In a wide-ranging interview, Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services,Dr Palanivel Thiagarajan, described the use of AI with the government’s ‘100% pure databases’ as the ‘actual democratizing kind of holy grail’ for delivering citizen services. He revealed the complexity of the state’s welfare system, citing a recent count that found 565 distinct government schemes and instances of a single family benefiting from 23 different programs. The minister highlighted the necessity of adapting education for an AI-driven future, questioning what to teach children when many current IT jobs ‘are not going to exist’. He also announced major infrastructure plans to boost Tier-2 cities, specifically mentioning a new 3 million square feet AI-dedicated IT park for Coimbatore to leverage its significant talent pool. #palanivelthiagarajan #indiatodayconclavesouth #ptr #tamilnadu #ai #artificialintelligence #egovernance #futureofwork #skilldevelopment #coimbatore #dravidianmodel #tech #digitalindia #governance #govtech #data #indiatoday
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