Aarogya Setu app will soon be equipped with AI, team formed for upgrade

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has reportedly formed a high-level committee of tech leaders and officials to upgrade the Aarogya Setu app. Let us tell you that Arogya Setu is the official app of the Government of India to track Covid-19 (Coronavirus) infection. PTI, citing sources, has informed that this committee has already met 3-4 times a week, in which the PMO is also included. The Aarogya Setu app, launched on April 2, helps users check whether they have come in contact with a coronavirus-infected person. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many government institutions are constantly advising Indian citizens to download this app.

PTI’s AccordingPrincipal Scientific Advisor Vijay Raghavan is leading this committee. The committee includes officials and technology leaders like IT Secretary Ajay Sawhney, TRAI Chairman RS Sharma, Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash, Tata Group Chairperson N Chandrasekaran, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Tech Mahindra Group CEO CP Gurnani, IIT Madras Professor V Kamakoti and Lalitesh Katragadda of Google Maps India.

The objective of this committee constituted by the PMO is to use Artificial Intelligence and GPS to track the movement of patients who are in quarantine. The updated app will also inform people about the centers for distribution of daily needs in their area. Remote healthcare facility will also be made available in the app.

The committee is working to make the Aarogya Setu app available not only on smartphones but also on all types of phones.

As we told you that the Arogya Setu app was launched on April 2 and on the third day of its launch, this app was downloaded 5 million i.e. 50 lakh times and today a new information has come out that this app has The figure of 5 crore downloads has been crossed 13 days after its launch.