The IndiaAI mission has selected 8 responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects through the Expression of Interest (EoI) floated under the Safe and Trusted AI Pillar of the IndiaAI mission.
- These selected responsible AI projects include the development of indigenous tools and frameworks, and framing guidelines for ethical, transparent, and trustworthy AI technologies.
- The IndiaAI mission is in alignment with the Government of India (GoI)’s vision of leveraging AI for inclusive growth.
Key Points:
i.The IndiaAI mission has issued an EoI to encourage responsible AI projects across various critical themes such as: Machine Unlearning, Synthetic Data Generation, AI Bias Mitigation, Ethical AI frameworks, Privacy-Enhancing Tools, Explainable AI, AI Governance Testing, and Algorithm Auditing Tools.
ii.Over 2000 proposals were received from prestigious academic institutions, start-ups, research organisations and civil society.
- Then, a multi-stakeholder committee was constituted to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of the proposals, which resulted in the selection of 8 projects across various themes.
Detail of 8 Selected AI Projects:
| S.no. | Theme | Selected Project Applicant | Title of the Selected Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machine Unlearning | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, Rajasthan | Machine Unlearning in Generative Foundation Models |
| 2 | Synthetic Data Generation | IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Design and Development of Method for Generating Synthetic Data for Mitigating Bias in Datasets; and framework for Mitigating Bias in Machine Learning (ML) |
| 3 | AI Bias Mitigation Strategy | National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Development of Responsible AI for Bias Mitigation in Health Care Systems |
| 4 | Explainable AI Framework | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, Maharashtra in partnership with Mindgraph Technology Private Limited | Enabling Explainable and Privacy Preserving AI for Security |
| 5 | Privacy Enhancing Strategy | IIT, Delhi in partnership IIT Dharwad Karnataka, Indraprashtha Institute of Information Technology(IIIT), Delhi and Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC), Delhi | Robust Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Models |
| 6 | AI Ethical Certification Framework | IIIT, Delhi in partnership with TEC | Nishpaksh: Tools for assessing fairness of AI model |
| 7 | AI Algorithm Auditing Tool | Civic Data Labs | ParakhAI, an open source framework and toolkit for participatory algorithmic auditing |
| 8 | AI Governance Testing Framework | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in partnership with TEC | Track-LLM, Transparency, Risk Assessment, Context & Knowledge for Large Language Models (LLMs) |
About IndiaAI mission:
i.In March 2024, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved IndiaAI mission with budget outlay of Rs 10,371.92 crore (USD 1.25 billion) for over the next 5 years.
- It aims to democratize the benefits of AI across all strata of society, strengthen India’s global leadership in AI, promote technological self-reliance, and ensure ethical and responsible use of AI.
ii.It is being implemented by IndiaAI, an Independent Business Division (IBD) under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
iii.It is based on 7 key pillars: IndiaAI Compute Capacity, IndiaAI innovation centre, IndiaAI Datasets platform, IndiaAI application development initiative, IndiAI future skills, IndiaAI startup financing, Safe and Trusted AI.
About Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY):
Union Minister- Ashwini Vaishnaw (Rajya Sabha- Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS) – Jitin Prasada(Constituency- Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh)
