As per the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, the programme will commence from July 2019. The applications for M Tech Programme will be accepted only in online mode.

The centre will work on research in deep learning, reinforcement learning, network analysis, interpretable machine learning and domain aware AI. It will also create a portal of curated, India specific data sets that are easy to access and interpret through a set of open tools and interfaces

The B.Tech course will begin from coming academic year and IIT-Hyderabad is already offering an M.Tech course in AI-ML. Globally, IIT Hyderabad is likely the third institute to offer a full-fledged B.Tech. program in AI, after Carnegie Mellon University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S.