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‘AI in Governance’ workshop
The AI Mission trained more than 60 officials from different departments on practical uses of AI in government.
Source: TNeGA
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R. Kumar heads Tamil Nadu’s new ministry for Artificial Intelligence, IT and Digital Services — the second dedicated AI ministry in India after Kerala — with plans for an AI city and AI education from school to university.
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The AI Mission trained more than 60 officials from different departments on practical uses of AI in government.
Source: TNeGA
Announced an expanded Tamil Nadu AI Mission adding quantum computing and AVGC, a commercial arm ‘Tamil Nadu AI Vision’, AI Centres of Excellence in healthcare, agriculture and manufacturing, a Tamil-centric large language model, high-performance computing and a proposed quantum communication corridor.
Source: ETEnterpriseAI · The Mainstream
Attended an IBM–ICT Academy partnership event on AI, cloud, data, cybersecurity and generative-AI skills.
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Outlined the proposed AI city — research centres, global capability centres, Centres of Excellence and institutions — and plans for AI education from school through university, aimed also at bringing skilled Tamils abroad back home.
Source: The New Indian Express
Took part in the Chief Minister’s review of the department’s schemes, ELCOT and TNeGA.
Source: TNeGA (LinkedIn)
Met deep-tech start-ups, researchers and industry at IIT Madras Research Park on research-led entrepreneurship and industry–academia collaboration.
Source: The New Indian Express
Held the first high-level review of the AI agenda: Centres of Excellence in medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, Tamil-language technology and climate sciences, and ‘Arivagam’, a proposed AI city with an AI university, skills centre and semiconductor-testing facilities.
Source: The New Indian Express
Our report ›Reviewed ELCOT’s projects and roadmap — AI, data centres, quantum technologies and the AVGC-XR (animation, VFX, gaming, extended reality) sector.
Source: ELCOT (LinkedIn)
Sworn in during the second phase of the Cabinet on 21 May 2026 and allocated the new Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services ministry — the second dedicated AI ministry in India after Kerala.
Source: Govt press release No. 40
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