AICTE Forms Panel to Embed AI Across Academic Courses

In a move to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all streams of technical education, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has established a committee to explore the lateral expansion of AI and applied AI beyond conventional programmes like BTech in Computer Science.

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AICTE chairman Prof TG Sitharam informed that the committee is chaired by Anand Deshpande, Managing Director of Persistent Systems, and comprises experts from IITs, NITs, and other premier institutions specializing in AI.

"We are putting one more committee to introduce AI laterally across the programmes, especially Applied AI. The committee is chaired by Anand Deshpande. There are experts from IIT and NIT who also work in AI. We wanted them to advise how we can spread AI laterally, spread the curriculum in all streams," Sitharam said.