Speaking at a day-long symposium on AI at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) here on Saturday, Mr. Ranjan said the State used weather data to identify around 200 micro-climate zones to forecast which places would be hit by heat wave in a timeframe of 15 days.

Up on identifying such zones, the citizens, hospitals and others organisations that can help citizens were provided heat wave alerts, which in turn helped lower the number of deaths, he said.

“Last year, the State witnessed 441 deaths due to heat wave. This year that number is 103. We hope it will touch zero in the coming years,” Mr. Ranjan said.

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TCS Chief Technology Officer, K. Ananth Krishnan showed how power, transportation, health and even agriculture can benefit from AI. Mr. Krishnan said the benefits may not be visible to the end user but would greatly impact economy.

Prof. Mark. S. Fox from University of Toronto in his keynote speech discussed what intelligence systems could do for developing Smart Cities in India.