Celebrating the 175th year of its foundation, Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), today announced a strategic collaboration with Deloitte, a leader in AI, to deliver rigorous, immersive programmes in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that are designed to build’s the next generation workforce.
AIM OF THE PARTNERSHIP
This partnership aims to revolutionise the industry-academia relationship and that will help in bridging the talent gap and nurture future leaders with a high level of AI proficiency. Under this partnership, Deloitte will offer fellowships and a work-study programme for IIT Roorkee students to work on AI and Advanced Analytics.
This collaboration will play a pivotal role in providing technical manpower and know-how to students on new-age tools and create a roadmap for the future of AI.
IIT Roorkee’s collaboration with Deloitte is in sync with the Digital India mission of the Government of India, which aims at boosting the AI-enabled technologies in every sector including governance, banking, education and health, etc.
The collaboration will focus on a prioritised set of initiatives in the AI space by way of design and deliver AI and machine learning certification courses to educate Deloitte employees.
This partnership will also promote AI fluency for aspiring students and the Indian community at large with online learning courses, thus enabling digital empowerment of citizens and talent pools.
While highlighting the importance of the collaboration with Deloitte, Professor Ajit K Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, said,
“The coming together of IIT Roorkee and Deloitte will create new opportunities for both of us. In fact, this partnership has the potential to strengthen the AI roadmap of India.”
“Deloitte is committed to developing new talent with the right skillsets to deliver on the benefits of AI for business and all of society,” said Jason Girzadas, Managing Principal, Businesses, Global and Strategic Services, Deloitte.
“As we look to facilitate our clients’ journeys to becoming AI-fueled organisations, the collaboration with IIT Roorkee will educate future business leaders, instilling AI proficiency designed to broaden the pool of business-ready, AI talent”, he added.
MEHTA FAMILY SCHOOL FOR DATA SCIENCE AND ML
Furthermore, IIT Roorkee has established Mehta Family School for Data Science and Machine Learning which offers MTech in Data Science and MTech in Artificial Intelligence.
It also offers PhD programme and it will begin offering a full-fledged BTech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence degree programme from the Autumn 2022 semester.
In addition, the school will offer minor specialisation in the area of data science and artificial intelligence to all the students of the institute.
Professor Manish Shrikhande, Dean SRIC IIT Roorkee, highlighted,
“IIT Roorkee focuses on being at the forefront of providing technical support to national and international projects related to AI and ML”, highlighted Professor Manish Shrikhande, Dean SRIC IIT Roorkee.
Source: indiatoday.in
