UNESCO and MeitY hold second AI Readiness Assessment Methodology consultation in Bengaluru
UNESCO and MeitY concluded a two-day stakeholder consultation on the AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) in Bengaluru on 17 January 2025, the second of five planned consultations.
Summary
The UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) concluded a two-day stakeholder consultation on the AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) in India on 17 January 2025, with Ikigai Law as implementing partner. Day 1 was held at IIIT Bangalore on 16 January and Day 2, focused on start-ups, at the Nasscom AI office on 17 January. It was the second of five consultations under the AI RAM initiative, which aims to produce an India-specific AI policy report aligned with UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. MeitY Additional Secretary Abhishek Singh outlined the IndiaAI Mission's pillars.
Key facts
- Dates and venues
- 16 January (IIIT Bangalore) and 17 January 2025 (Nasscom AI office)
- Organisers
- UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia and MeitY
- Implementing partner
- Ikigai Law
- Series
- Second of five AI RAM consultations
- Day 2 focus
- Start-ups
- Framework
- UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The UNESCO–MeitY stakeholder consultation held on 16–17 January 2025 was on which subject?
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Correct answer: A — AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM)
PIB (MeitY): UNESCO and MeitY organised a two-day stakeholder consultation on the AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) in India.
Consider the following statements about the UNESCO–MeitY AI RAM consultation of January 2025: 1. It was the second in a series of five consultations under the AI RAM initiative. 2. Ikigai Law was the implementing partner. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB: the consultation was the second of five under the AI RAM initiative, and Ikigai Law was the implementing partner.