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Srinagar, Oct 22: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir held a month-long certificate course on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML) programming and Microsoft Azure for the students of the university.
The online industrial training programme on Python, R and MS Azure was organised under the World Bank and Indian Council of Agricultural Research-funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of the SKUAST-K in collaboration with 360DigiTMG, a Hyderabad-based career skills training institute for AI&ML technologies, and renowned IT MNC, IBM.
Students and scholars from various faculties and divisions of the university participated in 45-hour intensive hands-on training that extended up to one month. The students for the training were selected based on their aptitude for AI&ML in agriculture and allied fields.
Three renowned experts– Sharat Chandra, Principal Data Scientist; Mourya Prasad, Certified Cloud Solutions Architect; and Sowjanya V, ML&AI Expert – conducted the training. Participants were trained on cloud computing, Microsoft Azure, R and Python Languages, and use of AI & ML in the agriculture sector. Students, who completed the programme, awarded the certificates.
Each session consisted of lectures followed by doubt clearing sessions where the queries posed by the students were answered that made the programme interesting for participants. Hand-outs and notes for the topics covered each session were also shared with the students by providing them access to the LMS of 360DigiTMG training portal on their official website for downloading study material as well as for uploading various assignments.
Director Planning, SKUAST-K, Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai, who is the PI of NAHEP, said such programmes will make SKUAST-K students industry ready and will help them to compete in the job market and enable them to update themselves and keep pace with the advancements in innovative technologies of AI&ML in agriculture. The certificate course was coordinated by the university’s NAHEP team.
