What is in news : IIT-Delhi announced the launch of M.Tech in Machine Intelligence & Data Science (MINDS) to be offered by the School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI)

Details :

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has established an independent ‘School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI)’ on its campus, which aims to cement IIT Delhi’s leadership position in India and considerably improve its global standing.
• MINDS
  • Is slated to be a flagship educational programme for the school and is expected to begin in July 2022.
  • Is planned as an industry-sponsored programme.
• The students will be expected to work on industry-relevant AI problems, since they will be co-advised by an IIT-Delhi professor and a researcher from the sponsoring company.
• All students with an undergraduate degree in science or engineering will be eligible for the MINDS programme
• ScAI currently lists around 40 faculty members, including adjunct faculty members from industry research centres like Microsoft Research, Google AI, and IBM Research.