Prayagraj: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)-Allahabad has decided to launch a MTech course in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, keeping in view the growing industrial and academic significance and popularity of these two streams.
For the benefit of students of the institute enrolled in undergraduate courses in computer related fields and also those wishing to pursue a specialised field from the lone National Institute of Technology (NIT) of the state, MNNIT would be starting the new course titled, “MTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science”, from the next academic session — 2022-23 — itself.
“This new MTech course is being started in place of the eight-year-old MTech in Software Engineering course that has been discontinued for lack of interest among both the students and industry representatives arriving on the campus for placements. This new MTech course has been specially designed keeping the needs of the industry in mind. The admissions will be taken against 25 seats on the basis of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2022 score,” said MNNIT registrar, Sarvesh Tiwari.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur had conducted GATE-2022 on February 5, 6, 12 and 13. This new course was part of GATE-2022 whose results were declared on March 17.
“Now, on the basis of GATE scorecard, admissions for MNNIT’s MTech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science will be done in the institute in July-August 2022. The new MTech course will make technical students proficient in artificial intelligence and data analysis,” said Prof DS Kushwaha, head of the department of Computer Science, MNNIT.
Officials said that Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics is the power to analyze and learn about large amounts of data from multiple sources and detect patterns to make future trend predictions. “Business and industry benefits from predictive analytics to make decisions about production, marketing and development among other things through it,” they explained.
MNNIT officials further informed TOI that now the world is more data-driven than ever, and while specialist analytical, digital, data science and artificial intelligence skills are in high demand, the supply is still very limited. “This new programme has been designed in response to the shortage of AI and data science/analytics specialists in India. It will give students the skills and professional insight they need to launch a career in these diverse and fast-growing sectors,” they added.