Columbia University delegation meets Dharmendra Pradhan, discusses AI and semiconductor collaboration

New Delhi: Senior academicians from the US' Columbia University met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Monday and discussed plans for collaboration.

Pradhan, in a post on X, said that Dean of Columbia Engineering, Prof. Shih-Fu Chang, along with the academic leadership of the university, called on him.

The academicians from a New York-based private university discussed their plans for collaborations with their Indian counterparts, particularly in AI, semiconductors and large language models (LLMs), he said.

Appreciating their keenness to establish a Columbia-India Centre for AI in Manufacturing, Pradhan said, "Mutually beneficial collaborations with a global top-40 ranked university like Columbia University will further strengthen India’s capacity in AI, Robotics, MedTech, Manufacturing and Engineering."