Five noteworthy AI research initiatives by Indian universities on govt laurel list

Five Indian academic institutions are at the forefront of all the action and progress surrounding AI and ML.

Scientists, academicians and students at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, ISI Kolkata, IIT Roorkee, IIT Hyderabad and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal have been lauded in a report published on INDIAai.gov.in, the National AI Portal of India  a central hub for everything AI in India and beyond — for leading the country to international prominence in the emerging technologies of Industry 4.0.

The website, a joint initiative of the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), National E-Governance Division (NeGD) and The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), states that India, with its thriving AI landscape and research capabilities, is poised to be the laboratory that leads the world into the fourth industrial revolution.

India, according to INDIAai, also holds the distinction of having published the third highest number of research papers in AI globally. To read the full report click here 

IIT Kanpur has been lauded for its Special Interest Group on Machine Learning (SIGML) —an endeavour to bring together people who share an excitement in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP and Data Mining to discuss latest developments and research options.

The forum at IIT Kanpur consisting of researchers, practitioners and students encourages research in emerging areas related to Machine Learning.

IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with the education ministry and iSMRITI, India's leading AI company, is also conducting training courses for undergraduate students on introduction to AI, IoT and robotics to provide hands on experience to orient students towards the present industrial scenario.

The Vision and Learning Research Group (VLRG) at ISI Kolkata was set up in 2011 to conduct fundamental and advanced research in the area of computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition and machine learning. The research group has published several papers in IEEE, ISMM, ICIP and ISVC, especially in areas like image and video processing, image reconstruction and image and pattern recognition.

The Electronics & ICT Academy (E&ICT) at IIT Roorkee, under the aegis of electronics & IT ministry, has a specific purpose of training of professionals and academicians in the emerging technologies in the Electronics and ICT domain, including AI, ML and NLP. It also has industry collaborations for conducting training programmes and research.

NIT Warangal has established a Mini Centre of Excellence for Big Data, a high- end lab in CSE department, which offers course and research opportunities in data science and analytics. The Electronics and ICT Academy (E&ICT) at NIT Warangal, established under the aegis of electronics & IT ministry, is a central hub of activities on training, consultancy work and entrepreneurship programmes in emerging technologies.

The department of artificial intelligence at IIT Hyderabad has been chosen for its mission to produce students with a sound understanding of the fundamentals of the theory and practice of AI and ML. It also aims to enable students to become leaders in the industry and academia nationally and internationally.