India has nominated IIT-Madras as a UN Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence. The announcement came at a UN event in New York. This step highlights India’s focus on AI governance, inclusive digital growth, and Global South collaboration.

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• IIT-Madras nominated by MeitY as UN AI CoE
• Part of UN ODET global AI network initiative
• CoEs to address skills gap, ethical AI, access issues
• IIT-Madras to lead AI education, research, policy shaping
• India to share open-source AI models with Global South
• Focus areas: healthcare, agriculture, education, governance
• India AI Mission: 38,000 GPUs deployed for public use
• 300+ open-source AI models hosted, more in progress
• Goal to skill 10 million people annually in AI fields
• Move strengthens India’s global AI leadership role