Kharagpur: ITT Kharagpur has joined hands with Amazon Web Servies, an Amazon company, to develop a National Artificial Intelligence Resource Portal (NAIRP) platform.
AI is one of the fast-emerging scientific infrastructures in the country and according to an estimate, it could increase India’s growth rate by 1.7 per cent across the board by 2035.
“There is already a great demand for professionals skilled in AI as well as resources, and this need will only increase in our society. The development of this platform will help boost the AI community in India,” Sudeshna Sarkar, Head of Centre for Artificial Intelligence at IIT Kharagpur said in a statement.
The initiative will make the search for AI learning resource simpler and more accessible, he added.
The portal will help machine learning practitioners to have quick access to thousands of learning resources. Besides, the upcoming portal will provide search, browse, learning and computation services.