IIT Hyderabad to collaborate with Telangana government on artificial intelligence

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is going to collaborate with the Government of Telangana for research on artificial intelligence. About the MoU: The MoU was signed by BS Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, and Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government of Telangana, Departments of Information Technology and Industries and Commerce during an event held on January 2 as part of '2020: Declaring Telangana's Year of AI' initiative. Highlighting the salient features of this collaboration, Vineeth N Balasubramanian, Head, Department of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Hyderabad, said, "This collaboration provides us a unique opportunity to leverage our combined experience and expertise in AI at IIT-H for local social good, along with the State government. IIT Hyderabad to assist Telangana in developing strategy: IIT Hyderabad will also assist the Telangana State in developing a strategy for AI/HPC infrastructure for various state needs and provide technology mentorship to identified partners for exploring and building AI PoCs. Read: IIT Hyderabad researcher finds people from rural Bihar migrate to urban areas but do not settle Also read: IIT Hyderabad researchers unravel working of protein that repairs damaged DNA