The state government of Telangana has decided to declare 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence and thus will be organising various activities related to emerging technology throughout the year.

• The state government has signed up with NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which has come out with ‘National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence‘ to run pilot projects in Telangana. Telangana was 1st State to sign up with NITI Aayog when they prepared ‘AI for All’ document.
• IT industry body NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is setting up a Centre of Excellence in Data Sciences and AI in Hyderabad, Telangana. This CoE is expected to start its activities in 2020.