India: UP govt assigns IIT Kanpur & FICCI to set up AIIDE-CoE in NOIDA

Kanpur: The state government has assigned IIT Kanpur and FICCI to establish  the Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship Centre of Excellence (AIIDE-CoE) in NOIDA.

It will help nurture and incubate 250 startups from the AI/ML domain over a period of five years.

The centre will develop the startup ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh in the field of artificial intelligence and help bridge the gap between academia and industries.

Prof AR Harish, dean, research and development at IIT Kanpur, chairing the governing body of the AIIDE-CoE initiative said, that the website is an integral part of this unique initiative as the centre of excellence. 

Nikhil Agarwal, CEO, AIIDE-CoE, said, 'We are delighted to take AI/ML to every stakeholder who can potentially benefit from this initiative.

Arvind Kumar, additional chief secretary, IT and Electronics, UP, said, 'The Uttar Pradesh government will continue to provide all necessary support required to ensure best-in-class entrepreneurship ecosystem and handholding startups operating in the domain of AI/ML.'