Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrives for his tour of the Coastal Districts
Mangaluru: In the wake of the two-day visit scheduled for August 12 and August 13, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived early morning at the Bajpe International airport on Thursday to check the progress report of COVID-19 affected districts on the coast and carry out an inspection of the border regions in Mangaluru.
During the occasion, the Chief Minister was welcomed on behalf of the district administration.
Minister for Fisheries, Ports, and Inland Transport S. Angara, Minister for Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare Kota Shrinivas Poojari, Minister for Medical Education and Health Sudhakar, MLA U. T. Khader, Rajesh Naik, Vedavyas Kamath, Umanath Kotian, Dr. Bharath Shetty, Harish Poonja, Sanjeev Matandur along with legislators from the district, District Commissioner Dr. Rajendra, MANAPA Mator Premanand Shetty, Deputy Mayor Sumangala Rao, Police Commissioner Shashikumar, District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kumar, District Police Superintendent Rishikesh Bhagwan Sonawane and several other officials and people’s representatives were present.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
