ISB, Microsoft tie-up to push AI skills

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, August 23

Indian School of Business (ISB) and IT giant Microsoft have announced a joint venture to Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills in the country.

Microsoft India President Amit Maheshwari and ISB Dean Rajendra Srivastava, who announced the project on Friday, said that an AI Digital Lab would be set up to “accelerate research and innovation” on the B-School’s campus, and offer an executive programme called ‘Leading Business Transformation in the Age of AI’.

The two organisations will collaborate in research that will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to study issues relevant for business and public policy.

Srivastava said: “Business Schools are attempting to redefine management education by making it more future-ready and relevant for opportunities and challenges that businesses will face in the future.  Transforming organisations guided by Artificial Intelligence and augmented by frameworks integrating analytics with human behavior and management issues will be an important imperative for business leaders”.  

He added that the collaboration with Microsoft India will enable ISB use AI to understand new phenomena that are relevant for business as well as policy and subsequently disseminate the knowledge to business leaders who will need to transform their businesses through artificial intelligence to compete effectively.