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The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Perplexity AI to supply grooming to assemblage students successful Tamil Nadu successful Perplexity Pro AI for six months escaped of cost, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said connected Thursday (December 18, 2025).
In a statement, the Deputy Chief Minister rejected the disapproval of AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami implicit the organisation of laptops to students successful the mediate of the world year. Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin said the announcement for organisation of laptops was made successful the Budget session.
Once students returned aft the abrogation for Christmas and New Year, laptops would beryllium distributed to them successful each districts successful phases, the Deputy Chief Minister said. By February, 10 lakh laptops would beryllium distributed to students.
The Deputy Chief Minister contended that the AIADMK person was against the organisation of laptops to students and further charged, "Mr. Palaniswami has been consistently expressing the volition of the fascist BJP that the students of Tamil Nadu should not get acquisition and develop."
Charging that Mr. Palaniswami was attempting to forestall the organisation of laptops, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin said his authorities would surely administer the laptops and that neither Mr. Palaniswami nor "his Delhi owners" could forestall the distribution.
The authorities was intending to administer laptops to students with bundle that could beryllium utilized by engineers, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin said, and added that ELCOT had signed an MoU with Microsoft successful this regard.
During an lawsuit successful Chennai, the Deputy Chief Minister inaugurated an accumulation organised by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women involving women self-help groups astatine Nungambakkam successful Chennai.
