Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
IndiaAI, an Independent Business Division (IBD) under the Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from nongovernment entities across all sectors to contribute their non-personal, anonymized, and India-specific datasets to AIKosh. AIKosh is IndiaAI’s flagship platform designed to democratize access to high-quality datasets, fostering innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development.
Objectives
- To expand the availability of India-specific, non-personal and anonymized datasets to support AI research, innovation, and policymaking.
- To facilitate a streamlined and transparent process for non-government entities to onboard and contribute datasets to AIKosh.
- To encourage dataset contributions from diverse sectors to maximize building of AI applications.
- To ensure dataset contributions align with ethical AI principles, enabling responsible and transparent AI development.
Benefits of Contributing to AIKosh
- Improved Dataset Quality – Hosting datasets on AIKosh enables community engagement, driving collaborative data cleaning and standardization for more robust and well-curated datasets.
- Collaborative Innovation – Versioning features enable continuous refinement, allowing contributors to enhance datasets and models iteratively.
- Wider Adoption & Impact – Hosted datasets can be directly utilized by public and private sectors to build real-world AI applications.
- Ease of AI Development – User-friendly tools simplify dataset integration into AI models, accelerating development and deployment.
- Community Engagement & Recognition – Contributors can run challenges and hackathons on their datasets, gaining visibility and attracting top talent for innovative solutions
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications for onboarding datasets onto AIKosh are invited from organizations in India that demonstrate relevant expertise, data capabilities, and domain competence. Only institutional entities are eligible to contribute datasets. Individual submissions are not permitted. Eligible organizations include:
- Academic & Research Institutions
- Startups and Companies
- Non-Profit and Civil Society Organizations
Evaluation Criteria
- Completeness: The dataset card must be fully completed, including all required organizational details, metadata, and relevant information.
- Organizational Eligibility: The submitting entity must meet AIKosha’s participation requirements as per the eligibility criteria.
- Alignment: Submissions must align with AIKosha’s objectives and comply with applicable legal and policy frameworks.
- Review & Clarifications: The evaluation committee reserves the right to request additional clarifications or supporting documentation if necessary.
- Non-Consideration: EOIs that fail to meet eligibility, compliance, or alignment criteria will not be considered.
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