Centre postpones India’s maiden summit on AI due to Covid-19

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Centre has postponed the mega summit on the Artificial Intelligence, RAISE 2020- Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020. The event will now be held in first week of October in New Delhi.

Commenting on the Summit’s postponement, Abhishek Singh, President and CEO, National e-Governance Division (NeGD), MeitY said: “The step to postpone the Summit is a public health measure for containment and mitigation of the current COVID-19 outbreak.”

He also said,“The registrations are open for all participants and the process will remain the same as before. All AI startups are welcome to participate in the same procedure for the Startup Pitchfest.”