National seminar on AI and Indian economy in Hubballi on Saturday

The JSS Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College will organise a national seminar on “Artificial Intelligence in Business and the Transformation of the Indian Economy: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward” on Saturday, JSS Administrative Officer Arihant Prasad has said.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that the former Chairman of the Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti will inaugurate the seminar at 10 a.m. at Sannidhi Kalakshetra.

Rani Channamma University Vice-Chancellor C.M. Thyagaraja will be the guest of honour, while Janata Shikshana Samiti secretary Ajit Prasad will preside over the event.

Debasis Patnaik of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa, will deliver the keynote address.

The seminar aims at benefiting undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars and faculty members. It will discuss opportunities and challenges arising from the adoption of artificial intelligence in business, employment, agriculture, banking, education and public administration.

Research papers will explore the relationship between technology adoption, competitiveness, productivity, financial inclusion and sustainable development. Key topics will include the adoption of AI by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), industrial development, entrepreneurship, supply chain management, foreign direct investment and international trade.

Seminar convener Shaukat Ali Megalamani said that more than 300 participants are expected to attend.

A total of 107 research papers have been received, of which 81 have been selected for presentation and publication.

The valedictory session will be held at 4 p.m. on the same day at the JSS Utsav Auditorium. The former Goa University faculty member M.D. Aihole will participate.