Vision Digital India, A.P. govt. sign MoU to set up AI training centres

Vision Digital India Chairman Harikrishna Maram presents a portrait to Minister for IT and Education Nara Lokesh at the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam on Friday.

Vision Digital India, Bengaluru, will set up artificial intelligence (AI) training centres in selected educational institutions in association with the Andhra Pradesh government.

Company chairman Harikrishna Maram signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State government in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Minister for IT and Education Nara Lokesh at the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam. He exchanged the MoU documents with Mr. Lokesh.

In a press release on Friday, Mr. Harikrishna said the initiative would provide practical AI training to thousands of youngsters in Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and other parts of the State.

He said human intelligence would remain more powerful than artificial intelligence and that AI would not take away jobs, despite the initial challenges posed by technological advancements. He added that his company had already signed MoUs with several educational institutions in Vizianagaram and expressed hope that the proposed training facilities would benefit students from marginalised sections as well.