University Grants Commission has issued a circular Regarding wider dissemination the “National Programme on Artificial”. To achieve the vision of India AI, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology @eiTY”) has undertaken the implementation of the “National Program on artificial intelligence” (NPAI).
The objective of NPAI is to establish a comprehensive programme for leveraging transformative technologies, to foster inclusion, innovation, and adoption for social impact. NPAI would encompass four broad pillars of the AI-ecosystem, i.e. Skilling in AI, Responsible AI, Data Management Office and setting up the National Center on Al.
A committee was constituted to assess and analyze the status of existing NSQF aligned and approved Al related qualifications, devise strategies with timelines to upscale the Al based skill courses and develop broad structure of courses on AI and Data Sciences.
The committee prepared a report titled ‘National Programme on Artificial Intelligence (NPAI) Skilling framework. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of AI technologies across sector and further need to align skilling initiatives.
The Higher Education Institutions are requested to widely disseminate the report among all the students and faculty to build momentum around skilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
