IIIT-Hyderabad
First batch comprising 250 tech professionals has been enrolled and closed Enrolments for the second concurrent batch open today Special scholarships announced for women in technology programme to be executed with support from TalentSprint.
IIIT-Hyderabad's Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, a new state-of-the-art programme for technology professionals announced four weeks ago, has received a massive response.
250 software professionals, with a good range of industry experience, have joined the first batch.
The programme is slated to start at IIIT-Hyderabad's Machine Learning Laboratory beginning January 2018, and will be executed in association with TalentSprint.
Registering the response to the first batch, IIIT-Hyderabad and TalentSprint announced that enrolment for a second concurrent batch has begun. The focus this time around is to get more women professionals on board as an overall initiative to promote diversity in technology companies.
To this end, special scholarships for women professionals are being offered by the organisers of the programme.
According to P J Narayanan, Director, IIIT-Hyderabad, "Digital Transformation is an existential imperative that enterprises have embarked upon in recent years. Awareness of current technology trends and development methodologies are needed to be relevant to today's enterprise IT environments.
AI systems that were until recently largely in academic research labs, have suddenly moved into the mainstream. Added to this, over the past year, is the rapid emergence of AI/ML- based solutions in the mainstream enterprise space."
Santanu Paul, Co-Founder and CEO of TalentSprint said, "The entire narrative in the technology space has changed. AI/ML capabilities amongst working professionals have become a key requirement for career progression and professional relevance. What is interesting is that we have already seen enrolments from across fifty companies, cutting across products, services, and start-up sectors. These are professionals who want to make an immediate impact in their current roles with AI/ML solutions. This is a clear indicator that the market is ready for high-end programmes."
Ranga Pothula, President of HYSEA, said, "Our diversity and inclusion agenda includes encouraging more women to join and grow in technology companies. Time and again it is proven that women bring distinctive and creative solutions to technology issues. We are delighted that women are being encouraged via special scholarships to join the IIIT-H programme on AI/ML. This is great news for the industry."
The programme is directed by C S Jawahar, a leading expert in the field of AI and ML. He will be supported through the programme by a team of academicians and industry leaders.
Industry professionals may apply for the programme by visiting: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/aiml/.
