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The Hindu
3 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Committed to delivering AI-powered citizen services to one crore people by 2027: Minister
Telangana government is committed to delivering Artificial Intelligence-powered citizen services to one crore people by 2027, IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu said here on Monday. The aim is to harness AI to build a Telangana where citizen services reach people even before they seek, he said, adding the government believes in being proactive, transparent and forward-looking as opposed to one that reacts after a problem arises. $5 billion AI Hub Inaugurating a three-day training programme for government officials organised by the Emerging Technologies Wing of the IT Department at the Dr. MCR HRD Institute here, he said the government's vision is to make Telangana a hub for a $5 billion AI economy, which would generate thousands of new jobs. Initiatives such as an AI City, AI University and Telangana AI Innovation Hub are being developed to international standards to achieve this, he said. Babu said the State is the first in the country to launch an AI-driven Telangana Data Exchange (TGDeX) that is now serving as a role model for other States. Building on this momentum, the government is working to make over 300 citizen services across 20 departments available through AI-powered platforms. The Minister's office in a release on the 'AI-led Digital Transformation – Champions and Catalysts' training programme said 250 officials from 20 departments have been selected for specialised AI training. Over the next three months, the officials will be mentored by AI experts to help them integrate emerging technologies into governance and service delivery. Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, Special Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Secretary Bhavesh Mishra and other senior officials were present at the launch. A first-of-its-kind effort to institutionalise AI-readiness across the State's governance ecosystem, the programme aims to create internal capacity to harness AI for improving service delivery, operational efficiency, and policy effectiveness while fostering collaboration across departments and enabling scalable adoption of AI in governance. The programme will equip the officers with AI fundamentals, data readiness skills and exposure to no-code tools and agile solution development.
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
IT minister to launch AI Champions workshop today
HYDERABAD: The state government will launch one of India's largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) skilling programmes for governance, aimed at training over 180 nominated officers from various departments. The AI Champions & Catalysts Workshop, to be organised at the Dr MCR HRD Institute in Hyderabad, will be inaugurated by IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Monday. The programme, designed by the Emerging Technologies Wing of the ITE&C Department in collaboration with the Wadhwani Centre for Government Digital Transformation (WGDT), is being positioned as a first-of-its-kind effort to institutionalise AI readiness across the state's governance ecosystem. The three-day in-person training sessions will be held at the Dr MCR HRD Institute from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm in three cohorts: cohort 1 (August 18 to 20), cohort 2 (September 1 to 3) and cohort 3 (September 8 to 10).
