The Academic Senate, Board of the institute and the Union Ministry of Education have approved the course. Admissions will be through JEE Main score.
The Department of Information Technology, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, has announced that it has decided to begin a new four-year BTech course in Artificial Intelligence from the academic year 2021-22.
The Academic Senate, Board of the institute and the Union Ministry of Education have approved the course. NITK Surathkal Admissions 2021 to the course will be through JEE Main score.
Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao, Director, NITK Surathkal, said that this degree will help prepare students for industry or further study by offering specialisations in different areas of AI such as data science, human-centred computing, cyber-physical systems, and robotics.
"Its curriculum will focus on the use of inputs such as video, speech, and big data to make decisions or enhance human capabilities," he said.
Prof. Rao added: “This specialisation empowers students to build intelligent machines, software, or applications with state-of-the-art technology using machine learning, data analytics, and data visualisation technologies.”
The Director said that earlier Artificial Intelligence was a subset of Computer Science, but in recent years Artificial Intelligence has grown enough to qualify as a distinctive and a bigger unit. As a result, job opportunities for the undergraduates of BTech (AI) courses are different from conventional IT jobs.
He added that the new course is in conformance with the National Education Policy 2020, which stresses the need to improve the skilled workforce involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
The premier engineering institution offers numerous PG and UG programmes in the fields of science, engineering, and management. It consists of 11 support centres and 14 academic departments.
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