NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 10
INS Valsura organised a three-day webinar on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) for data-driven Navy’ under the aegis of Southern Naval Command. The webinar was organised on the lines of demystification, demonstration, and application of AI technology, a Defence release said on Saturday.
Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and former chairman of M/S Infosys Ltd shared his perspectives on emerging technologies. Shri Kanishka Agiwal of India – South Asia Amazon Web Services & Dr Vineeth N Balasubramanian spoke about Cloud functionalities and Deep learning. pic.twitter.com/nNilkrqMop
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) October 10, 2020
The webinar commenced on Wednesday with Commodore Ajay Patney, Commanding Officer, INS Valsura welcoming the participants to the webinar. Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command delivered the keynote address and stressed upon the importance of the Indian Navy progressing in this niche technology of strategic importance. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and former Co-chairman of Infosys Ltd shared his perspectives on emerging technologies and their relevance to the Indian Navy. Kanishka Agiwal of India – South Asia Amazon Web Services and Dr Vineeth N Balasubramanian enlightened the participants on Cloud functionalities and Deep learning, respectively, the release added.
Commodore Ajay Patney, INS Valsura welcomed the participants. Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla PVSM AVSM NM VSM ADC, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command delivered the keynote address . @PIBAhmedabad pic.twitter.com/GPFC1zc8lR
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) October 10, 2020
Day 2 of the webinar on Thursday focused on the demonstration of AI technology as Dr Ashok Goel from Georgia Institute of Technology and i Mukesh Jain from Capgemini focused on using AI in the academic world and Armed Forces, respectively, while Dr Shivaram Kalyankrishnan from IIT Bombay and Hrishikesh Bhope from Deloitte enlightened the participants upon AI models and validation techniques.
INS Valsura #IndianNavy #Gujarat organised 3 day webinar on ‘Artificial Intelligence for data driven Navy’ from 07 to 09 Oct 20. The webinar was organised on the lines of demystification, demonstration and application of the AI technology. @SpokespersonMoD@indiannavy pic.twitter.com/2WAvuVioC8
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) October 10, 2020
Application of AI technology was the theme for the final day of the webinar wherein Dr Milind Tambe from Harvard University, Dr Shailesh Kumar from Reliance Jio, Sunny Manchanda from DRDO and Vishal Chahal from IBM presented their perspectives on various applications under development at industries.
On all three days, seven officers from the Indian Army and Navy presented their papers on various professional topics on AI. Over 250 personnel from various units of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force participated in the three-day event over a virtual platform which culminated with the closing remarks of Commanding Officer, INS Valsura who thanked all the speakers for providing their valuable knowledge and time for the webinar.
