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IndiaAI and GSI Unveil 'IndiaAI Hackathon 2025' to Transform Mineral Targeting with AI.

National | Dated: 20 Mar 2025

In March 2025, IndiaAI, an Independent Business Division (IBD) under New Delhi (Delhi)-based Digital India Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines (MoM), launched the 'IndiaAI Hackathon 2025' with the theme "Mineral Targeting using Artificial Intelligence."

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - The initiative aims to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies to advance mineral discovery and geological analysis in India.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The focus is on identifying concealed, deep mineral deposits using depth modeling and developing AI/ML algorithms for data cleaning, integration, modeling, and validation.
  • (ii) Kolkata (West Bengal, WB)-based Coal India Limited (CIL), a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Coal (MoC), signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad (Telangana)-based Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre (NFTDC), an autonomous Research and Development (R&D) institution under MoM.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Which organization recently collaborated with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for the 'IndiaAI Hackathon 2025'?

Correct Answer: IndiaAI

🚀 Quick Recap:

About Geological Survey of India (GSI)

  • Director General (DG) : Asit Saha
  • Headquarters : Kolkata