Google has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Maharashtra to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-led solutions across key sectors in the state.
As a part of the collaboration, Google will leverage its AI capabilities to provide solutions in sectors like agriculture, healthcare, sustainability, education, and startups.
To enable an environment of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, Google plans to provide startups mentorship, networking, and demo days with Google experts and industry leaders covering areas across technology, product development, business strategy, and more. In terms of skilling, the company commits to train 500 government information technology (IT) professionals with conversational AI skills through Google Cloud.
Further, Google will also explore IT solutions to issues in healthcare and agriculture as a part of the collaboration. In the healthcare domain, the company, along with its partners and the government of Maharashtra, will provide health-related AI imaging models such as tuberculosis (TB)-chest X-ray and diabetic retinopathy to increase access to care through AI-enabled screening.
In addition, it will also provide the state with its agricultural landscape understanding (ALU) application programming interface (API) that will provide in-depth insights about farmland, including field sizes, water resources, and other topographical elements at an individual farm level, using remote sensing AI/ machine learning (ML) technology.
Google also announced the launch of a state-of-the-art AI centre of excellence (CoE) at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Nagpur.
