IndiaAI Mission Latest News
Recently, the selection of three new startups for building India's own Foundation Model, the IndiaAI Mission has taken a significant leap toward strengthening indigenous AI capabilities.
About IndiaAI Mission
- It was initially launched as a joint initiative between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Nasscom in 2023.Â
- This initiative aims to bolster India’s AI ecosystem by making high-end computing resources accessible to startups and researchers.
- The mission's key goals are
- "Making AI in India" – Encouraging domestic AI development.
- "Making AI Work for India" – Ensuring AI benefits various sectors in the country.
- Implementing agency: IndiaAI, an independent business division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), serves as the implementing agency for the IndiaAI Mission.
- It will help to democratize the benefits of AI, strengthen India’s position as a global AI leader, and promote ethical and responsible AI use across sectors.
- Pillars of the IndiaAI Mission
- Common Compute Facility
- AI Kosha (IndiaAI Datasets Platform)
- AI Safety Institute of India (Upcoming)
- IndiaAI Innovation Centre
- AI Application Development Initiative
- Future Skills Initiative
- Startup Financing
IndiaAI Mission FAQs
Q1:Â Who is the father of AI?
Ans:Â John McCarthy
Q2:Â What is the full form of FLOPS?
Ans:Â Floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) is a measure of a computer's performance.
Q3:Â What is the GPU?
Ans:Â Graphics processing unit, a specialized processor originally designed to accelerate graphics rendering.
Source:Â PIB
