The government will host a first-of-its-kind global summit, in April, to explore ideas on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social empowerment.
On Wednesday, the Indian government announced that it will host a two-day Artificial Intelligence-focused global summit in Delhi on October 4, 5, and 6. The summit, RAISE (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment) will provide a platform for global participants to exchange ideas on how India’s AI advancement can be used for transforming society, inclusive development and citizen empowerment.
The name “RAISE 2020” came into being because we want to leverage responsible AI practices for enabling the masses…PM wanted to have a summit where we could bring AI experts from industry and universities from across the world ” said Abhishek Singh, President and CEO, National e-Governance Division (NeGD) at a press briefing in New Delhi.
The summit will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Major global industries such as AWS, Microsoft and academia from Stanford University, Indian Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University will be present at the summit. “RAISE 2020 will facilitate an exchange of ideas to further create mass awareness about the need to ethically develop and practice AI in the digital era,” Singh said. The participants will deliberate the course of AI advancement in key thematic such as healthcare, agriculture, education and smart mobility, among others.
(Edit: The date of the event has been modified from April 10,11, and 12 to October 4, 5, and 6, to reflect the postponement)
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had set up seven expert groups to collectively brainstorm on the vision, objectives, outcomes, and design for each of IndiaAI's pillars. The Working Groups have submitted the first edition of IndiaAI report which lays out the fulcrum of India’s AI strategy that was envisaged by Hon’ble Prime Minister.
The Government of India’s approach to AI has been holistic and ambitious, as evidenced by the breadth and scope of government interventions under the umbrella programme – IndiaAI.
IndiaAI has a mission-centric approach which ensures a precise and cohesive strategy to bridge the gaps in existing AI ecosystem viz-a-viz Compute infrastructure, Data, AI financing, Research and Innovation, targeted Skilling and institutional capacity for Data to maximize the potential of AI for advancing India’s progress.
The working groups detailed out the operational aspects of establishing Centers of Excellence (CoEs), and the institutional framework on governing data collection, management, processing and storage by the National Data Management Office (NDMO). The report also has recommendations on how India can leverage its demographic dividend and play to its strengths as an IT superpower to further the penetration of AI skills in the country, strengthening the AI compute infrastructure in India to support AI innovation through public-private partnerships (PPPs).
“The name “RAISE 2020” came into being because we want to leverage responsible AI practices for enabling the masses…PM wanted to have a summit where we could bring AI experts from industry and universities from across the world ” said Abhishek Singh, President and CEO, National e-Governance Division (NeGD) at a press briefing in New Delhi
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