IIT Roorkee Launches New School for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

The Roorkee Indian Institute of Technology cooperates with the Mehta Family Foundation (MFF) in the United States to build the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, and Mr. Rahul Mehta, Managing Director, Mehta Family Foundation, USA, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations in the presence of Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Scientific Advisor Principal, Government of India, and Prof. Sandeep Verma, Secretary, Scientific and Technical Research Council, Government of India.

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Prof. Sandeep Verma, Secretary of the Government of India’s Scientific and Technical Research Council, said: “I am confident that this collaboration between IIT Roorkee and Mehta Family Basis will provide students with a solid theoretical and practical foundation. IIT Roorkee is a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and data science, and this MoU with the Mehta Family Foundation will help create knowledge and information resource centers.

The new School will offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs as a result of this collaboration, and the first cohort of bachelor’s students will begin classes in September 2022. The School’s goal is to generate new talent skilled in data fields. science and artificial intelligence, as well as empowering the existing workforce by providing targeted training and certification in these areas.

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Mr. Rahul Mehta, CEO of Mehta Family Foundation, USA, said: “Our world is undergoing rapid transformation thanks to technology based on artificial intelligence. Academic cooperation such as this between international academics and IIT Roorkee will develop people capable of solving global problems such as climate change, resource sustainability and security.
The Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence further supports the Government of India’s Make-in-India and Atma-Nirbhar efforts by fostering entrepreneurship and business in the fields of data science and intelligence. artificial and by creating resource centers for the sharing of information and knowledge.

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