March 20, 2025
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India AI Mission to Collaborate with Gates Foundation on Critical Sectors

IndiaAI Mission aims to produce its own GPUs over the next three to five years to enhance the country’s AI capabilities

Union Minister for Railways, Electronics, and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced on Wednesday that India’s AI Mission and the Gates Foundation are set to collaborate to create AI-based solutions aimed at enhancing several critical sectors in India.
In a tweet after meeting Bill Gates, Vaishnaw revealed that an MoU will soon be signed between the India AI Mission and the Gates Foundation to focus on developing AI-driven innovations for agriculture, healthcare, education, and climate resilience. This partnership aims to strengthen India’s capabilities in these sectors through the power of artificial intelligence.

“AI solutions for better crops, stronger healthcare, smarter education, and climate resilience—MoU soon between India AI Mission and @gatesfoundation,” Vaishnaw tweeted.

The collaboration aligns with India’s broader efforts to develop AI technologies domestically, including the launch of AIKosha, a sovereign datasets platform, and an AI Compute Portal to provide subsidized GPUs for research and development. The AI Compute Portal has already made 14,000 GPUs available to companies, with another 4,000 expected to be rolled out soon.

Additionally, the IndiaAI Mission aims to produce its own GPUs over the next three to five years to enhance the country’s AI capabilities. Vaishnaw further revealed that ministries related to agriculture, weather forecasting, and language initiatives have already contributed data to the AIKosha platform, fueling the development of AI technologies across sectors.

The potential collaboration between the India AI Mission and the Gates Foundation could be a game-changer in addressing critical challenges in India and globally, particularly in areas of healthcare, food security, and climate change.

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