In a bid to ensure inclusive economic growth & social development in this new age, considering the advent of technology; the government is working relentlessly on creating comprehensive national AI strategies to create a sustainable and positive impact on its citizens, industries, and overall societies. Realising the Centre’s ambitious Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Electronics, and Information Technology (Meity) has proposed as many as 20 AI (Artificial Intelligence) – based projects under the ‘Responsible AI for Youth programme,’ a programme designed to reach out to students from Government schools pan India and provide them with an opportunity to become part of the skilled workforce.
The Union Ministry has also announced to felicitate as many as 27 Government school students representing these projects from across the country. Among those being felicitated, were part of the programme designed by the National e-Governance Division, Meity and Intel.
Building Safe & Inclusive Digital Infrastructure: Responsible AI for Youth
With the objective of providing children in government schools an opportunity to get along with a digital-first mindset, skillset, and toolset; the ‘Responsible AI for Youth’ programme was commenced last year in May 2020. The programme also intends to bridge the skill gap, while enabling youth to create meaningful social impact solutions. A platform has been created to make the next generation digitally ready for the future.
It is pertinent to note that the programme was commenced by the Ministry of Electronics & IT in collaboration with Intel India, with the aid of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Intel’s efforts are directed with institutions including the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) under the Ministry of Education and subsequently under National e-Governance Division under the Meity to help spread the reach of Artificial Intelligence ‘Know-How’ to empower the young generation.
Implementation of the Programme:
The programme titled ‘Responsible AI for Youth’ was carried out in a phase-wise manner. Carried out in three phases, phase-1 reached out to 52,628 students from 35 States and Union Territories. So far, about 11,466 students have completed the first level of AI training. It is interesting to note that these AI projects offered intriguing solutions to queries from various sectors, ranging from Agriculture to Health and from Traffic to Education.
Empowering the Gen-Next:
It is not a hidden fact that technology can be a great enabler for improving life all around! The launch of the programme will ultimately aid in developing the foundation of Artificial Intelligence in the country. The AI approach will also help for inclusion and empowerment of people in India by supplementing inclusive growth and development especially in the field of Education, Agriculture, healthcare, e-commerce, finance, telecommunications etc. Hence, the commencement of the Responsible AI for Youth programme is expected to find innovative long-term solutions which will in turn help reduce the existing digital gap in India.
*What is Artificial Intelligence: *
“AI is going to change the world more than anything in the history of mankind. More than electricity.”— AI oracle and venture capitalist Dr Kai-Fu Lee, 2018
Artificial Intelligence can be understood as the ability of a digital computer to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent – intellectual beings. You might have heard the term frequently used with the projects where systems are developed with the intellectual processes including – the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalising, pattern recognition, big data, neutral networks, self-algorithms, etc.
It is important to understand that AI has crawled in and impacted the future of virtually every industry, sector and every human being. Artificial Intelligence has essentially acted upon driving emerging technologies including big data, robotics and IoT (Internet of Things) and it will perhaps continue to act as a technological innovator for the foreseeable future.
Source: newsonair.com
