IIT-Madras signs MoU with TN e-Governance agency

  • | Tuesday | 9th October, 2018

“"Governments need to tap the power of artificial intelligence, blockchain and drones in addressing the needs of their citizens," he added. We need to deliver the services to people even before they ask. Besides this, periodic hackathons and workshops involving students in the areas of data science and ICT might be conducted, the release added.Santhosh Babu said, “Today governance needs to move from demand mode of service delivery to predictive mode of service delivery. CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is all set to collaborate with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency TNeGA ) for enhancing data- driven governance.Through this engagement, the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) at IIT-M has agreed to support the state government's various data science and ICT-related challenges.The Centre would collaborate with multiple state government agencies including education, healthcare and agriculture, said an official release.Santhosh K Misra, chief executive officer of TNeGA, nodal agency to support and drive all e-Governance initiatives of the government, and professor Ravindra Gettu, dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT-M signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) in connection with this here on Tuesday.State IT minister M Manikandan and IT secretary Santhosh Babu were also present at the event.Through specific projects, the parties involved will develop products, decision-support systems and provide insights from data.

CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is all set to collaborate with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency TNeGA ) for enhancing data- driven governance.Through this engagement, the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) at IIT-M has agreed to support the state government's various data science and ICT-related challenges.The Centre would collaborate with multiple state government agencies including education, healthcare and agriculture, said an official release.Santhosh K Misra, chief executive officer of TNeGA, nodal agency to support and drive all e-Governance initiatives of the government, and professor Ravindra Gettu, dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT-M signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) in connection with this here on Tuesday.State IT minister M Manikandan and IT secretary Santhosh Babu were also present at the event.Through specific projects, the parties involved will develop products, decision-support systems and provide insights from data. Besides this, periodic hackathons and workshops involving students in the areas of data science and ICT might be conducted, the release added.Santhosh Babu said, “Today governance needs to move from demand mode of service delivery to predictive mode of service delivery. We need to deliver the services to people even before they ask. “"Governments need to tap the power of artificial intelligence, blockchain and drones in addressing the needs of their citizens," he added.

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