IIIT-Hyderabad announces academic course in AI to re-skill techies

Institute expects to train at least 1,000 professionals in 2-3 offerings in the first year

International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Hyderabad's Machine Learning Laboratory has announced a 4-month programme called 'Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)' for technology professionals, who are increasingly feeling  the need to re-skill themselves to beat the uncertainty of their careers in the IT industry.

"We expect to train at least 1,000 professionals in 2-3 offerings in the first year. We will work on how to scale up the intake going forward as we anticipate a large demand for this programme," IIT-Hyderabad director P J Narayanan said on Tuesday.

IT companies in India have already launched in-house programmes to