49.36.116.46: Edited the mission and shortened name to Wadhwani AI

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Edited the mission and shortened name to Wadhwani AI

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{{short description|Nonprofit institute based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}
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| name = Wadhwani AI
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| formation = {{start date and age|2018}}
| founders = [[Romesh Wadhwani]], [[Sunil Wadhwani]]
| headquarters = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
| key_people = Sameer Garde(CEO)<ref>{{Cite web|author= |date=2021-06-14|access-date=2021-11-18|title=Cisco India's Garde to join non-profit Wadhwani AI as CEO|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/cisco-indias-garde-to-join-nonprofit-wadhwani-ai-as-ceo/2101703|work=Outlook|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref><br />[[P. Anandan]] (ex-CEO)
| area_served = India
| purpose = [[Artificial intelligence]] for Social Impact
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.wadhwaniai.org/ | Wadhwani AI}}
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'''Wadhwani AI''', based in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], is an independent, non-profit institute. Founded in 2018, it is dedicated to developing [[Artificial intelligence]] solutions for social good. Their mission is to build AI-based innovations and solutions for underserved communities in developing countries, for a wide range of domains including agriculture, education, financial inclusion, healthcare, and infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wadhwani AI|url=https://www.wadhwaniai.org/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Wadhwani AI|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History and funding==
The institute was founded with a $30 million philanthropic effort by the Wadhwani brothers, [[Romesh Wadhwani]] and [[Sunil Wadhwani]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-23|title=A New Initiative in India to Help Shape AI for the Benefit of Everyone|url=https://nonprofitquarterly.org/new-initiative-india-help-shape-ai-benefit-everyone/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Non Profit News {{!}} Nonprofit Quarterly|language=en-US}}</ref> The institute was inaugurated and dedicated to the nation by [[Narendra Modi]], the 14th Prime Minister of India.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-inaugurated-wadhwani-institute-of-artificial-intelligence-at-the-university-of-mumbai--538994|title=Make Artificial Intelligence in India, Make Artificial Intelligence Work for India: PM Modi |date=18 February 2018 |website=www.narendramodi.in|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>

In 2019, the institute received a $2 million grant from [[Google.org]] to create technologies to help reduce crop losses in cotton farming, through integrated pest management.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-07|title=We are a Google AI Impact grantee|url=https://www.wadhwaniai.org/2019/05/07/we-are-a-google-ai-impact-grantee/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Wadhwani AI|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[United States Agency for International Development]] awarded $2 million to the institute in 2020 to develop tools, using mathematical modeling techniques and digital technologies such as [[artificial intelligence]] and [[machine learning]], to forecast [[COVID-19]] disease patterns, estimate resources needed, and plan interventions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-20|title=United States Provides $5 Million to Support Vulnerable Groups Impacted by COVID-19 {{!}} Press Release {{!}} India {{!}} U.S. Agency for International Development|url=https://www.usaid.gov/india/press-releases/oct-21-2020-united-states-provides-5-million-support-vulnerable-groups|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.usaid.gov|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Artificial intelligence]]
[[Category:Research institutes in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Research institutes established in 2018]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Maharashtra]]

Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Revision history

49.36.116.46: Edited the mission and shortened name to Wadhwani AI