Lucknow, Feb. 23 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the IBM Al GovTech Innovation Centre in Lucknow on Sunday. It will serve as a collaborative platform to design, validate and scale AI solutions that enhance productivity, transparency and service delivery, with models built for replication and broader adoption.

Addressing the event, Adityanath said, "Yesterday, the foundation stone for the state's first semiconductor unit was laid in Gautam Buddha Nagar district. Last year, I visited IIT Kanpur and attended a deep tech seminar there. We have made budgetary provision for a Centre of Excellence in Robotics at IIT Kanpur. Earlier, we had budgetary provision for a Center of Excellence in Drone Technology."

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