Piyush Goyal inaugurates tech research lab at IIT Delhi

The initiative was expected to be a game-changer at a time when the government was focused on making India a developed country, Goyal said.

New Delhi: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that operations research, artificial intelligence, automation, and other techniques can be key pillars for a transformative change to make India a developed country.

New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurates the Public Systems Lab at Indian Institute of Technology, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/ PIB) (ANI/ PIB)

While inaugurating a public systems lab (PSL) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, Goyal said that the initiative was expected to be a game-changer at a time when the government was focused on making India a developed country.

“What better day to launch this initiative than the day when the nation enters the amrit kaal. The next 25 years are going to be a defining journey for India. Operations research, artificial intelligence, automation, and other techniques can be key pillars for a transformative change to make India a developed country. This lab, which we have started today will be the harbinger of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has articulated as the big vision of India--a developed nation. The PSL can play a vital role in multiple ways,” Goyal said.

One of the proposed initiatives of the PSL is to include a Public System Fellowship program under which the WFP and IIT Delhi will send experts to the ministry of food to support them in making food-based safety nets effective and efficient.