IIT Delhi partners with Walmart Global Tech to boost research, education in AI, ML, data science

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has partnered with Walmart Global Tech to advance research, education, and talent development in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science. A four-year partnership was signed between IIT Delhi’s Yardi School of AI and Walmart Global Tech.

The collaboration is valued at Rs 9 crore, with approximately Rs 2.3 crore earmarked for the current financial year, to strengthen AI research, education and talent development in India, according to an official notification.

Jayant Jain, dean, corporate relations, IIT Delhi , said: "Partnerships with industry provide an important avenue to strengthen the ecosystem for advanced research, innovation and technology-based entrepreneurship. We are pleased to partner with Walmart Global Tech and look forward to creating meaningful and lasting impact through this collaboration."

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IIT Delhi to support student researchers through fellowships

IIT Delhi’s Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence will advance research in AI, Machine Learning and Data Science, with a focus on applications that matter to industry and society.

It will also support student researchers through dedicated fellowships, build teaching capability through faculty development and teacher training initiatives that take AI education beyond the IIT Delhi campus, and strengthen the school's research infrastructure and its pipeline of skilled AI professionals.

The initiative will also offer learning opportunities to industry professionals and learners from underrepresented communities.

Balu Chaturvedula, SVP and country head, Walmart Global Tech, said: "The opportunity now is to build the depth of research, engineering and education that allows that talent to shape technology with lasting relevance. Our partnership with IIT Delhi’s Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence is rooted in that belief. By supporting researchers, expanding pathways for students and strengthening the educators who multiply this capability over time, we hope to help build an AI ecosystem that is rigorous in its foundations, broad in its reach and meaningful in the problems it can solve.”

Through its fellowships, faculty development and teacher training, the initiative is expected to build a lasting pipeline of AI researchers and educators who carry the school's work into classrooms, labs and industry.