University of Birmingham supports Government of Maharashtra

The University of Birmingham is partnering with the Government of Maharashtra to arrange a specialist Research and Innovation Hub to sort out challenges in key state precedence areas together with agriculture and healthcare, utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Mr. Shailendra Deolankar, Director, Higher Education, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra and Professor Adam Tickell, Vice- Chancellor of the University of Birmingham signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start work on establishing the centre.

Working with technique associate Ernst & Young, the settlement brings collectively three State Public Universities together with Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon; COEP Technological University, Pune; and Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, through the preliminary part of the challenge.

As half of this initiative, the Department of Higher and Technical schooling has additionally constituted a ‘Maharashtra Responsible Research and Innovation Taskforce’ (MSRRIT) to successfully monitor the analysis exercise within the state, ideate on interventions to enhance high quality of analysis and construct out SoPs for conducting analysis in addition to collaborating with different International and National our bodies.

Researchers from the associate universities have recognized two themes involving the event of AI methods utilizing Natural Language Processing to:

• Automatically extract data from scientific information in Marathi, Hindi and different Indian languages after which classify utilizing Machine Learning algorithms to offer insights and enhancements in healthcare and affected person outcomes.
• Provide agricultural extension companies to the State’s farmers in Marathi, Hindi, and different Indian languages by creating AI Chatbots that may converse, reply questions and clarify ideas expressed in these languages.

The partnership goals to develop a wealthy setting of collaborative analysis between the University of Birmingham, and the state funded universities within the fields of AI and Data Science. There will even be alternatives for PhD analysis.

Following yesterday’s signing ceremony in Mumbai, Professor Adam Tickell commented:

“The University of Birmingham is a worldwide ‘civic’ college and we’re dedicated to forging significant analysis partnerships in India that display our dedication to the nation as a strategic associate.

“India is pursuing excellence in AI fashions, strategies, and inventive use of information. We stay up for working with the Government of Maharashtra, and our Indian educational counterparts to create impactful analysis that may assist to form state coverage on the adoption and use of AI in the important thing areas of healthcare and agriculture.

“We imagine that this partnership will enhance data and understanding about how AI and information science can drive innovation which higher serves Indian society and the broader world.”

The companions will work collectively to determine an AI Research and Innovation Hub inside Maharashtra and entice funding from state authorities, business, and different businesses to help progressive collaborative analysis between consultants on the three state universities and the University of Birmingham.

Vikas Rastogi, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra commented:

Through the AI Research and Innovation Hub, the State goals to determine a brand new mannequin for collaborative analysis that leverages the experience of native researchers together with International counterparts to develop progressive options to state precedence areas.”

Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Partner, Strategy and Transactions at EY commented:
“This is a superb initiative by the Government of Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Responsible Research and Innovation Taskforce and the University of Birmingham collectively could possibly clear up issues of scale utilizing expertise to profit the bigger inhabitants.”