Lucknow, January 12: To expand AI education and digital capabilities across Uttar Pradesh, an MoU was signed between the India AI Mission and the Government of Uttar Pradesh at the Uttar Pradesh AI & Health Innovation Conference, being held in Lucknow.
The MoU was exchanged by Abhishek Singh, IAS, Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and Anurag Yadav, IAS, Principal Secretary, Information Technology and Electronics Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
To democratise access to quality AI education, the India AI Mission will set up 570 data and AI labs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across the country, including 62 labs in Uttar Pradesh. These labs will be established in government ITIs and polytechnic institutes and will provide hands-on exposure to AI tools, datasets, and problem-solving environments through coordinated efforts of the Centre and the State.
Delivering the welcome address, Anurag Yadav, IAS, Principal Secretary, Information Technology and Electronics Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, said the two-day conference aims to turn the vision of a healthy, prosperous, and energetic state and country into reality. He said the outcomes of the discussions and deliberations would be action-oriented and help generate scale and momentum in the sector.
He added that while India has made significant progress over the past 75 years, considerable work remains in improving healthcare outcomes. Citing global indices, he noted that healthcare continues to be an area where India faces challenges, and artificial intelligence holds immense potential to address these gaps.
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Speaking at the summit, Abhishek Singh, IAS, said that healthcare is the sector where AI has already demonstrated the most significant impact and continues to offer transformative possibilities. He said the discussions at the summit would help realise the theme of the conference, the transformational triveni of technology, treatment, and trust.
He further said that challenges such as access to quality healthcare, availability of specialist doctors, timely diagnosis, and delivery of services to the most needy require technology-led solutions, and AI has a critical role to play in addressing these issues.
The conference is being organised by the Department of Health & Family Welfare and the Department of IT & Electronics, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in collaboration with Elets Technomedia. Being held on 12–13 January 2026 at The Centrum, Lucknow, the event is a strategic regional conference under the umbrella of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
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