India, Feb. 15 -- The Maharashtra government on Friday approved Rs.22 lakh annual expenditure for setting up artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in higher and technical education department (HTED). The decision is part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the state government's 150-day action plan, aimed at modernising administrative systems and enhancing analytical capabilities across departments.

As per the government resolution (GR) issued on February 13, the state has entrusted M/s Ernst & Young LLP (EY) with the task of strengthening the department's dashboard systems. Under the first use case, an AI Query Assistant will be deployed on existing HTED dashboard datasets. The dashboards will con...