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Telangana Conference Promotes AI for Sustainable Farming and Biotech
Scientists and engineers met in Hyderabad for three days to talk about how computers and smart machines can help make farming and medicine better.
They want to build special tools that work well in dry places where there is not much water, like many parts of India.
A leader from a research institute for dry areas said engineers should make tools just for Indian farms.
Other experts talked about using smart machines to make medicines more accurate and help farmers grow more food.
The meeting also included talks about keeping the environment clean and using energy from the sun and wind.
People who start new companies got advice on how to share their ideas with the world.
A leader said Hyderabad is a great city for companies that work with biology and medicine.
Everyone agreed that new science should help people without hurting the planet.
The meeting ended on Wednesday after three busy days.
A three-day international conference on AI for a sustainable future concluded Wednesday at JNTUH in Hyderabad.
Nearly 200 participants including scientists, engineers, clinicians, research scholars, students, and industry representatives attended.
Dr Stanford Blade urged engineers to develop better instruments for dryland agriculture suited to Indian conditions.
The conference covered AI in healthcare, precision medicine, sustainable agriculture, food security, bioprocessing, and clean energy.
JNTUH vice-chancellor Dr T. Kishen Kumar Reddy described Hyderabad as a favourable location for the biotechnology industry.
- Who
- Dr Stanford Blade, JNTUH vice-chancellor Dr T. Kishen Kumar Reddy, Dr Qi Yang, Dr Namrata Pathak, and nearly 200 scientists, engineers, and other participants.
- What
- The three-day international conference on artificial intelligence for sustainable future, focusing on AI and biotechnology applications.
- Where
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- August 10 to 12, with the valedictory session on Wednesday.
- Why
- To explore AI and biotechnology solutions for sustainable agriculture, healthcare, food security, and clean energy, and to promote technology translation and commercialisation.
Focus on indigenous innovation
Focus on broader integration
Engineering priorities
Focus on indigenous innovation
Engineers should prioritise developing better instruments suited to dryland agriculture and Indian conditions.
Focus on broader integration
Engineering efforts should span multiple domains, including electronics, mechanical, chemical, materials and computer science applications.
Scientific foundation
Focus on indigenous innovation
Ancient bioformulations in traditional medicine hold potential and should inform sustainable biotechnology solutions.
Focus on broader integration
Interdisciplinary science and emerging AI-enabled approaches should drive modern biotechnology and precision applications.
Key facts
- Event
- International conference on artificial intelligence for sustainable future: transforming biotechnology-driven science, technology and society
- Duration
- August 10 to 12
- Venue
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)
- Participants
- Nearly 200 registered participants including scientists, academicians, engineers, students and industry representatives
- Key speaker
- Dr Stanford Blade, deputy director general, ICRISAT
- Theme of incubators meet
- From technology to commercialisation
- Sponsor
- Biological E
- Covered topics
- AI in healthcare, sustainable agriculture, bioprocessing, clean energy, marine, space and defence biotechnology
Quotes
Dr Stanford Blade
Deputy director‑general, research and innovation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi‑Arid Tropics
“"Engineers should develop better instruments suited to dryland agriculture and Indian conditions"”
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