Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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Wadhwani AI
Formation2018;5 years ago (2018)
Founders Romesh Wadhwani, Sunil Wadhwani
Purpose Artificial intelligence for Social Impact
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India
Key people
Sameer Garde(CEO) [1]
P. Anandan (ex-CEO)
Website Wadhwani AI

Wadhwani AI, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, is an independent, non-profit institute. Founded in 2018, it is dedicated to developing Artificial intelligence solutions for social good. Their mission is to build AI-based innovations and solutions for underserved communities in developing countries, for a wide range of domains including agriculture, education, financial inclusion, healthcare, and infrastructure. [2]

History and funding

The institute was founded with a $30 million philanthropic effort by the Wadhwani brothers, Romesh Wadhwani and Sunil Wadhwani. [3] The institute was inaugurated and dedicated to the nation by Narendra Modi, the 14th Prime Minister of India. [4]

In 2019, the institute received a $2 million grant from Google.org to create technologies to help reduce crop losses in cotton farming, through integrated pest management. [5] The United States Agency for International Development awarded $2 million to the institute in 2020 to develop tools, using mathematical modeling techniques and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to forecast COVID-19 disease patterns, estimate resources needed, and plan interventions. [6]

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References

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