Latest news with #IIT)Bombay
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Key step in democratising AI: IIT-B releases 16 datasets on AIKOSH
In an important milestone for India's Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has released 16 diverse and culturally significant datasets on AIKOSH, India's official AI repository, making it among the biggest contributors to AIKOSH. This marks a crucial step in democratising AI by making high-quality, India-centric data openly accessible to researchers, startups and developers across the country. IIT Bombay made the announcement on X, saying that these datasets are designed to support innovation and research in AI and Machine Learning (ML), particularly in the Indian context. *IIT Bombay Releases 16 AI Datasets on AIKOSH: Enabling the Future of Responsible AI in India 🇮🇳* IIT Bombay is thrilled to announce the release of 16 diverse and culturally significant datasets on AIKOSH, the Government of India's official AI repository. These datasets are… — IIT Bombay (@iitbombay) May 30, 2025 AIKOSH, which was launched in March by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, is a national platform aimed at providing support for inclusive AI development across the country. The 16 datasets by IIT Bombay are part of a larger pool of 21 AI models now available on AIKOSH, which were created by BharatGen, a Section 8 company funded by the Department of Science and Technology for indigenous AI development in India. The company is a consortium of seven partners. Led by IIT Bombay, the consortium includes IIT Kanpur, IIT Mandi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, IIM Indore and IIIT Hyderabad. Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Department of Computer Science Engineering, IIT Bombay, said, 'Our goal is not just to build AI models but to provide resources that startups and system integrators can leverage, creating a favourable and sovereign AI ecosystem for India.' The datasets released on AIKOSH include handwritten and printed Indian scripts, multilingual audio data and resources designed to interpret visual and spoken inputs from Indian environments. Among the notable contributions are a large-scale Sanskrit Optical Character Recognition (OCR) dataset consisting of over 218,000 sentences from historical texts to support the digitisation of ancient Indian knowledge. There is also a speech recognition dataset with more than 78 hours of Sanskrit audio. Additional resources include capabilities for detecting tables across documents in 14 Indian languages and a comprehensive Wiki on Indian Knowledge Systems, among others. Prof Ramakrishnan said, 'Equal emphasis on India data and its provenance allows these models to uniquely balance Indian data alongside English data, ensuring true relevance and understanding for our diverse nation, while also catering to its security. These models are built with Indian linguistic and cultural nuances at their core. By making these datasets available to all thorough AIKOSH, we are democratising AI in order to foster innovations across the country, eventually to build a self-reliant and inclusive AI ecosystem for India.'
&w=3840&q=100)
Business Standard
27-05-2025
- Health
- Business Standard
Beyond hormones: PCOS may impair brain function, says new IIT study
A new IIT-Bombay study reveals that women with PCOS experience slower reaction times and reduced attention span, highlighting that the condition impacts women beyond hormones and periods New Delhi If you're living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), you've probably heard a lot about its effects on your hormones, periods or weight. But here's something new that you may not have expected. A new research has shown that it can affect how well you focus and react too. A study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, titled The impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on attention: an empirical investigation, recently published in the journal BioPsychosocial Medicine, shows that PCOS may also impair cognitive functions like attention and alertness. In fact, women with PCOS were found to react 56 per cent slower and make 7 per cent more errors than women without the condition in focused attention tasks. IIT-Bombay study shows PCOS slows focus and reaction time Researchers at IIT Bombay, led by Professor Azizuddin Khan and clinical psychologist and PhD scholar at IIT-B, Maitreyi Redkar, compared two groups: 101 women with PCOS and 72 women without the condition. All participants were tested on tasks measuring attention—specifically focused and divided attention—after assessing their hormonal levels. In focused attention tests, PCOS participants were about 55.96 per cent slower than the control group, with 7 per cent more errors. PCOS is common and affects 1 in 9 Indian women PCOS is a common hormonal disorder that affects women of reproductive age. It's typically diagnosed when at least two of the following are present: irregular or missed periods, excess levels of male hormones (androgens), and polycystic ovaries seen on ultrasound. According to a December 2022 study published in Cureus, the prevalence of PCOS among Indian women is approximately 11.33 per cent—or one in every nine women of reproductive age. PCOS symptoms go beyond weight and hormones PCOS can cause a range of symptoms, from acne and weight gain to fertility issues, and is linked to insulin resistance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes. Now, the IIT-Bombay study suggests that its impact may go beyond the physical, potentially impairing mental functions like attention and cognitive control. Attention is key to everyday brain function According to IIT-Bombay, attention is your brain's way of filtering what's important from all the noise around you. It's the foundation of tasks like listening in class, focusing on a conversation or driving. Focused attention helps you concentrate on one task while ignoring distractions. Divided attention allows you to juggle more than one task at a time, like cooking while talking on the phone. Hormonal and metabolic changes in PCOS affect the brain The researchers suggest two key factors behind the drop in attention performance: Hormonal imbalance: Women with PCOS typically have elevated androgen levels, which may interfere with normal brain function. Insulin resistance: Common in PCOS, this impairs glucose metabolism in the brain. Neurons (brain cells) don't get the fuel they need, leading to slower mental processing. Mental fatigue, anxiety and frustration—all common in PCOS—can further worsen cognitive tasks, especially those requiring multitasking or memory. PCOS may explain brain fog and forgetfulness in daily life From remembering directions while driving to forgetting why you walked into a room, these little things depend on working memory and attention.
Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
IIT Bombay suspends agreement with Turkish universities
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has decided to suspend all its agreements with universities in Turkey, citing ongoing geopolitical tensions. The institute shared the update on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, saying, 'Due to the current geopolitical situation involving Turkey, IIT Bombay is processing suspension of its agreements with Turkish universities until further notice." This decision follows similar moves by other Indian institutions, including IIT Roorkee, which recently paused collaborations with Turkish counterparts. IIT Bombay currently has student and faculty exchange programs with some Turkish institutions. The move came against the backdrop of Turkey backing Pakistan and its condemnation of India's strikes on terror camps in the neighbouring country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor. Pakistan also used Turkish drones on a large scale during the military conflict with India.
