The Ministry of Education (MoE) invites proposals through the online portal https://iitjammu.ac.in/aicpmu from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (having an NIRF ranking within the top 100 in the Overall category for the year 2023) for selection of 15 consortiums with an initial funding of INR 2 crores each. Each of these lead HEIs, the top educational institutions, will function as the hub, which will be provided an opportunity to present a Proof of Concept (POC) to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of the three sectors - (1) Agriculture, (2) Health and (3) Sustainable Cities.

Important Dates:

18th November 2023 - Call for Proposal

6th December 2023   - Pre-Call meeting

31st December 2023 - Proposal Submission Deadline

15th February 2024   - Shortlisting Proposals