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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum for Standards X and XII from next academic year, according to Abhishek Singh, president and chief executive officer, National e-governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Speaking to Express on the sidelines of a boot camp for ‘Development of start-up ecosystem for social transformation on Artificial Intelligence’ in Chennai in the run-up to Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE)-2020 Summit, he said AI specific subject has got clearance and CBSE should be notifying it soon. He said that MEITY has prepared a draft mission AI wherein inputs from various ministries are being taken. The idea will be to focus on creating Centre of Excellence and ecosystem for AI across the country. An official from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said, RAISE-2020 (India’s first AI summit), which is to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in Delhi next month, may be delayed due to coronavirus fears.