A committee under the DoT formed for the standardization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invited papers on AI. These original papers should address different aspects of AI such as – functional network architecture, AI architecture, data structures required, etc. DoT said that as the proliferation of AI increases, there is a need to develop an Indian AI stack so as to bring interoperability, among other things. Papers have been invited from academia, research, and technical industries, telecom service providers, application service providers.

As a first step towards formulating the new futuristic document titled National Cyber Security Strategy 2020, the National Security Council Secretariat has asked citizens to give suggestions as part of updating the cybersecurity policy of the country.  The Indian Government under the aegis of National Security Council Secretariat through a well-represented Task Force is in the process of formulating the National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020) to cater for a time horizon of five years (2020-25).

Mobile handset exports grew over eightfold to Rs 11,200 crore (€1.4 bn) in 2018-19 and exceeded imports for the first time, Indian Cellular and Electronics Association said. Handset exports during April-July 2019 reached around Rs 7,000 crore (€875 mn), thereby creating grounds to hit annual figure of Rs 25,000 crore (€3.1 bn) in the current fiscal. Total handsets produced in India reached 29 crore units valued at Rs 1.81 lakh crore (€22.6 bn) in 2018-19, from a precariously placed 5.8 crore unit of handsets manufactured in 2014-15.

• Report of committee - A on platforms and data on AI
• Report of committee - B on leveraging AI for identifying national missions in key sectors
• Report of committee - C on mapping technological capabilities, key policy enablers required across sectors, skilling, reskill
• Read more/DownloadReport of committee - D on cyber security, safety, legal and ethical issues

• Report of committee - A on platforms and data on AI
• Report of committee - B on leveraging AI for identifying national missions in key sectors
• Report of committee - C on mapping technological capabilities, key policy enablers required across sectors, skilling, reskill
• Report of committee - D on cyber security, safety, legal and ethical issues

• Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (Meity) has released “Guidelines for Procurement of Cloud Services”
• Consultation Paper on Cloud Services
• Draft Telecommunication Consumer Education and Protection Fund (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019 
• Recommendations on Allotment of spectrum to Indian Railways for Public Safety and Security services 
• The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019 
• TRAI releases The Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2019 

KPMG in association with IMC and COAI released a report titled “Imagine a new connected World:  Intelligent, Immersive, Inventive” at India Mobile Congress 2019.

India has been identified as one of the key markets by the CEN and CENELEC. To address the India market related issues and to create synergies with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and other important Indian standardization bodies, India Task Force was constituted. As a first step towards creating close working relationship with the Bureau of Indian Standards and to understand the commonalities and gaps on standardization strategy and standards development process between India and Europe.  A two-day joint workshop was organized by BIS, CEN CENELEC on 26^th and 27^th November 2019 at New Delhi, India. Presentations made during workshop are available here

To boost exports, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been directed to set standards for export items, which get rejected for non-compliance of global quality norms. The Minister said that the countries like Europe have new standards & parameters and our exporters are not able to comply with them. He has directed BIS to ensure all standards are in line with global standards.  At present, only 50 % of standards are at par with international norms.

Dept. for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) launched website & mobile application [Learn to Protect, Secure and Maximize Your Innovation] on IPR. The modules of this e-learning platform [L2Pro India IP e-learning Platform and the L2Pro India Mobile App] will aid and enable, innovators, entrepreneurs, SMEs in understanding IPRs for their ownership and protection, integrate IP into business models and obtain value for their R&D efforts.