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CONTENTSAdvancing India’s AI Vision: AI for Social Empowerment .......05

Message from the Secretary ...............................................................06

Message from the CEO ..........................................................................07

Message from the NASSCOM President ..........................................08

INDIAai: Building a Unified AI Ecosystem for India ...................09

INDIAai in Numbers ...............................................................................10

INDIAai - The Launch ............................................................................12

RAISE – Responsible AI for Social Empowerment ......................15

Key Highlights from RAISE 2020 ..............................................18

Aatmanirbhar AI Solutions Challenge ...................................22

AI Pe Charccha ................................................................................23

Fostering Government’s AI Initiatives .............................................25

National Missions ..........................................................................26

Initiatives from Central Government .....................................28

States ...................................................................................................31

Ideas, People, and Case Studies ..........................................................34

Ideas .....................................................................................................35

People ..................................................................................................36

Case Studies ......................................................................................39

Profiling the Indian AI Landscape ....................................................41

Start-ups ............................................................................................42

Companies ........................................................................................43

Knowledge Assets ..................................................................................47

Research Reports ...........................................................................48

Other Highlights .....................................................................................49

Looking Forward ....................................................................................53

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CONTENTSAdvancing India’s AI Vision: AI for Social Empowerment .......05

Message from the Secretary ...............................................................06

Message from the CEO ..........................................................................07

Message from the NASSCOM President ..........................................08

INDIAai: Building a Unified AI Ecosystem for India ...................09

INDIAai in Numbers ...............................................................................10

INDIAai - The Launch ............................................................................12

RAISE – Responsible AI for Social Empowerment ......................15

Key Highlights from RAISE 2020 ..............................................18

Aatmanirbhar AI Solutions Challenge ...................................22

AI Pe Charccha ................................................................................23

Fostering Government’s AI Initiatives .............................................25

National Missions ..........................................................................26

Initiatives from Central Government .....................................28

States ...................................................................................................31

Ideas, People, and Case Studies ..........................................................34

Ideas .....................................................................................................35

People ..................................................................................................36

Case Studies ......................................................................................39

Profiling the Indian AI Landscape ....................................................41

Start-ups ............................................................................................42

Companies ........................................................................................43

Knowledge Assets ..................................................................................47

Research Reports ...........................................................................48

Other Highlights .....................................................................................49

Looking Forward ....................................................................................53

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“Artificial intelligence is a tribute to human

intellectual power., The power to think enabled

humans to make tools and technologies. Today, these

tools and technologies have also acquired the

power to learn and think.”

Shri Narendra Modi Honourable Prime Minister

of India

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Advancing India’s AI Vision: AI for Social Empowerment

When it comes to AI deployment strategy, India took a very noble track, unlike other major economic and technological powers. India’s approach towards AI was to use it for its socio-economic transformation, empowerment, and inclusion. Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has often stated that India’s efforts in Artificial Intelligence should be dedicated towards the rightful use of AI for solving problems of society. The Prime Minister has also suggested the possibilities of using AI for optimal management of assists and resources that can bring out the unique talents and capabilities in children through AI-powered analytic reports on their aptitudes.

Furthermore, Honourable Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that if we are able to empower ordinary Indians with the power of technologies such as AI, that will be a defining moment for us as a nation.

“If we are able to empower ordinary Indians with the power of technologies such as AI, then that will be a defining moment

for us.”- Sri Ravi Shankar Prasad,

Honourable Minister for Communications, Electronics

& Information Technology and Law & Justice.

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Message from the Secretary

INDIAai has established a brand for itself among the thought leaders, scholars, policy makers, AI practitioners, and the public in general.

AI has stood out as one of the frontier technologies which are shaping the business and service delivery for the present and future. The responsible and ethical use of AI is bound to accelerate the growth and socio-economic development of society and therefore, the onus is on the researchers, product developers, policy makers, companies/start-ups, and practitioners to ensure that AI development always caters to the public good and does not become laden with bias, threats, and discomfort.

MeitY in partnership with Industry & Academia organized Responsible Use of AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE) 2020, India’s first global AI summit in October 2020. The summit was inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister in the august presence of Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and IT. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India stated during the summit that India aims to become a global hub for AI. To fulfil his vision, MeitY is working on the National Programme on AI, which is in an advanced stage of finalization.

Several AI initiatives namely National Mission on Language Translation Mission (for making use of NLP for Indian regional language translation), PARAM Siddhi (for supercomputing), AI Challenge (for promoting startups), AarogyaSetu, CO-WIN, MyGov Corona Helpdesk (for the fight against COVID-19) etc have been rolled out by MeitY and its organisations. And these are showcased at the National AI Portal. I foresee that the National AI Portal will have a pivotal role in our endeavour to make India a global hub for AI. I am sure that the INDIAai team along Indian and global AI community will leave no stone unturned to ensure the continuity of the National AI Portal to remain ever vibrant, latest, dynamic and hub for everything on AI. And the value-added services through the interactive and transactional features will grow even further.

Shri Ajay Sawhney Secretary Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India

I compliment INDIAai team in coming up with the annual issue on the National AI Portal (https://indiaai.gov.in), which was launched jointly by MeitY, NeGD and NASSCOM on May 30, 2020 with an aim to provide all information related to Artificial Intelligence to stakeholders at a single place and to strengthen the AI ecosystem in the country. Within a year, the portal has created rich content in terms of news, articles, resources, skills and jobs, thematic sectoral initiatives, government initiatives, and AI ecosystem players namely start-ups, investment funds, companies, colleges, people, and events.

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The National AI Portal was launched on May 30, 2020, in a bid to foster the creation of a unified AI ecosystem and to bring together the AI community. In the one year, INDIAai has demonstrated its value in terms of latest national & international news, articles, and showcased India’s AI accomplishments across different government entities and states, highlighted the achievements of industry, academia and start-ups, broadcasted opinions of thought leaders, and reported developments across the globe. It also provided valuable information on courses and job roles, expert webinars, podcasts and videos for aspiring youngsters and curious minds.

INDIAai has played a useful role in the organisation of the global summit, Responsible Use of AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE) from Oct 5 – Oct 9, 2020, that brought some of the best minds in AI, ML & Data across the world leading to in-depth analysis, debates, and ideation on the adoption of AI. The summit saw the participation of 79,000+ participants.

Today, we stand at a time that has been clouded by the difficulties caused by COVID19 pandemic. The main optimism in this global humanitarian crisis has been our ability to make COVID vaccines, where again, AI has been one of the frontier technologies. AI has been a boon to the e-Governance, impacted business lines across the sectors and improved service delivery in healthcare, education, agriculture, financial inclusion, law enforcement, childcare, old age care, divyang assistants, etc and continues to stand out as the potential tool for transforming urban and rural development and for generating significant digital jobs in the present times and in future. Furthermore, several AI initiatives were launched in 2020, such as Responsible AI for Youth for skilling, Aatmanirbhar AI Solutions Challenge for start-ups, MyGov Saathi to enable citizen communication.

In the coming years, INDIAai will certainly have a bigger role to play in our effort in providing more interactive services, roping in more AI ecosystem players, promoting the dissemination of datasets and AI products for facilitating a larger pool of innovative and value-added services, and ultimately empowering our citizens with the power of AI. I am sure readers will find the annual issue useful and wish them insightful reading. I again compliment and wish INDIAai for its further successful journey.

Message from the CEO

Abhishek SinghPresident and CEO, NeGD, CEO, MyGov and MD, Digital India Corporation

First and foremost, I congratulate the INDIAai team comprising officials from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for coming up with the annual issue on the National AI Portal (https://indiaai.gov.in). The richness of the content in the foresaid issue and the portal has been possible owing to the immense contributions received from the Central Ministries / State Government Departments, Industry and Academia, Indian and global AI community.

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Message from the NASSCOM President

Debjani GhoshPresident - NASSCOM

AI is fast becoming the technological edge for countries and India has all the raw materials to set itself up for success. A NASSCOM – McKinsey study says that by 2025, an additional value worth ~500 billion USD can be created in diverse areas such as agriculture, retail, BFSI, healthcare, and others.

It is encouraging to see AI adoption across sectors – moving from proof-of-concepts to ambitious AI-centric projects. AI implementations by various states and the center reflect the eagerness of the

governments for the public sector to innovate. India’s immense success as a startup destination too has pivoted towards AI as reflected by this year’s “unicorns”, which are now redefining their success metrics by innovating with AI at the core. At the same time, the government’s thrust on responsible use of AI towards social empowerment is a crucial foundational piece in the country’s ethos behind technological advancement. The landscape is ripe for innovation with AI as its catalyst.

When COVID-19 arrived in India last year, one of the first sectors to spring into action was the tech sector - be it enterprises or startups. Many of the startups pivoted to adapt their AI use-cases to help manage the pandemic. The solutions ranged from computer vision and deep learning-based applications to monitor public movement to the ingenious use of AI and ML to read CT scans and chest X-rays for signs of lung scarring commonly caused by COVID. India’s innovation story was finding its moment of reckoning.

And this is where the presence of a portal like INDIAai is so relevant. INDIAai has established itself as a credible source of news, analysis, and information for AI in India and beyond. The portal chronicles India’s journey as the pockets of AI innovation coalesce together and bring about systemic AI adoption in the country. The latest research from India’s premier academic institutions and research organizations, key interviews and profiles of industry leaders, stories on startups building novel products and solutions, the successes of female leaders in STEM - all find a place on INDIAai. Moreover, the portal has also started its own journey as a harbinger of research, having produced reports on AI Standards and Maturity Index, Women Leaders in AI, and Responsible AI Startup Survey to name a few.

The second year of INDIAai promises to be exciting, as the portal will continue to track closely the developments being seen in India’s fast-evolving AI landscape. Some focus areas will include showcasing the depth of research in AI- driven by Indian academia, build more knowledge assets and delve deeper into the national AI ecosystem’s workings.

Congratulations to team INDIAai on completing its first year, and here is wishing them a tremendously successful innings this year as well. It brings NASSCOM great pride to be a partner with MEITY and NeGD in this endeavor.

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INDIAai: Building a Unified AI

Ecosystem for India

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Throughout history, the great Indian civilization stood out not only for its remarkable art forms and deep philosophical insights but also for its groundbreaking innovations and inventions in science and technology. From mastering the iron-smelting process during the Magadha empire in early 500 BC to Modern India’s incredible achievements in space and nuclear technology, India has always embraced new technologies with great success. With its roots in Alan Turing’s works going back to the 1950s, today artificial intelligence technologies are poised to mark the next stage in the history of human civilization, just as the discovery of fire, Gutenberg’s movable typefaces, Faraday’s theories on electromagnetic induction and Charles Babbage’s invention of computing machines, had done.

According to a report published by McKinsey, artificial intelligence could increase the global GDP by $13 trillion, i.e., 14%, by the year 2030. In India, it could add up to $500 billion to the Indian economy in the next 5 years according to a NASSCOM report.

To take advantage of this massive technological leap for economic prosperity, social empowerment, and that we don’t lag behind the global powers, India must invest in rapid AI adoption and preparedness. This can be accomplished by launching more initiatives by government organisations, enabling private firms to develop novel applications, reforming education programs to create an AI-ready workforce, and encouraging the venture capital community to invest in India-led AI products & services. To create an enabling environment towards this bigger goal of using AI for empowering one billion-plus of the citizens, INDIAai- The National AI Portal, was created by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, National e-Governance Division, and NASSCOM.

The portal operates as a one-stop digital platform for AI-related developments in India, where resources such as articles, details on start-ups, investment funds, companies, and educational institutions, related to AI in India, are shared. The portal also lists documents, case studies, research reports, global developments, learning opportunities, and new job roles related to AI. INDIAai is developed to create and nurture a unified AI ecosystem in the country,

and to promote leadership in India’s knowledge creation efforts including the use of artificial intelligence to foster economic growth and social empowerment in the country.

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As of April 30, 2021, INDIAai has published more than 428 news stories and 574 articles, which offer information and insights into the latest developments in AI research and deployment across the country. Through these published articles, INDIAai amplifies the voices and opinions of our country’s brilliant researchers, policymakers & industry leaders on AI and showcases many of the transformational use-cases. The platform has also organised over 12 webinars on various topics with experts, and has produced podcasts and video interviews through its Last Week on INDIAai and INDIAai Conversations series. In terms of research, the portal has profiled over 230 AI start-ups and numerous companies, published summaries

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of important research reports, indexed AI developments and standards across the globe, and listed every major AI-related event happening in India and across the globe. With eight months into its existence, INDIAai is proving to be India’s vital central hub that evangelises, enables and encourages AI deployment for the greater good of its people.

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INDIAai - The Launch

INDIAai was officially launched by the Honourable Minister for Electronics & IT and Law, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad on May 30, 20020. The event also had Honourable Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre, IT Secretary Ajay Sawhney, NeGD and Digital India President and CEO Abhishek Singh, and NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh among other dignitaries.

“AI is a digital brain that works on data which can remove conventional roadblocks for fast-tracking decision making or in creating an enabling atmosphere for millions of Indians,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad during the launch of INDIAai. He further pointed out, “if we are able to empower ordinary Indians with the power of technologies such as AI, then that will be a defining moment for us.”

The Honourable Minister also stated that “we should use AI in a more focused manner for

agriculture, healthcare & education”, as “AI will enable us to explore more opportunities and address more challenges”, and advised that “Indian companies should develop AI products for solving socio-economic problems, that can be replicated in other developing countries,” making India a leader and role model for other emerging economies

In line with these grand visions presented for our AI future, INDIAai has made its mission to encourage, empower and evangelise AI adoption and deployment which are focused on using AI technology as a transformational tool for one billion-plus citizens of India.

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AI-based attendance in schools - Tamil Nadu Government shows the way: It’s evident, taking attendance manually is cumbersome and time-consuming. To counter these

challenges and making every hour spent in school count, the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) has pilot-tested an AI-based facial recognition system and plans are underway to have it implemented in 3000 schools across the state.

There’s data on water but is there enough water? Tamil Nadu solving water crisis with AI: Tamil Nadu government is one of the most advanced in AI adoption, and water management is high on their

list. A water body comprises of water, soil, vegetation, or construction within legal boundaries. Just like any ML-based system, images are fed to make the system learn and distinguish between these types. On-ground actual images are then captured (through satellite imagery) and used to find out if there’s an encroachment. Drones proved to be ineffective due to human interference and are not cost-effective either– the reason why satellite images work best under these conditions. The system knows what a water body looks like, including the components mentioned above and, it can call out instances of encroachment.

AI-based prediction model for detecting Arsenic in India’s drinking water: Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed an AI-based prediction model for detecting Arsenic pollution in drinking

water. By using AI for geoscience, the study provides information for the location of safe groundwater, which is the primary source of

The portal has covered and published numerous government and private sector initiatives that are aimed to promote the use of AI for social good, like the ones listed below:

potable water for most of India. Eventually, all this information forms the baseline knowledge for the recently initiated Jal Jeevan Mission of the Government of India which aims to provide safe drinking water to every household of the country by 2024

Why should education be a privilege in Digital India?: Sutara Learning Foundation, a non-profit Indian organization, is dedicated to radically improve children’s

learning through technology. Tablet prices are falling, and by leveraging the combinatorial power of Artificial Intelligence, Gamification &

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Can the vagaries of the weather be tamed?: The AI-based predictions use machine learning algorithms that can process complex data sets in a very short period using mathematical models. The model can navigate through vast data sets transmitted from weather satellites and relay stations to deliver short-term forecasts or long-term predictions. For instance, Google’s AI forecast tool is based on the UNET Convolutional Network that makes it possible for researchers to generate accurate rainfall predictions six hours before the actual precipitation. Imagine the kind of applications that can be

delivered to avert natural disasters to save thousands of lives.

Cognitive Research, they have developed a chatbot that uses Natural Language Programming (NLP) to help children learn in groups or even individually.

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RAISE 2020

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Augmenting India’s AI milestones

With its focus on community building and evangelisation of use of AI to empower and transform the lives on every citizen of the country, INDIAai has participated in and promoted numerous events and initiatives.

The RAISE 2020 global virtual summit was one such initiative, the country’s flagship AI event, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and IT. The event was held from October 5 to October 9, 2020. The RAISE 2020 summit was formulated to reiterate the country’s commitment towards responsibly embracing artificial intelligence in empowering billions of citizens. It also provided a platform for the exchange of ideas that will help India accomplish its AI goals in the coming years.

The summit was inaugurated by the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. “Artificial intelligence is a tribute to human intellectual power, the power to think enabled humans to make tools and technologies. Today, these tools and technologies have also acquired the power to learn and think,” stated the Prime Minister in his inaugural speech. The Prime Minister also pointed out that India is rich in its experiences when it comes to using technology for transparency and service delivery. He cited the success stories of Aadhar and UPI payment platform, which have provided access to digital services, including financial services such as direct cash transfers to the poor and marginalised.

“We want India to become a global hub for AI,” said the prime minister. “Many Indians are already working on this, and I hope many more will do so in the times to come,” PM added.

Dr. Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, delivered his keynote suggesting that data will be core to this new revolution, and AI will be infused into a slew of software products and services. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries was part of the panel of luminaries at RAISE 2020’s inaugural session. He started his keynote with a nod to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his futuristic initiatives like Digital India, which helped put the nation on the map for digitization. Artificial Intelligence will enable India to accomplish five key goals: transform India as a high growth economy, propel towards an Aatmanirbhar economy, transform agriculture, dispense high-quality healthcare and provide world-class education and skills, he added.

Another key highlight of the inaugural event was the participation of eminent AI researcher and Turing Award winner, Dr. Raj Reddy. In his keynote, Dr. Reddy highlighted how connected

“Artificial Intelligence, along with hybrid cloud and very

soon, quantum computing, will propel India as a premier AI

destination.”- Arvind Krishna,

CEO, IBM

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devices and sensors, along with AI, will make possible many of the things today, which we weren’t even able to think of 50 years ago. Being one of the world’s most authoritative experts in speech recognition systems, Reddy pointed out how NLP and speech translations are currently transforming millions of lives. Reddy also pointed out that AI technologies can finally bridge the language divide in the country.

RAISE 2020 summit consisted of 48 sessions of 85 hours with 320 high-quality keynote speakers and panelists from 21 countries. These sessions covered many critical topics such as responsible AI, governance of AI, education and skilling, data market, the role of NLP in bridging language barriers, the role of AI in healthcare, global partnerships on AI, and many more. The summit also featured key AI initiatives from many of the government departments such as C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) and NIC (National Informatics Centre), as well as states such as Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.

The scale and quality of RAISE 2020 was unprecedented for any other AI virtual summit. The event brought together the policymakers, AI experts, thinkers, influencers, practitioners, and young minds from India and abroad at a

common platform, and drew their attention and focus towards India. The event had close to eighty - thousand registrations from 147 countries, with over forty thousand participating directly through the virtual event platform, and many more attending the event through social media live-streams. It delivered to the world the message that AI for the public good and inclusive development is the viewpoint of India, home to one-sixth of the humans on earth. RAISE 2020 not only established the ‘Brand India’ in the global AI space but also showed the world that technologies matter most only when it is used to empower the people.

INDIAai hosted the RAISE microsite and registration and covered RAISE 2020 sessions in detail through articles and daily-roundup podcasts.

RAISE 2020 Summit Consisted of 48 Sessions

of 85 Hours with 320 High-Quality Keynote Speakers and

Panelists from 21 Countries.

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Key Highlights from RAISE 2020

Putting a Smile on the Face of anAverage Indian

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications Minister at RAISE 2020 pointed out that while the pace of technology can be overwhelming, AI has immense potential to bring in economic development equitably. Millions of lives are positively impacted, leading to inclusive development.

India’s greatest strength is Demographic Dividend, he stated, and the Indian IT Services sector has truly leveraged its potential. With the kind of skills we have today and the ecosystem support, we can be leaders in the AI space too. The ecosystem that we have built today is a testimony to the great progress being made in AI – CoEs, IPRs created, incubation centres, etc. augment the vision.

Minister also emphasised that while corporate houses may look at these technologies to create solutions, serve their customers, and earn

revenue, the Government wants to put a smile on the face of common people. A major step in that direction is when AI is used for better governance. A country of 1.3 billion people has a mobile user base of 1.2 billion, Aadhar Cardholders – 1.2 billion, and 600 million internet users. India has an abundance of data.

And it’s not just about large cities and towns. The development has to permeate our villages too. The Government is committed to connecting all villages through fibre optic networks in 1000 days which will be a massive step forward in building a robust digital infrastructure that will enable inclusivity.

We should Develop Indian language Alexas and Task - Specific Spoken Language Apps to Bridge the Language Barrier in the Country.

One of the key highlights of the inaugural event was the participation of eminent AI researcher and Turing Award winner Dr. Raj Reddy. In his

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keynote at the event inaugural event, Dr. Reddy highlighted how connected devices and sensors, along with AI, will make possible many of the things today, which we weren’t even able to think 50 years ago. Being one of the world’s most authoritative experts in speech recognition systems, Reddy pointed out how NLP and speech translations are currently transforming millions of lives. Reddy also pointed out that AI technologies can finally bridge the language divide in the country.

In order to accomplish this, Reddy believes we need to encourage the industry to develop Indian language Alexas and task-specific spoken language apps. To realise these aspirations, there are some prerequisites that needed to be met according to Reddy. The first two prerequisites include a connected population that is trained in digital literacy and fibre connection with unlimited capacity.

Finally, a strong collaboration between the government, industry and academia to create the necessary Indian language datasets, translations systems and dialogue apps is also necessary if we are to bridge the language barrier, Reddy noted.

Future of Work

The session titled ‘Future of Work’ brought together AI thinkers and practitioners from across the globe on Day 4 of the RAISE 2020 summit. The expert panel discussed the opportunities and threats posed by AI in the modern workplace, as well as the skill development for an AI economy.

Hosted and moderated by Dr. R. Ramanan, Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission, the session saw the participation of some distinguished names in the field, such as Mr. Michal Rutkowski, Global Director for Social Protection and Labor, World Bank Group, and Dr. Carl Benedikt Frey, Director, Future of Work at Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.

In his keynote address, Michal Rutkowski highlighted the need to reform labour policies such that they “protect people, not jobs.” He endorsed complementary investments in areas that bridge the digital divide and ensure data privacy as a way for addressing the existing inequalities so that the benefits of the inevitable AI disruption can be reaped by all. Delivering the second keynote, Dr. Carl demonstrated how the resistance to technological change has been the historical norm because it ushers in a wave of job displacement. He, however, warned against “falling into the technology trap where the long-term benefits of AI are denied to us because of short term resistance.”

Towards Inclusive AI – Empowering 1 Billion

With an all-star woman panel, representing a varied set of interests, this panel took on some weighty issues in bias propagated by technology, their impact as well as examples of how technology when used to uplift the marginalized or lesser abled can have hugely transformative powers. They included eminent personalities such as Jenny Ray Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft, Dr. Victoria Baines, Visiting Research Fellow Oxford Department for International Development, Ms. Anita Bhatia, Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women, and Susie Hargreaves OBE, CEO, Internet Watch Foundation.

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The highlight of the session was Jenny Lay Flurrie, who has an incredible story of her own to tell. She is deaf, and more recently, almost succumbed to a life-threatening embolism that damaged her left leg to a great extent. However, Flurrie is more driven and passionate about being an agent of change in disability management and integration, using technology. She spoke of the countless benefits of hiring people with disabilities, and the kind of relentless work ethic and perspective they bring to work, in addition to immense resilience stemming from managing an additional cognitive load due to the disability. She believes now and ahead, it is incumbent on the tech ecosystem to hire more differently-abled individuals.

Role of Regulations for Responsible AI

Regulations are often viewed as obstructing any innovation process. However, if the associated challenges are rightly and timely addressed, the innovation process can be accelerated. Given this background, the esteemed panelists, which had a balanced representation from the government, academia and industry, explored the potential approaches that can be taken in a bid to put in place proper regulations for responsible AI. The session was moderated by Dr. Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Legal who

deftly steered the discussion to focus on the various regulatory approaches.

In his keynote speech, Mr. Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Corporation acknowledged the need for a national strategy based on a firm ethical principle. While expressing his view on striking that regulatory balance, Mr. J Satyanarayana, Chief Advisor, C4IR India, World Economic Forum, mentioned 5 ways of doing so: a) adopting a system of agile governance, b) creating a developmentary sandbox (which will test an algorithm for its output), c) establishing a set of ethical standard

In his keynote speech, Mr. Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Corporation acknowledged

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and principles, d) creating an index that measures the balance and e) being responsible by design.

Dr. Vineeth Balasubramanian, an Associate Professor, IIT Hyderabad brought a research flavor to the discussion by stating that current research is mostly being done to address the explainability aspect of AI and a post-hoc and an ante-hoc model is mostly used in the process. He also added that since AI and ML are data-driven and lack human elements such as reasoning, common sense and background knowledge, it is important that these aspects are integrated with the process. He concluded by saying that there is a need to regulate not only the data but also the performance metric by which an AI is judged.

India’s Transformation from an Information-driven to an Insights-Driven Economy – Enabled by AI

At the closing ceremony was N Chandrasekaran, At the closing ceremony was N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, who noted that the extent and success of an event truly signified the arrival of India as an AI hub. Over the years, emerging technologies like AI, ML, IoT achieved significant maturity, but now the time is ripe to process data at scale. He remarked that India is in the midst of a huge transformation – from

an information-driven society to an insights-driven society – and this shift has been powered by AI and analytics. India can be an AI leader if the country can invest and enhance its single biggest endowment– talent.

“By using AI, one can solve the access challenge in areas like healthcare and education, as well as, make meaningful products and create jobs,” said Chandrasekaran. Moreover, this wave of

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transformation is not exclusively for the benefit of software engineers and data scientists, but for farmers, teachers, shopkeepers and other blue-collar employees. This can be achieved by investing in deeptech, and making India an R&D hub. Moreover, it is imperative to reimagine AI

“Artificial Intelligence will enable India to accomplish five key goals: transform India as a high growth economy, propel

towards an AatmaNirbhar economy, transform agriculture,

dispense high-quality healthcare and provide world

-class education and skills”- Mukesh Ambani,

Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries

INDIAai also covered Aatmanirbhar AI Solutions Challenge which had 299 start-ups participating, out of which, the most impactful ones were selected for the Start-up Pitch Fest, which was hosted on the second day of RAISE 2020. The

AatmaNirbhar AI Solutions Challenge

applications and envision a future channeled by platform economics. For this, policy frameworks need to support tech developments with a focus on responsible AI.

Read more on RAISE 2020 Panel discussions and insights here: https://indiaai.gov.in/raise

list of winners included 15 start-ups spanning across six categories, namely healthcare, agriculture, education, NLP, mobility, and other sectors. The AI Start-up Pitch Fest, hosted by Shraddha Sharma, the founder of Your Story, had an eminent panel consisting of MeitY secretary Ajay Sawhney, Atal Innovation Mission Director R. Ramananan, Special Secretary and Financial Advisor to MeitY Jyoti Arora, and NegD and Digital India CEO Abhishek Singh. The Start-up Pitch Fest featured many notable names in India’s AI ecosystem, including Haptik, Embibe, SigTuple, Uncanny Vision, and Intello Labs as well as some of the new and upcoming start-ups in the space. Many of these start-ups were later published on INDIAai as Start-up of the Week.

Read more about the winners of AI Solutions Challenge here: https://indiaai.gov.in/article/cogniable-gnani-and-megara-robotics-win-plaudits- in-aatmanirbhar-ai-solut ions-challenge

INDIAai was also an active participant, promoter, and co-organizer in several other AI events such as NASSCOM’s Xperience AI Summit and Stempedia’s Codeavour.

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AI Pe Charcha

AI Pe Charcha is a series of panel discussions organised by NeGD which features researchers, leaders, and industry stalwarts in the Artificial Intelligence arena across the world and focuses on knowledge sharing, analysis of best AI practices across the globe and public sector adoption of AI. The discussions are hosted by Abhishek Singh, CEO MyGov; President & CEO NeGD; MD & CEO Digital India Corporation and previous episodes of AI Pe Charcha focused on the following topics :

1. Infusing AI into citizen-centric services (28 Jan 2021): The first instalment of AI Pe Charcha was moderated by Dr Rohini Srivasthsa, NTO Microsoft India and featured Mr Rob Elsinga, NTO Microsoft The Netherlands and focused on a European perspective towards the usage of AI. https://indiaai.gov.in/article/infusing-ai-into- citizen-centric-services

2. Open source AI to solve billion-scale problems (4 March 2021: The second instalment featured Mr Vivek Raghavan, Chief Product Manager, and Biometric Architect at UIDAI, and focused on the potential of AI-powered biometric identification systems backed by Aadhar. https://indiaai.gov.in/article/open-source-ai- to-solve-billion-scale-problems

3. AI in Smart Cities (25 Mar 2021): The third edition of AI Pe Charcha featured • Mr Rahul Savdekar, Director - Industry Solutions (Asia Public Sector), Asia(APJ) WGoWvernment Industry Lead at Microsoft Corporation(WWPS)• Mr. Guillaume Estegassy - Global Lead, Smart Buildings & Smart Places, WW Commercial Business, Microsoft Corp• Mr. Oran Dror - CEO and Co-Founder of Axilion Smart Mobility.

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The discussion was aimed at learning from the best examples of utilization of AI in India or globally. The main idea powering the smart city and smart mobility concept is data science and the use of AI.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/ai-in-smart-cities

4. State of AI in India and the world and its adoption in the Public Sector (30 Apr 2021): The fourth edition of AI Pe Charcha which focused on public sector adoption of AI in India and initiates from Google in that particular direction featured a very rich panel of speakers. They included:

• Dr Manish Gupta - Director Google Research, India• Dr Christine Robson - Product Lead for Machine Learning, Google AI

• Joshua Marcuse - Head of Strategy & Innovation, Global Public Sector• Mr. Alok Talekar - Google Research• Mr Aman Jain - Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Google India• Mr. Rajesh Sundaresan - IISc

The session emphasised that artificial intelligence in the public sector comes down to human intelligence along with a focus on the point that it is not only about innovation but innovation adoption.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/state-of-ai-in-india-and-the-world-and-its-adoption-in-the-public-sector

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Fostering Government’s AI

Initiatives

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India is poised to become a world leader in AI through our innovative applications of AI in all aspects of life. The government is playing an active role in launching and encouraging AI-driven solutions to all problems, big and small. Equally important is the role played by the government in providing education and research facilities for AI. As India is writing her own story of prominence in this field, INDIAai has maintained a record of AI-based initiatives by the Indian government.

National Missions

Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission

Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) is a central government-funded free healthcare coverage scheme. The scheme is focused on nearly 11 crore poor and vulnerable families in rural and urban India. It is the largest scheme of its kind in the world. ABY envisions a two-pronged, unified approach by both government and private hospitals, to provide comprehensive healthcare on primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This is planned to be accomplished through Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).

The HCWs will see 1.5 lakh pre-existing sub centres and Primary Health Care centres deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHCs) to address healthcare needs such as covering maternal and child health needs as well as that for non-communicable diseases, along with diagnostic services. The CPHCs also aim to engage with individuals and communities

“India is in the midst of a huge transformation– from an information society to an

insights-driven society – and this shift has been powered by

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on the reduction and prevention of diseases by promoting healthy behaviours and choices. Under HCWs, a registered patient can access facilities across the country in various identified centres. There is the aim of providing e-medical records of patients across private and public hospitals to create a seamless, up-to-date medical information system while tackling language barriers, duplication, etc.

The PM-JAY aims to provide a yearly cashless health insurance cover worth Rs 5 lakh per family, to cover 1,300 illnesses. The cover includes all the costs related to treatment across empanelled public and private hospitals including hospitalisation charges, up to 3 days pre-hospitalisation and 15 days of post-hospitalisation expenses. The scheme is for the poor and vulnerable families in urban and rural India. Families can avail of the services through e-cards. AI and Machine Learning (ML) will prove to help empower better service delivery, aiding beneficiaries derive the most out of the scheme, promote inclusivity of population groups, help in creating a seamless merger between health schemes present at the national and state levels and detect fraud and increase accountability.

AI technology along with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) can help the ABY aim to improve the delivery of healthcare services from storing patient information, early detection, to giving real-time insights for research and predicting outcomes, helping in diagnosis and better decision making. In addition, the government aims at employing the following tech-based initiatives to improve healthcare where AI has a scope of playing a crucial role:

• The National eHealth Authority is aimed at helping with eHealth adoption, by laying down standards and a holistic framework for the health sector. This will help promote ehealth exchanges between government and private hospitals under the scheme.

• The Integrated Health Information Program aims to consolidate and provide electronic health records – medical history, diagnosis, medications – to all citizens pan-India.

• The Electronic Health Record Standards for India.

Digital India Mission

The Digital India (DI) mission was launched in July, 2015 by our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, with an aim to transform India. DI’s goal is to digitally empower society by infusing digital technologies into the public service ecosystem with the use of Information Technology and to make India adept at emerging technologies to transform the country into a leading knowledge economy.

Since DI focuses on a tech-enabled societal transformation. The overarching mission works in-tandem with multiple departments under several ministries; each program stands on its own, but is also part of the larger vision. DI efforts are laid down to achieve results in two key focus areas:

• Governance and services on demand – DI aims to integrate processes and information across departments and jurisdictions seamlessly to help provide real-time services to citizens both – on online and mobile platforms, digitally enable processes for businesses, creating a digitally enabled cashless economy and creating cloud-based repository for easy access for the citizens, as well as, better planning and decision-making with the help of GIS.

• Digital empowerment of citizens – Provide digital literacy and digital services to all citizens through universally accessible digital resources and services in several Indian languages and introduction of collaborative digital platforms, availability of all documents and certificates online, and availability of all entitlements through cloud.

National Language Translation Mission

The aim of the National Language Translation Mission is to make opportunities and progress in science and technology accessible to all, this mission aims to remove the barrier that a requirement of high-level faculty in English poses today. Using a combination of machine and human translation, the mission will eventually enable access to teaching and

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researching material bilingually- in English and one’s native Indian language. It is planned to set up an ecosystem that involves central and state government agencies and start-ups who will work with scientists and build implementable solution.

Initiatives from the Central Government

CoE in AI by National Informatics Centre

Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CoE in AI) has been established by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). Its motto is ‘Inclusive AI’ and the objective is to improve government service delivery to citizens. It is a platform for

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innovative solutions in the AI space, a gateway to test and develop solutions for projects undertaken by NIC at the central and state level.

Automated Camera-based Driving Test System

The Innovative Driving Testing System (IDTS) was established by the Institute of Driving Training and Research under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. IDTS is an AI and camera-based driving skill assessment

system that enables driving instructor/licensing/selection officer to test the driving skills of the applicant. It automates the driving test for ‘8’ and ‘H’ test tracks and generates the report through a video database which includes various performance reports such as standard direction followed, number of forward & reverse movements, standard deviation within the limit, number of stoppages, identification of kerb hits, number of kerb hits, average speed, timely completion of the test, and number of tests attempted.

MyGov Corona Helpdesk

With misinformation and fake news being circulated on social media about the Covid pandemic, MyGov-the country’s citizen engagement platform, along with the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Haptik launched MyGov Corona Helpdesk chatbot. The goal of this chatbot is to bring awareness and get the nation prepared to combat Covid 19. The AI-enabled ‘MyGov Corona Helpdesk’ has also bagged two awards under two categories “Best Innovation for Covid-19 – Society” and “People’s Choice Covid-19 Overall Winner”, at the CogX 2020, which is a prestigious Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology held annually in London.

MyGov Saathi Chatbot

With the country amid Covid-19, Digital India in collaboration with Accenture and Microsoft launched a chatbot named MyGov Saathi, to enable citizen communication. The bot uses AI and natural language processing to understand customer questions and provide appropriate responses. The bot doesn’t just give short answers to questions—it directs residents to webpages with comprehensive information. Initially, the bot started in English, and now MyGov and Digital India have expanded the bot to Hindi and other regional languages so that it can reach more citizens in a personal and direct way. Currently, the bot has around 250,000 monthly users, and daily active sessions range from a few hundred to a few thousand, with total active sessions over a 16-day period nearing 600,000.

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Param Siddhi AI

In October 2020, C-DAC commissioned India’s largest HPC-AI supercomputer ‘PARAM SIDDHI AI. In November 2020, PARAM SIDDHI AI, India’s fastest and largest supercomputer, was ranked #63 in the TOP500 Supercomputing list. PARAM SIDDHI AI, a machine with 210 AI Petaflops (6.5 Petaflops Peak DP), is based on the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD reference architecture comprising of 42 NVIDIA DGX A100 systems, connected with NVIDIA Mellanox HDR InfiniBand networking along with indigenously developed HPC-AI engine, software frameworks, cloud platform by C-DAC. Atos is the integration partner, providing the Atos Codex AI Suite to deliver real-time analytics and support AI application development.

Autonomously Navigating Robot for Space Missions

ISRO was faced with the challenge of building and sending unmanned robots into space to help fetch critical information in multiple missions throughout the year. A half Vyomnoid has been built with properties such as sensing and perception of surroundings with 3D vision, and dexterous manipulative abilities to carry out defined crew functions in an unmanned mission or assist crew in manned missions. Design &

Realization of FULL Vyomnoid with features that include full autonomy with 3D vision, dynamically controlled movement in zero ‘g’, AI-enabled real-time decision making with vision optimization and path planning algorithms.

Responsible AI for Youth

National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, and Intel India have designed a National Program - Responsible AI for Youth. This program aims to empower youth to become ‘AI-ready’ and help reduce the AI skill gap in India. The program is designed to reach out to students from the government schools pan India and provide them with an opportunity to become a part of the skilled workforce in an inclusive manner. The key objectives of the program are to demystify AI for the youth and equip them with the skill sets and the mind-set required for AI readiness, democratize the access to AI tools and train the youth to use them skillfully, and enable the youth to create meaningful social impact solutions as the evidence of achievement.

National Strategy for AI

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of AI. The discussion paper comprehends AI-related issues including privacy, security, ethics, fairness, transparency, and accountability. The authority has put together five focus areas such as healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure, smart mobility, and transportation where AI can have a positive impact in India and it focuses on reskilling as a response to the potential problem of job losses due to the future large-scale adoption of AI.

Responsible AI: Principles for Responsible AI

Principles for Responsible AI is an approach document for India towards creating responsible AI for all and has been published by NITI Aayog in February 2021. Realizing the immense potential that AI holds, the government’s proposed national strategy on the use of AI in governance areas such as healthcare, agriculture and education has brought AI to the centre-stage of the reform agenda. At the same point of time, it also underlines the need for a robust ecosystem that can solve the twin purpose of R&D as well as scaling up such solutions globally. The approach paper explores the various ethical considerations after taking into account expert consultations and interviews with top agencies deploying AI solutions in India. Such considerations have

been sub-divided into system considerations and societal considerations and have been further analyzed.

AI-Enabled Monitoring System for Forest Conservation

The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), which ISRO has designed and developed, is a monitoring system to observe forest cover change and combat deforestation by leveraging optical remote sensing, geographic information system, AI, and automation technologies. The monitoring system allows experts to detect small-scale deforestation and improve the frequency of reporting. It also enables scientists to process satellite imagery faster and reduces the time frame for new reports from one year to one month. NSRC aims at preventing negative changes in the green cover and protection of wildlife. The NRSC technology makes it possible for monitoring forest cover changes over small areas of one hectare by improving the resolution from 50 meters to 30 meters through optical remote sensing which provides insights into the smallest of deforestation activity.

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RTDAI (Realtime Digital Authentication of Identity)

Indian states are embracing AI and other emerging technologies, and using these to strategically solve critical governance challenges. INDIAai profiles such initiatives that can act as inspiration for all other states to emulate.

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AI Video Surveillance Platform for Uttar Pradesh Prisons

In a first for India, Uttar Pradesh has deployed AI-enabled video analytics platform ‘Jarvis’ in 70 prisons to monitor inmates. UP Police and Staqu have implemented JARVIS Video Wall to monitor real-time footage from CCTV cameras across a vast network and then flag any segment that looks to contain unlawful activity. The platform runs real-time video data analysis from over 700 cameras installed across 70 prisons in UP with 24/7 data feeds. Key UP Police officials access Mobile App for Real-Time insights on potential threats covering 900 km area on parameters such as violence, unauthorized intrusions, illegal mobile phone, and weapons.

AI is Helping Pensioners in Telangana

The Telangana government has implemented RTDAI (Realtime Digital Authentication of Identity) to authenticate pensioners without any need for special hardware at the user’s end, nor does it require fingerprints or iris images. The Pensioners Life Certificate Authentication using a Selfie (PLCS) method deploys three levels of authentication – demographics (name, father’s name and address), photo, and whether the individual is alive. The system uses an AI-based liveness check solution (developed by a Bengaluru start-up) and an ML-based demographic comparison solution. After the one-time registration and authentication,

Intelligence Traffic Management System (ITMS)

Intelligence Traffic Management System (ITMS) is an AI initiative deployed by the Delhi Police. As per the project, the Delhi Police will use the 3D radar-based Red-Light Violation Detection Camera (RLVD) system at 24 junctions across Delhi to monitor the red-light violations and gantry-mounted radar-based system to detect over speeding. The system includes high-resolution cameras (7,000-8,000) with sensor-

based real-time traffic volume count technology. These cameras include multidirectional infrared and colourless laser sensors which could count the traffic volume based on image pattern analysis. Each signal includes an IP-based public address system which could be used to communicate with the drivers.

Read more on various AI initiatives from the Central Government here: https://indiaai.gov.in/initiatives

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Face Recognition System in Schools

the user can authenticate from anywhere and anytime.

Face Recognition System in Tamil Nadu Schools

Many government schools in Tamil Nadu face the challenge of ensuring that students arrive on time and don’t skip periods during school hours. To ensure discipline among students and increase the efficiency of the teachers, a Face Recognition System has been deployed by the State Government. The AI-based attendance system was completely developed by TNeGA, Information Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. In the pilot, a school has seen an 85% drop in stragglers. It is also observed that the children are reporting on time to attend the classes. The education department has estimated that this innovative method saves almost 45 minutes a day, otherwise spent on marking attendance. Apart from schools, the system has also been deployed in the IT

department of the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Institute of Management Trichy. Developers say that the system can identify Indian faces even in low light conditions.

Intelligent Visualisation for Pollution Control in Karnataka

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) wanted to identify relevant solution providers in the AI and IoT space to provide “One View” air quality monitoring that would span a particular geographic area. Utilising three years of historic data on air quality, and levels of pollution across different regions, KSPCB deployed deep learning and ML to analyse area-wise air pollution, weather, moisture levels to understand pollution patterns better.

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ICTAI for Rural Healthcare in Maharashtra

In November 2018, the Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU with NITI Aayog and Wadhwani AI to establish an International Centre for Transformational Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) to focus on rural healthcare. ICTAI is aimed at the capacity and capability enhancement of health workers and wellness centres. It will also focus on rural healthcare to accelerate research, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis. The centre will implement solutions related to healthcare issues based on data research and AI.

AI-Based Cataract Screening App by TNeGA

India has about 4.7 million blind people, and about 66% of them lose their eyesight due to cataract. Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) has developed an AI based mobile app to enable the screening of a large number of people for cataract. By simply clicking a picture, the mobile application can be used for preliminary screening of the eye. The app has been designed to detect macular disintegration as well. By addressing the resource constraint in cataract detection, this aims to eradicate preventive blindness in the state.

Tamil Nadu State Responsible AI Framework

AI holds immense economic, social, medical and environmental promise. However, the act of balancing this promise with responsible usage is very tricky as many aspects of AI has the potential to disrupt social norms. Keeping this in mind, Tamil Nadu’s Safe & Ethical AI Policy have provided recommendations on how the ethics of AI programs can be evaluated by the government. To assist this, a set of parameters have been identified that should be fulfilled before rolling out AI-based solutions. The policy recommends the Six-Dimensional TAM-DEF Framework (Transparency and audit, Accountability and legal issues, Misuse protection-Digital divide and data deficit Ethics and Fairness) for evaluation of AI-based systems and the use of DEEP-MAX scorecard which tells us how well the Al system is trained for taking into account factors such as racial, gender, religion and colour diversities.

Read more on various AI initiatives from the State Governments here: https://indiaai.gov.in/initiatives

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Ideas, People, and Case Studies

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Ideas

One of the core missions INDIAai took on was to act as an information repository and source of ideas collected and shared by experts and AI use cases across the country from multiple sectors, which was done through articles and cover stories INDIAai frequently published. The cover stories often represented some of the most incredible use cases of AI, as well as, expressed ideas that would further propel more actions and innovations around it. Some of the key cover stories we did:

India AI Journey - The Story So Far

This cover story was focused on a comprehensive outlook at where India stands currently, on

the global scale, on AI development. The article focused on numerous use cases, where various socio-economic challenges, especially in the areas of education and agriculture, and how AI can be a transformational tool that can be used to empower the citizens of our country.

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/india-ai-journey- the-story-so-far

How this NGO is Getting Tech-Enabled Community Health Monitoring Right in Rajasthan

A detailed write-up on a maternal and child platform that has been leveraging AI and other emerging technologies. This material and child health platform consists of a mobile application for the community health workers, a digital health card (powered by Near Field Communication technology) for the beneficiaries, and a dashboard and automated community engagement platform for health officials. In village-based health camps where connectivity is absent, health workers can review medical history, give informed care, and update the medical record by a simple tap on their smartphones, with the beneficiary’s health care information. This card not only stores the medical history but can also store the biometric template of the beneficiary to facilitate offline authentication and beneficiary ownership over their biometric record. Beyond health care, the system is notable for dialect-specific, automated voice call reminders.

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/How-this-NGO-is-Getting-Tech-Enabled-Community-Health-Monitoring-Right-in Rajasthan

Saving 3.5 Billion Dollars Annually Through Flood Forecasting-Systems

An effective global flood forecasting system can prevent

43% of the fatalities and 35% of the economic damages. This piece looks at how the Central Water Commission has been engaging with Google to send out alerts to people which helped save lives. It helped 200 million people across 250,000 square kilometres—more than 20X, the previous year.

“It is important to direct AI advances for social good like public health, communities, education and road safety….Despite facing the challenge

of fairness, we should at least avoid bias in an intervention.”

- Professor Milind Tambe,Professor Computer Science & Director CRCS at Harvard

University & Director - AI for Social Good, Google

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also sends out alerts to teachers for follow-up action. The article explored this particular use case and the potential of AI’s application on mental health.

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/computer-vision- window-to-one’s-soul?

GPU + CPU= A New Era in High-Performance Computing and AI

In what is touted to be the biggest semiconductor deal ever made,

US chipmaker NVIDIA announced that it would be acquiring Cambridge-based Arm for $40bn in a part cash-part stock deal. This combination brings together NVIDIA’s leading AI computing platform with Arm’s vast ecosystem to create the premier computing company for the age of artificial intelligence, accelerating innovation while expanding into large, high-growth markets. This article explores how this deal can establish new standards in high-performance computing and AI, especially as countries await the arrival of 5G.

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/gpu-cpu-a-new- era-in-high-performance- computing-and-ai

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/saving-3.5-billion-dollars-annually-through-flood-forecasting-systems

Solving one of the Biggest Problems in Biology is AI’s Latest- Landmark-Moment-

In November 2020, it was announced that an AI program

called Alpha Fold has solved one of the biggest puzzles in biology, which is, predicting the protein folding structures based on the arrangement of amino acids. The cover-story analyses the significance of this achievement and what it means to both the AI world and the world of molecular biology and also showcases the huge potential to transform healthcare.

https://indiaai.gov.in/articles/decrypting-coronavirus-with-ai

Computer Vision - Window to One’s Soul?

The Responsible AI for Youth Program has been introduced in schools and enables young

people to solve real problems through AI. In one of the showcases, a 15-year-old girl used computer vision technology to identify instances of depression in her classmates. The application

People

As the world enters the 4th Industrial Revolution powered by AI and Machine Learning Technologies, a lot of ambiguity around the technology exists. In order to make sense of everything happening and to filter the signal from noise, one must seek the thoughts, analysis and opinions of experts and leaders. INDIAai did this through its editorial segment called Leading With AI, which featured AI thought leaders from India, sharing their insights on the AI-driven future and ideas on how India can get there. Some of the leaders. we interviewed:

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V Kamakoti: V Kamakoti of IIT Madras, who headed the country’s National Taskforce on AI was the first to be interviewed on the INDIAai platform. He explained the short history of AI while providing valuable advice to students and entrepreneurs who are looking to get started on AI.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/leading-with-ai-professor-v-kamakoti-chair-of-national-ai-task-force

Gargi B Dasgupta: IBM India’s Research Director and CTO Gargi B Dasgupta is one of the prominent names in India’s AI ecosystem, as a researcher and inventor, and a champion for gender equality. Her interview contained insightful information on enterprise AI, the challenges faced by India, as well as, the future of AI research including the scope of neuro symbolism.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/techvoice-how-ibm-is-advancing-application-of-ai-and-blockchain-for-industry

Aditi Garg: CEO of Indore Smart City Development Ltd. Aditi Garg has spearheaded the reconstruction of iconic landmarks like Rajwada

Palace and Chhappan Dukaan using technology and has even managed to generate Rs. 50 lakhs in revenue through carbon credits for three waste-to-energy projects. She is optimistic about the use of AI and other technologies to make smart city development more robust, organised, and effective.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/betting-big-on-data-analytics-for-strides-in-smart-city-development

Anna Roy: Anna Roy, a Senior Advisor at NITI Aayog, who has led the development of National AI Strategy, approach paper on AIRAWAT - the AI Specific Cloud Computing Infrastructure, and the Responsible AI Principles, amongst several other policy initiatives. In a conversation with INDIAai, she explained India’s approach, opportunities and challenges in leveraging AI technology to solve real socio-economic problems faced by millions of people.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/anna-roy-senior-advisor-niti-aayog

Keshav R. Murugesh: Keshav R. Murugesh is the Group CEO, WNS, and Past Chairman, NASSCOM provides an exclusive insight into

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WNS’ strategies to pivot to an efficient WFH model, how COVID is a Supernova moment for Indian IT, the rise of AI-related skills in this time and preparing for a new paradigm in the future of work.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/india-inc-s-supernova-2x-moment-is-here

Rohini Srivathsa: Rohini Srivathsa, the National Technology Officer at Microsoft India, shares her in-depth insights and opinion on the role Artificial Intelligence in the new decade, especially from a post-COVID economic recovery perspective, and how we can channel the power of technology for social and economic transformation with INDIAai.

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Rajeev Sangal: Rajeev Sangal is a Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at IIIT Hyderabad. He was the first Director of IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and was the Director of IIIT Hyderabad for more than two terms. In his conversation with INDIAai he explains the importance of natural language translation and the National Language Translation Mission to India.

https://indiaai.gov.in/article/the-nlp-week-how-nltm-can-make-india-a-world-leader-in-speech-to-speech-translation

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Using AI to Predict Floods and Save Lives

The Google Flood Forecasting Initiative, in association with the

Central Water Commission (CWC), uses machine learning to provide accurate real-time flood forecasting information and alerts to those in affected regions. This is made possible through AI and physics-based modelling which create accurate and scalable inundation models in real-world settings. Their alert-targeting model allows identifying areas at risk of flooding at an unprecedented scale using end-to-end machine learning models and data that is publicly available globally. The CWC uses these forecasts to prepare for disaster management and relief efforts. First piloted in the Patna region of Bihar in 2018, this initiative has been extended to the whole of India by 2020, covering 200 million people across more than 250,000 sq km. to improve the targeting of every alert the government sends. To date, around 30 million notifications have been sent to people in flood-affected areas.

Beating Breast Cancer Through AI-Enabled Early Detection Software

The mortality rate of Indian women from breast cancer is as high as

50%. NIRAMAI – Non-Invasive Risk Assessment with Machine Intelligence – has developed a novel breast cancer screening solution to increase the chances of survival rates by aiding accurate and early detection. The core of the solution is Thermalytix – a computer-aided diagnostic engine that can detect tumours five times smaller than what

clinical exams can detect. Big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are leveraged to analyse the patient’s breast health condition, automatically generating a report listing certain unique parameters and recommending a breast health score. It is a low cost, accurate, automated, portable cancer screening tool that can be operated by a simple clinician. Unlike mammography, this imaging method is radiation-free, non-touch, not painful, and works for women of all ages.

AI for Smart Monitoring of Roads, Infrastructure, and Traffic

Nayan is an AI-powered engine for high-precision monitoring

of roads and traffic that uses a video feed from smartphone apps of drivers. Other ways for real-time data collection include sources such as street cameras, drone cameras, and highway CCTVs. It is a useful model for smart mobility that can be used for smart city planning, travel route planning, accident claim settlements, insurance leads, women’s safety, and crime vigilance. The data is analysed using sophisticated AI algorithms to provide near real-time monitoring of traffic violations, infrastructural issues, and road hazards. The start-up is also supporting over 100 families by providing daily income for sharing the visual data through their smartphone apps. Nayan has entered into strategic partnerships with various government departments in India, such as Delhi Police, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Telangana Government Leveraging the Power of AI and ML for Pensioners

Getting the annual life certificate is a cumbersome

task for pensioners as they have to travel long distances to a government establishment to give proof of liveness and to establish identity. The Telengana government has scrapped

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INDIAai regularly profiles successful use cases of artificial intelligence in the form of case studies, which describe in detail how a problem is solved using AI-based tools and technology. We have covered a versatile range of AI applications as case studies, showcasing the enormous potential of this disruptive technology to drive human welfare at scale.

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the old system and replaced it with an app-based authentication. All that is needed is a smartphone and internet, and by uploading a freshly-taken selfie on the app, the pensioners can bypass the otherwise tedious process of visiting the local Treasury Department to get the pension.

Boosting Road Safety by Detecting Drowsy and Distracted Drivers Through AI

Driver drowsiness, fatigue, and distraction at the wheel are often the cause of serious accidents worldwide. According to a study done by the Central Road Research Institute, drowsy drivers are responsible for 40% of the total road accidents. Automotive and fleet management organisations are challenged with addressing the humungous safety issue arising due to driver drowsiness and distraction. PathPartner’s driver monitoring solution, using a single low-power in-vehicle camera and advanced AI and deep learning technologies,

provides a reliable solution for driver drowsiness and inattention detection. It alerts the driver, to reduce the chances of serious accidents and thus providing a safer and comfortable drive.

AI for Studying Wildlife Behaviour

Cameras hidden in wildlife habitats allow researchers to capture photos and videos of

animals in their natural surroundings, without the disruption of humans or captivity. But the vast amount of visual data from these projects creates a new challenge: How can we sift through millions of frames to find and label animals? Zamba Cloud’s machine learning model makes it possible to automatically identify animals in videos, making it easier, more affordable, and faster for researchers and conservationists to study camera trap footage.

Read more case studies here: https://indiaai.gov.in/case-studies

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Profiling the Indian AI Landscape

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Start-ups

We are truly living in the age of artificial intelligence where this cutting-edge technology has become the new normal which is being adopted in every industry and walks of life. AI has become an integral part of industries such as retail, healthcare, fin-tech, infrastructure, and even agriculture. In fact, it has become the survival tool in a market that has become highly competitive and technology-driven. Luckily, India is still at the cusp of rapid developments in AI and can utilize this unique situation in its favour to spur business as well as social transformation.

The Indian AI market is presently valued at $6.4 billion and is poised for an exponential boom as more and more businesses are adopting AI-led technologies. In addition to this, the country is home to innumerable start-ups that are revolutionizing the functional and operational systems of various sectors and industries.

With an increasing number of start-ups being founded each quarter, the portal has taken the initiative of listing start-ups across multiple domains that are not only unique in their ideas, but also provide diversified products or services offering. We have listed a few such start-ups below.

Haptik

Haptik is a Conversational AI company offering chatbot solutions for publishers, advertisers,

enterprises, and consumers. For publishers, it offers Software Development Kit which can be integrated by any app to enable utility and transactions’ chatbots; for advertisers the solution enables them to engage users on Haptik’s publisher network through chatbots. For enterprises, the solution tool kit facilitates businesses in deploying chatbots to automate customer support across their website, Facebook messenger or mobile apps. Consumers, too, can avail of a 24x7 chat-based personal assistant that helps users with tasks like booking cabs or flight tickets, etc. Haptik has reached over 100 million devices, processed over 2 Billion conversations. In 2019, Reliance Jio Digital acquired an 87% stake for Rs 700 crore. Some of the prominent clients of Haptik include Coca-Cola, HDFC Life, Samsung, KFC, and Tata Group.

Niramai

Niramai or Non-Invasive Risk Assessment with Machine Intelligence, a healthcare start-up, provides a cost-efficient way to detect breast cancer and is a better alternative to the existing method of mammography which requires a high capital cost. Niramai offers solutions that enable automated analysis and better interpretation of thermal images, using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This can save a lot of time and give more accurate results. The company provides its solution broadly into two categories: a screening operation solution, and an enterprise solution.

CoRover

CoRover, Conversational AI Platform, with proprietary cognitive AI technology, offers managed Chatbot as a Service (with Self-Onboarding support as well) to help enterprises generate revenue, save cost, improve customer experience and operational efficiency. The company has won the trust of many large enterprises like Google, Accenture, and Microsoft and has been selected in the TOP 10 ASSOCHAM 4th ICT Awards for 2020. It has also won the AatmaNirbharBharat App innovation challenge launched by the PM of India.

“Artificial Intelligence is catalyzing the tech landscape

and keeps pushing the boundaries of what we think is possible; and, it’s impacting

every sector.” -Shri Amitabh Kant,

CEO, NITI Aayog

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CompaniesCropIn

CropIn is an intuitive, intelligent, self-evolving system that delivers future-ready farming solutions to the entire agricultural sector. It delivers decision-making tools that bring consistency, dependability, and sustainability to agri-businesses. With capabilities of live reporting, analysis, interpretation, and insights that span across geographies, CropIn is digitizing every farm, while data-managing the entire ecosystem. Their smart agri solutions are powered in real-time for people to archive patterns, predict trends and make a blueprint for businesses in the times to come.

OncoStem

OncoStem Diagnostics was founded with the vision of developing innovative multimarker prognostic & predictive tests to enable personalized treatment planning for patients with Cancer. OncoStem’s mission is to become the leading Oncology Diagnostics Company of the 21st century. OncoStem’s focus is on developing tests to identify patterns of recurrence in various cancers. While most cancer treatment is primarily geared toward preventing cancer recurrence, the knowledge of a patient’s risk of recurrence is critical in tailoring personalized therapeutic strategies. OncoStem’s first focus has been the development of CanAssist-Breast which identifies the risk of recurrence in patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. Similar tests in Oral, Lung, and Colorectal Cancer are under development. OncoStem’s long-term goal is to improve cancer treatment using precision medicine tools.

To know more about India’s AI startups, visit this link: https://indiaai.gov.in/start-up

India has always been the preferred destination for the global outsourcing market for IT companies so much so that in due course of time she has become the digital capabilities hub that houses more than 70% of global digital talent. To give a glimpse of the Indian IT powerhouse, it can be stated that about 200 Indian IT firms are present in around 80 countries and have continuously attracted billions of foreign investments in the last two decades. Such home-grown IT companies have exhibited their capabilities in delivering top-notch services to global clients and opened a gamut of opportunities for them. In addition to this, the four Indian IT companies i.e., Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and HCL employ more than a million worldwide with a special focus on digitally skilled talent.

Sensing a great opportunity in this area, the government left no stone unturned to promote the IT and ITeS sector in India by allocating funds and setting up a national portal to enable and leverage enhanced technological development in the country. In this context, it will be beneficial to have a brief overview of the three IT majors in the country on INDIAai.

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TCS

TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services. These comprise application development and maintenance, business intelligence, enterprise solutions, assurance services, engineering and industrial services, infrastructure services, consulting, asset leveraged solutions, and business process services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model (GNDM). The company has made significant investments in emerging technology platforms in recent years, such as cognitive computing. Its cognitive computing offering consists of a set of turnkey tools that provides AI-driven business insights to high-tech companies. These solutions use cognitive computing and big data analytics to shorten business process lifecycles.

One of the key AI initiatives is the CASA platform that has automated account opening and KYC services platform that helps banks to improve their turnaround time. Federal Bank, a Kerala headquartered private bank, chose TCS to reimagine its account opening and KYC processes.

Wipro

WIPRO Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services. In recent years, Wipro has shifted focus to AI and related technologies. Their AI offering provides enterprises with capability that improves their profitability and brings innovation using new-age techniques such as computer vision, natural language processing, clustering, advanced machine learning, and automation.

A key AI initiative undertaken is the AIOps solutions where Wipro collaborated with Moogsoft to offer next-generation artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) solutions. Moogsoft’s AIOps platform, powered by machine learning algorithms, helps IT teams in the real-time detection and remediation of IT incidents across applications, networks and IT infrastructure, ensuring continuous service delivery for customers. Under this partnership, Wipro HOLMES (Wipro’s AI and Automation

platform) will provide end-to-end capabilities in AIOps transformation.

Infosys

In recent years, Infosys has made a shift towards helping businesses solve complex problems across IT and operations with AI-powered core services. Furthermore, the company has developed, acquired, and funded numerous ventures and initiatives in artificial intelligence and machine learning through its Innovation Fund. Their AI and machine learning platform called Nia, and the AI framework for operational excellence called KRTI 4.0 are two such examples. While Nia was built to help businesses streamline data management and automate complex processes, the framework for KRTI 4.0 was developed to overcome some of the complex and expensive lifecycle management challenges faced by industries, utilities, and infrastructure organizations, across operational technology (OT) systems.

Fractal

Fractal is one of the most prominent players in the Artificial Intelligence space. Fractal’s mission is to power every human decision in the enterprise and it uses the power of AI to help the world’s most admired Fortune 100 companies. Fractal’s products include Qure.ai to assist radiologists to

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Microsoft

In the world of modern computing, there are not many names that can boast a legacy as Microsoft, which revolutionised personal computing with its products such as Windows. Today, in the era of AI, Microsoft has reinvented itself as one of the leaders. Microsoft AI unites the abilities of computers with human acumen to mould industries and enhance performance and safety. From agriculture to healthcare and banking to retail, Microsoft is changing the industries with extraordinary technology intervention using Azure AI.

IBM

has been a leader in advancing AI-driven technologies for enterprises for decades and has pioneered the future of machine learning systems for various industries. Based on decades of AI research and years of experience working with organizations of all sizes, IBM has become one of the topmost leaders when it comes to successful artificial intelligence deployments. In the early 90s, IBM created the landmark moment in AI history when its Deep Blue beat then world

make better diagnostic decisions, Cuddle.ai to assists CEOs and senior executives make better tactical and strategic decisions; Theremin.ai to improve investment decisions and Eugenie.ai to find anomalies in high-velocity data.

Zoho

With 45+ apps in nearly every major business category, including sales, marketing, customer support, accounting and back-office operations, and an array of productivity and collaboration tools, Zoho is one of the world’s most prolific software companies. Zoho’s Zia is a result of almost 10 years of deep R&D. Zia has multiple functionalities like grammar correction, translation, sentiment analysis, phishing detection, parses, voice assistant, seasonality detection, NLP, malicious file detection, forecasting, anomalous behaviour, trend detection, OCR, language prediction, facial recognition, root cause analysis, product recommendation, data cleaning, Anomalous Behaviour, object detection, malicious URL detection, classifiers, and keyword extraction. Each of these functionalities has great depth. These capabilities are added to various Zoho products.

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chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a chess match, only a decade later to accomplish a similar feat with IBM’s Watson beating champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter at Jeopardy! Today, IBM Watson gives enterprises the AI tools they need to transform their business systems and workflows, while significantly improving automation and efficiency.

Google

Google is synonymous with the internet and information. Started in 1998 as a search engine, Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Today, AI has become one of the core pillars of the company in solving problems for its users, customers, and the world. Many of Google’s AI-powered products from Google Assistant to Google Translate has become an essential part of our daily lives. Furthermore, AI is also used to find new ways of looking at existing problems, from rethinking healthcare to advancing scientific discovery. The core of Google’s AI approach is its research in a wide variety of venues, and open source tools and systems, like TensorFlow. Google also owns the revolutionary AI startup DeepMind, whose AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, the world champion Go player, in a five-game match in 2016, triggering a new era in AI.

Intel

Intel’s mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world. By pushing forward in fields like AI, analytics and cloud-to-edge technology, Intel’s work is at the heart of countless innovations. From major breakthroughs like self-driving cars and rebuilding the coral reefs, to things that make everyday life better like blockbuster effects and improved shopping experiences — they are all powered by Intel technology

NVIDIA

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market and has redefined modern computer graphics, high performance computing and artificial intelligence. The company’s pioneering work in accelerated computing and AI is reshaping trillion-dollar industries, such as transportation, healthcare and manufacturing, and fuelling the growth of many others.

To know more on AI initiatives from Indian companies, visit this link: https://indiaai.gov.in/companies.

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Knowledge Assets

“Almost all industries in the past captured resources and

went to great lengths to protect them and continued to extract value to the maximum extent

possible. This kind of approach was everywhere and silos were the natural consequence. In the

Fourth Industrial Revolution, we can no longer grow with a siloed mindset and solutions will have to be accessible to

propagate this whole big idea of democratization. AI has

overtaken the world of creativity as well to create replicas of

Great Masters such as Vincent Van Gogh.”

- Vala Afshar,Chief Digital Evangelist at

Salesforce

Responsible AI Start-up survey

Through a responsible AI start-up survey, INDIAai was able to analyse and provide a brief overview of where Indian startups stand in terms of responsible AI principles. The survey included 30 of the prominent start-ups and questions featured concepts such as bias in data sets, intellectual property, regulatory framework etc, in relation to the development of responsible AI.

INDIAai 21 Women in ‘21

AI Standards

As the world enters a new AI-powered era, with the technology growing exponentially week-by-week, the importance of responsible AI principles is very significant. In an effort to understand the global ‘mindset’ on AI deployment, INDIAai collated AI standards across twenty of the major AI countries namely the US, China, UK, Canada, France, and Japan. INDIAai also developed a comparative maturity index on standards such as strategy, intellectual priority rights, ethics and human rights, transparency etc., in relation to AI technologies.

21 Women in ‘21

To celebrate International Women’s Day in 2021, INDIAai published 21 women in ‘21 Compendium. It featured twenty-one Indian women from the domain of AI, who has demonstrated excellence in their respective career journeys. The compendium featured leaders from Government, India’s IT industry, startups, and professionals who made a successful career switch to AI.

AI Patent Booklet

Patents are considered as one of the primary ways of measuring innovation and since 2012, India has witnessed almost 10 times growth in AI-related patent filing. At present the country ranks 8th in terms of AI patents and through this booklet, INDIAai explored some of the interesting AI patents granted by conducting an exclusive interview with the inventors of those patents.

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The domain of AI is huge both in breadth and width and there is a large array of tasks that AI can accomplish. It is mind-boggling to see how much AI has achieved in the last 10 years and has become a hot topic for discussion, conversation, and research. As far as research is concerned, AI is considered a very broad area and there are multiple types of research happening across the whole spectrum: be it NLP, speech recognition, computer vision, image processing, or speech technology. Keeping this in mind, the INDIAai portal keeps a track of the AI-related researches (a broad-perspective one) that are happening both at the national and international level and provides a summarized view of the report.

Research Reports

The summarized version comes in handy for those who would like to be updated on the latest happenings in the field of AI research in a time-bound manner. This section also houses vision documents, working and white papers as well as thought leadership reports. In addition to this, one can also find various state policies and initiatives taken to adopt AI for good governance and service delivery. In addition to the above, one can also follow the latest research reports published by the Big 4s such as PwC, EY as well as multilaterals, international NGOs, and think-tanks namely WEF, European Commission, and NITI Aayog.

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OtherHighlights

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Crowdsourcing Content

In the past six months, INDIAai has received more than 500 content collaborations requests from students, professionals, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. A significant number of requests came through crowdsourcing and over 80 content pieces including articles, case studies, start-up profiles, people profiles and course information have been published as a result.

AI Recommendation Engine

INDIAai implemented an AI-powered recommendation engine that provides the visitors and readers content recommendations based on their previous activities. This has further helped the portal to engage the users, converting them become regular visitors of the site as well as improving session durations.

Community Building Through User Contributed Content

One of the latest features added to the site gives users the ability to sign up and create their own user profiles on the portal. These user profiles can be used by the visitors to create new content and upload it to the INDIAai backend, which will then be reviewed by the content team and published under the user profile names. This feature has improved content sourcing activity on INDIAai and allows the users to create and publish their content on a coveted AI knowledge platform.

New Hompage

In the last one year, INDIAai held interviews with many of its users to understand their activity, content consumption and behaviour patterns with regard to the portal. The feedbacks and

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suggestions gained from the users were then reviewed and implemented lending a new look and feel to the INDIAai homepage.

Taking those suggestions into consideration, changes had been initiated to the look and feel as well as the content on the INDIAai homepage. Although, the maintenance of quality and relevance of the content on the portal is an ongoing process; we’re continually looking for inputs from the ecosystem.

User Responses

Here’s what the audience of INDIAai community says about the content on INDIAai:

• How K-Means Clustering works? (https://indiaai .gov. in/ar t icle/how-k-means-clustering-works)

Nicely explained the k-means clustering concept in simple terms! Thanks! Expecting more posts! - Sathya Sathishkumar

• AI could be our radiologists of the future, amid a healthcare staff crisis (https://indiaai.gov.in/article/ai-could-be-our-radiologists-of-the-future-amid-a-healthcare-staff-crisis) The blog was absolutely fantastic! Lots of excellent information that can be useful in

one way or another. Keep updating the blog, waiting for more content … Good job, keep it up. – Dr. Devi Kumar

• How AI-powered drones are changing the agritech landscape in India (https://indiaai.gov.in/article/how-ai-powered-drones-are-changing-the-agritech-landscape-in-india)

I think the articles on drones will lead to a drastic change in Indian agriculture about awareness, since most of the farmers in today’s world are using these such techniques. - Shubham Kumar

• AI for optimising irrigation (https://indiaai.gov. in/case-study/ai-for-optimising-irrigation)

AI gives an another direction for the Agricultural students. Be prepared for the revolution students. Now is our Time.

• Preparing India’s young minds for AI (https://indiaai.gov.in/article/preparing-india-s-young-minds-for-ai)

We are together in this AI revolution; India will explore AI and make the world a better place to live. - Rajat Prasad

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• AI-fueled India: How states can drive ground-level adoption (https://indiaai.gov.in/article/ai-fueled-india-how-states-can-drive-ground-level-adoption)

Great Insider view and scope of AI. Thanks for sharing - Jatin Sukhija

• AI is ubiquitous: 10 sectors being transformed using AI (https://indiaai.gov.in/article/ai-is-ubiquitous-10-sectors-being-transformed-using-ai)

This article is a great example that shows how AI can change the world. - Deepak Shende

Some Notable Names Following INDIAai

Some of the names that have shown their support on social media.

• Dr. Rohini Srivathsa - National Technology Officer (CTO) - Microsoft India

• Jen Stirrup - Founder & CEO Of Data Relish, Recognized as Top 50 Global Women In Tech

• Dalith Steiger- Co-Founder of Swiss Cognitive• Landing AI – Founded by Andrew Ng• Nigel Wilson – Founder, Awaken AI• Dr. Sally Eaves- Senior Policy Advisor,

Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research• Jagdish Mitra- Tech Mahindra Chief Strategy

Officer & Head of Growth• Sriram Rajamani - Managing Director,

Microsoft Research India• Karthik – President & COO, CYIENT• Milind Tambe – Director, AI for Social Good,

Google India• Nikhil Malhotra - Global head of innovation at

Tech Mahindra• Sindhu Gangadharan - SVP & MD, SAP Labs

India• Santosh Misra - CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance

Agency, & Commissioner of e-Governance, Govt of Tamil Nadu

• Atul Batra - CTO, Manthan• Kirk Borne - Principal Data Scientist BoozAllen

& Big Data Data Science, AI Influencer

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Looking Forward

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Looking Forward

Since its launch on May 30, 2020, INDIAai has focused on providing high-quality editorial and research content with valuable information and insights. Currently, the portal provides content in text, audio and video format. A key goal of the portal in 2021 is to double down on high-quality video content, as videos have become the main form of content consumption. In addition to the current video conversations, INDIAai will provide more in-depth interviews, explainers, and case studies in video format.

The second area for the portal focus in the second year is to create knowledge assets of top AI applications and innovations coming out of India, with a special focus on social innovations. These efforts will help us towards building an AI innovation index for India that will demonstrate the country’s progress in AI year on year.

More in-depth surveys of India’s AI ecosystem and the latest developments arising from it, in terms of research, products and initiatives is

A key goal of the portal in 2021 is to double down

on high-quality video content, as videos have

become the main form of content consumption.

Since its launch on May 30, 2020, INDIAai has focused on providing

high-quality editorial and research content with

valuable information and insights.

the third area the portal will be emphasising its focus on. This includes providing more detailed information on start-ups, to encourage the entrepreneur community to invest and build more AI-centric businesses.

And finally, broadcasting opinions and insights from India’s as well as the world’s best AI minds will be another major focus area. These include corporate leaders, researchers, ethicists, thought leaders, government officials, and entrepreneurs. The content and analysis provided by these thought leaders will work to provide the basis for policy interventions towards better governance of AI in India.

In the last year, INDIAai was able to establish itself as a reliable source of information on AI for Indians, and we expect to highlight the portal’s expertise and resources on a global scale in the coming years.

Thank you. Team INDIAai

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