IIT-KGP to set up AI research centre in JV with Capillary Technologies

To offer one-year certificate programs for students, working executives

In a first, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) is setting up a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research in collaboration with software as a service (SaaS) provider Capillary Technologies.

Apart from providing a one-year certificate program for students and working executives, the centre will conduct research and engage in projects, incubation and entrepreneurship in AI and related domains. With a seed fund of Rs 56.4 million by Capillary Technologies Limited, the centre will consist of computing infrastructure, hardware simulation platforms, software and designing the coursework.

"We are breaking this centre into four quadrants, including