Diplomat Correspondent
Lucknow (UP), DD, Amit Sharma, Secretary to the Government of Mizoram, Information & Communications Technology (ICT) and Cooperation Departments, mentioned Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) models as the pillars of eGovernance during Digital Uttar Pradesh Conclave organsied by the Times of India group in UP, especially on the sidelines of big semiconductor hub coming in Noida city of the state.
Amit Sharma, Secretary ICT & Cooperation Mizoram also attend the Inaugural Session of Digital UP Conclave wherein Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Information Technology, Government of India was the Chief Guest and Brajesh Pathak, Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh was the Guest of Honour, who expressed their joy with pride and honour in mentioning that UP’s image over the last decade or so has got totally overhauled from a BIMARU state status to an IT-driven state.
Amit Sharma, who was a keynote speaker in the Panel Discussion on ‘Al-Driven Governance: Building an Inclusive & Resilient Digital Economy’ appreciated that the lead taken by Uttar Pradesh in launching UP AI Pragya Yojana but he expressed alongside that Ethical AI models should be adopted while implementing same so as to ensure its total success for the benefit of public in this biggest state of the nation.
Secretary ICT Mizoram Amit Sharma also shared in the Conclave that howsoever smart AI agents are launched with the usage of large language models and usage of popular platforms like Chat GPT etc but AI can never replace the human intellect, as it is primarily meant to serve the cause of general public but at the same time, he accepted that there is a universal applicability of AI in all core sectors today, like Education, Health Care, Agriculture, Defence and even tertiary sectors and the scope of which is ever expanding, for which an exclusive ‘India AI Mission’ has been launched by the Government of India.
Amit Sharma, during his speech, also disclosed that Mizoram is also encouraging AI implementation in a big way and the latest example of same is the Bhashini model, for real-time conversion of vernacular language to English/Hindi languages and vice versa, for which an MoU shall be inked very soon in the near future and all possibilities are also being explored for AI-Certification of employees of Mizoram through virtual courses being offered by top global giants in this domain.
During the UP Transformation Conclave, others who joined Amit in this all-important Panel talk included
Kumar Vineet, Managing Director, UP Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd., Dr Arun Mohan Sherry, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow, Dr Upasana Arora,
Chairperson, CII Uttar Pradesh & MD, Yashoda Super Specialty Hospitals who echoed their views and this talk was moderated by Mohita Tewari, Principal Correspondent, The Times of India.
The organisers, eGov wing of Times of India expressed deep gratitude to ICT Secretary Mizoram Amit Sharma for coming all the way to join this all-important IT Conclave, especially when the state of UP is on the brink of re-writing a history by implementing several IT reforms including initiation of a Semiconductor Hub soon in the state.DD