The GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT) at Rajam, Srikakulam region in Andhra Pradesh today declared the initiation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory. The office has been set up with the expectation to give preparing and accreditation on AI applications advancement to its understudies and staff through another educational program.
Mr. G M Rao, Chairman, GMR Group, and Mr. G B S Raju, Business Chairman, GMR Airports e-initiated the office on July 25.
The research center is prepared to offer Specialized preparing in Artificial Intelligence and related advancements to understudies of all parts of Engineering. The understudies will take up ventures having a social effect in Healthcare, Social Media, Business Analytics, Customer administrations, and Security Surveillance with this Accelerated Computing office. Keeping in see that AI will before long be a fundamental component for computerization over all the parts of a building, GMRIT has set up this research facility for its understudies so they can procure and outfit themselves with the essential ranges of abilities in AI advancements, and be prepared for new-age business openings.
The educational program is planned with the most extreme consideration with a between disciplinary system by consolidating front line advances with help from the business specialists that upgrade the essential information and abilities. Further, the courses (AI, Blockchain, Data Analytics, Digital Manufacturing, Building Information Modeling, Electric Vehicle Technology, Robotics, and Industrial Automation) are presented as a lifelong way for all parts of designing. Likewise, the educational plan is tuned with the requirements of the Jobs Landscape – 2020 of the World Economic Forum (WEC). This AI research centre is set up with a High-Performance Computing office with NVIDIA QUADRO RTX6000 workstations and P1000 work areas.
Remarking at the dispatch of the research center, Mr. G B S Raju, Business Chairman, GMR Airports, said “GMRIT has made a noteworthy stride in building up a select lab to acquaint its understudies with AI learning courses. Artificial intelligence has its impressions and applications spread in all divisions. It is a snapshot of pride as we grew such a creative preparing based learning approach for understudies and instructors. The goal of this activity is to help address a portion of those difficulties by planning one of the most available and thorough doors for understudies to start their AI venture. The objective is to present the primary abilities of AI in understudies to make them buyers of AI, however makers also.”
In the course of recent years, there has been a 60 percent ascend sought after for AI learning specialists in the business. The size of this part in India is assessed to grow by up to $16 billion by 2025. While the interest of experts in this field is essentially high, most Indian organizations feel that the lack of gifted experts is hindering their appropriation of AI in business.
GMRIT was confirmed by A-Grade accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grant Commission (UGC) for the ensuing second time. An ISO 9001:2008 affirmed foundation, it has accomplished numerous esteemed honors including, “Extraordinary Engineering Institute South” grant by the Vijayavani National Education Leadership Awards, “AAA+ Grade” via Career 360 magazine, “Among top 100 T schools in India” by Dataquest, “Best school in Engineering from the State of Andhra Pradesh-2015” by VIT University, Vellore among others.
