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Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), USA, today, on 28th April 2021, to set up the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT Guwahati with the objective to promote Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The first batch of B. Tech students for this school will be admitted through JEE in the academic year 2021- 22.
The MoU was signed virtually by Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, and Mr. Rahul Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Mehta Family Foundation, USA, in the presence of a galaxy of luminaries and Dr Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman Board of Governors, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, FRS, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, as the chief guests and Prof. Sandeep Verma, Secretary, SERB as the special guest.