IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies partners with 5 start-ups for upskilling in AI, ML, data science

NEW DELHI: Pravartak Technologies Foundation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) has partnered with five start-ups to promote upskilling in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and data science.

The Pravartak Technologies Foundation signed agreements with Crion Versity, Dataswitch, Neekan Consulting, Rudram Dynamics and Skill Angels. As per the agreement, the start-ups will upskill participants in industry-oriented skilling and project execution in niche areas such as AI, ML and data Science.

Those interested in taking up courses offered through these collaborations can register at the official website, digitalskills.pravartak.org.in.

The agreements were signed in the presence of V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras; Mangala Sunder Krishnan, professor emeritus, IIT Madras; MJ Shankar Raman, CEO, IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation; and Balamurali Shankar, general manager, Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras.

Start-ups should provide science skills

V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, said, “Start-ups must become leading employers and look at IIT Madras for their talent requirements. Start-ups in the skilling sector should intervene early with students and impart cognitive ability, foundational maths and science skills for their success in higher education.”

MJ Shankar Raman, CEO, IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, said, “We will work with these start-ups on niche areas like Drone pilot training, Data analytics, AI/ML and Generative AI. Our clients come to us for insights on their complex and sensitive unstructured data. We leverage startups like DataSwitch for such requirements”

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Balamurali Shankar, general manager, Digital Skills Academy of IITM Pravartak, said, “These start-ups have a combination of academic and industry expertise and thereby giving a good learning experience to the students. One of our partners, Crion Versity, founded by IIT Madras Alumni and comes with a rich experience of running a digital twin organisation Crion Technologies at IITM Research Park. Their flagship career experience programmes provide engaging short form learnings on job skills in areas such as Data Analytics.”

Balamurali Shankar also mentioned that Rudram Dynamics offers specialised programmes such as drone pilot training, business to government analytics programmes as well as cyber law.