Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis set out for the US and Canada on Saturday to get assistance for various infrastructure projects.
Mr Fadnavis will visit Montreal and San Francisco over a period of nine days from June 10 to conclude deals for the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop transit system, artificial intelligence (AI) and other such cutting-edge technology to bolster the health sector. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) for advanced technology will be signed between Mr Fadnavis and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian minister of international relations, Christine St-Pierre.
Taking ahead a few MoUs signed during the Make in India week and Magnetic Maharashtra, Mr Fadnavis will be meeting all business partners as well as technology-related experts and institutions. The government has already signed a MoU with British billionaire Richard Branson of Virgin Group to construct parts of a hyperloop system between Mumbai and Pune.
The CM will be visiting the trial track for hyperloop technology in California. The hyperloop will help in reducing travel time between the two cities to just 25 minutes.
AI is another field where the state government wants to invest and create more jobs. It has already set up an AI centre at the University of Mumbai (MU). AI is the theory and development of computer systems that make them competent for performing tasks that usually require human intelligence.
