{"id":2286,"date":"2020-06-30T15:39:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:12:26","slug":"indias-artificial-intelligence-ai-bags-two-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/2286","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Artificial Intelligence (AI) bags two awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI\u00a0 :<\/strong> AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk bagged two awards under categories (1) \u201cBest Innovation for Covid-19 \u2013 Society\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and (2) \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice Covid-19 Overall Winner\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0at the recently held CogX 2020, which is a prestigious Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology held annually in London.The awards were won by Technical Partner of Mygov, JioHaptik Technologies Limited.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MyGov is the world\u2019s largest citizen engagement platform, which facilitates two-ways communication between the Government and Citizen and facilitates participatory governance in India, the world\u2019s largest democracy. In the fight against Covid-19, MyGov, JioHaptik Technologies Limited and WhatsApp team collaborated to develop AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk in the record time of 5 days including weekend.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MyGov Corona Helpdesk demonstrated the true Public, Private and Public Partnership (PPPP), wherein,\u00a0Citizen centric services were provided by MyGov, the state-of-the-art technological solution including infrastructure were designed, developed, and deployed by JioHaptik Technologies Limited, and ideas given by public were factored-in on daily basis to improve the services and solution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CogX is one of the world’s largest events on AI, held annually in London with over 15,000 participants in attendance from the highest levels of business, government, industry, and research. The Cogx Awards are given out to the best-of-the-best in AI and emerging technologies across the world. After a rigorous evaluation, Indian chatbot \u2018MyGov Corona Helpdesk\u2019 was chosen among hundreds of entries that made a difference to society during the pandemic. Following a live digital pitch in front of a worldwide audience and esteemed judges, the JioHaptik was awarded the honor for providing AI enabled technologicalsolution for \u2018MyGov Corona Helpdesk\u2019 that has helped safeguard lives amid a pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the \u2018MyGov Corona Helpdesk\u2019 has received more than 76 million messages and processed over 41 million conversations. With the active involvement of Government, JioHaptik and WhatsApp, this chatbot has helped \/ continues to help over 28 million Indians stay informed while providing a platform to get latest information on Covid-19, curb rumors and misinformation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shri Abhishek Singh, CEO, MyGov said that right communication strategy and leveraging technology is an important strategy to deal with the pandemic. Digital India has made solid foundation. It has been the endeavor of Digital India and its initiative MyGov to act as a bridge between citizens and government and ensure citizen participation and information dissemination on platforms that most citizens use. Towards this objective, MyGov Corona Helpdesk, developed in partnership with JioHaptik and WhatsApp, has really helped improve our outreach and engagement. The chatbotengages citizens in user friendly manner with personalized information and updates on COVID-19, government advisories, advice of medical experts, stories of COVID19 survivors, myth busters and musical interludes through the positive harmonies campaign that also ensures that people are relaxed and stress free. Innovatiove use of inforgraphics, videos and podcasts has ensured that MyGov Corona Helpdesk remains a true friend of citizens in this crisis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking on the win, CEO & Co-Founder of Haptik, AakritVaish mentioned, \u2018\u2019What started as an initiative to spread the right information has today become a world-renowned technological solution that continues to assist millions. The Government\u2019s support was a key driver in building the \u2018\u2019MyGov Corona Helpdesk\u2019\u2019 in record time and being recognized at a global technology summit further bolsters our belief that technology is meant to benefit society in the long run. We would also like to acknowledge our healthcare professionals as the real winners of this honor who are battling this pandemic 24\/7.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n