NEW DELHI: The Government of Odisha on Wednesday announced an execution-focused artificial intelligence roadmap aimed at positioning the State as India’s next AI-driven governance hub, with plans to deploy population-scale solutions across public service delivery sectors.
Speaking at the Odisha Pavilion during the summit at Bharat Mandapam, Additional Chief Secretary (Electronics & IT) Vishal Kumar Dev said the State’s approach centres on transitioning AI from pilot-stage experimentation to full-scale implementation across healthcare, education, agriculture, disaster management and governance systems.
Officials said the roadmap prioritises last-mile inclusion through voice-enabled, Odia-language AI platforms designed to serve rural, tribal and low-literacy populations. The State has already uploaded more than 1,600 Odia literary datasets to AIKosh to support local-language machine learning systems.
Health and IT Minister Dr. Mukesh Mahaling said Odisha’s AI strategy is focused on measurable public service outcomes, including AI-assisted clinical decision support tools in rural healthcare settings, precision agriculture advisories using IVR-based climate intelligence, and AI-powered grievance redressal systems for citizen services.
Authorities also highlighted the State’s plans to develop sovereign and green AI infrastructure supported by power surplus capacity, enabling next-generation compute facilities and digital twin-based disaster management models for urban flood prevention.
The roadmap will be implemented under the Odisha AI Mission through a dedicated AI Taskforce, an AI Cell and department-level procurement reforms to scale AI deployments statewide, aligned with the State’s Digital Odisha Vision 2047 strategy.
