Union govt. should increase funding for R&D, says Minister

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Minister for Industries T.R.B. Rajaa speaking astatine  the IIT-M conclave connected  Safe AI successful  the metropolis  connected  Wednesday.

Minister for Industries T.R.B. Rajaa speaking astatine the IIT-M conclave connected Safe AI successful the metropolis connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran

The Union authorities needs to summation its backing connected R&D and the R&D needs to beryllium democratised, Minister for Industries T.R.B. Rajaa said present connected Wednesday.

Inaugurating the Conclave connected Safe and Trusted AI hosted by IIT Madras’ Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI), Mr. Rajaa said: “We truly person to look astatine AI with an unfastened mind.”

Underlining that a bully argumentation involution was important, the Minister said Tamil Nadu’s imaginativeness was to go the country’s AI hub.

“For us, democratising AI is key,” Mr. Rajaa said, adding that AI needed to go much antiauthoritarian and each azygous idiosyncratic should beryllium capable to entree AI.

IIT-Madras Director V. Kamakoti said AI had reached a signifier wherever it was becoming progressively pervasive successful everyone’s lives.

Deepak Goel, Group Coordinator, Cyber Laws, MeitY, hoped for much discussions with experts from different countries, including Japan and Brazil.

Mohammed Y. Safirulla, Director, MeitY, said India would big the Impact AI Summit from February 15 to 20, 2026, successful New Delhi.

Balaraman Ravindran, Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT-Madras, said the extremity of the two-day conclave was to sermon issues regarding AI solutions, which could beryllium employed successful a harmless manner, for the Global South.

Published - December 11, 2025 12:48 americium IST

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