcare, agriculture, and smart mobility.

It will be based in Bengaluru, the Model ICTAI aims to conduct advanced research to incubate AI-led solutions in three important areas – healthcare, agriculture, and smart mobility by bringing together the expertise of Intel and TIFR.

It also aims to experiment, discover and establish best practices in the domains of ICTAI governance, fundamental research, physical infrastructure, compute and service infrastructure needs, and talent acquisition.

The model ICTAI will develop AI foundational frameworks, tools, and assets, including curated datasets and unique AI algorithms.

The aim is to develop standards and support policy development related to information technology such as data storage, information security, privacy, and ethics for data capture and use.

It plans to develop AI foundational technologies to promote applied research that can scale for national impact and will lead to the creation of a vibrant and self-sustaining ecosystem.

This initiative is part of NITI Aayog’s ‘National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence’, a Discussion Paper that focuses on establishing ICTAI in the country through private sector collaboration.