Artificial Intelligence
8 AI firms sign agreement with UNESCO on ethical AI
February 6, 2024
Eight major firms involved in development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence around the world have signed an agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), providing a major boost to the initiative of the UN organisation to pr...
Read MoreAirtel and Jio get into 5G sprint
October 8, 2022
Last week as the 5G network was officially launched in India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India Mobile Congress (IMC), two of the biggest players in telecom, market leader Reliance Jio and its closest rival Bharti Airtel announced their own plans to start rolling out th...
Read MoreOn Indian Teachers’ Day a message to today’s teachers
September 5, 2022
On this Indian Teachers’ Day, I would like to draw a comparison between the teachers of yesteryears and the teachers of the present. Gone are those days where a child at school looked up to the teacher as the supreme mentor in their lives. Whatever the teachers said was GodR...
Read MoreTransforming small cities into smart cities: SRMIST & TERRE Policy
May 26, 2021
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TERRE Policy Centre which is a non-profit organisation dedicated to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Our campus in Chennai is like a small city and our aim ...
Read MoreKerala Digital University: Towards digital excellence
February 26, 2021
The first digital university in India seems like a huge step towards digital education in India. While the university looks promising for sure, quality digital education still has a long way to go.
Read MoreFacial recognition raising hackles
February 11, 2020
Facial recognition is being touted as a major technological breakthrough. Easy to abuse, its adoption needs to be strictly controlled.
Read MoreCoronavirus outbreak
February 6, 2020
India’s neighbourhood first policy dates back almost 100 years ago when a doctor led a medical team to help Chinese Army battle the Japanese invasion. In face of Coronavirus outbreak, it may be time for India to replicate the gesture.
Read MoreGoogle services make Android phone and PC even smarter
October 6, 2018
The number of website users in India is expected to soar to 536 million by 2021, as Google added a new feature to Google Go, its search app, where users can access web pages in 28 native languages.
Read MoreTechnology elevating museums in India
August 31, 2018
Museums these days are not only about showcasing artefacts but with the technological interventions like artificial intelligence, 3D models and HD displays museums in India are reinventing themselves.
Read MoreThe rise of AI in Indian healthcare industry
June 27, 2018
Artificial intelligence, an "invisible hand" in the healthcare sector in India.
Read MoreMaurice Levy
May 31, 2018
Maurice Lévy, chairman of the supervisory board, Publicis Groupe, spoke to Biz@India about the digital media, how social media giants are taking away business from traditional media and ad agencies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and also how the Indian market is doing. The global...
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence comes to the rescue of banks
May 29, 2018
The Indian banking sector is beginning to adopt AI (artificial intelligence) quite aggressively for both the back-office and customer facing purposes. According to a data provided by RBI, among state run banks in India, PNB topped in the number of loan fraud cases across India wi...
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