JAMMU: CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, as part of JIGYASA program, organized a day long workshop on Artificial Intelligence under the theme "Unseen Presence of Artificial Intelligence: Weaving into the Fabric of Everyday Life".

This workshop conducted in hybrid mode was attended physically by 60 students and teachers from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Gharota and Govt. Higher Secondary School Sohal, Akhnoor while about 500 students from various schools of Jammu region participated through Online mode.

The main objective of conducting the workshop on Artificial Intelligence was to create awareness about AI and its wide applications in diverse fields having far reaching impact on the welfare of society.

Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director IIIM told that CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, a premier research organization involved in natural products driven drug discovery has also initiated the intervention on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques in crop improvements and drug discovery and also encouraged the students and teachers to actively participate in various programs being organized by IIIM in the area of science & technology. Er Abdul Rahim, Head RMBD & IST emphasized that understanding AI tools is very important as it is becoming an integral part of our daily life.

Dr. Ravail Singh and Dr. Shaghaf Ansari (Sr. Scientists) along with IIIM Jigyasa team and IIT students demonstrated AI based working models and examples to the students.

Dr. Asha Chaubey, Nodal Scientist Jigyasa program, and Head of fermentation Biotechnology Division (FBD), coordinated the program.