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Kerala's 1st AI & robotics research centre to come up in Kollam
The New Indian Express Kannur
|June 26, 2025
KERALA'S FIRST artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics research institute - Zoho Research and Development Centre - will begin operations in Neduvathur on July 2. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the facility.
The centre, set up by IT major Zoho Corporation, is expected to employ 250 people in its first phase. Finance Minister K N Balagopal, who visited the facility on Tuesday to review preparations, said the project would open up opportunities in the fields of AI and robotics. "Kerala is a land rich in resources. This creates significant potential for industr
This story is from the June 26, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kannur.
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