Nivruti Rai: A Woman of Science
Intel - Technology’s Country Manager, Nivruti Rai, believes in the huge potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to scale up the technological revolution. She believes that AI adds to the intelligence of human beings by enhancing the accessibility of memory and data. A major contribution by Intel-Technology in this sphere is the improvement of road safety in India.
Intel-Technology has an agreement with the Government of Karnataka to build up a database on traffic and road condition information, which includes grey spot mapping (where the probability of accidents is higher). The technology from Mobileye (an Israeli subsidiary of Intel Corporation, specialising in advanced driver assistance systems) will enable predicting whether an accident is likely at an intersection. It will also be able to suggest strategies to avoid it. It will for instance, suggest whether an accident could be averted through an infrastructure solution, better lighting or a warning to the driver.
Intel has tied up with NITI Aayog and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research to develop space in India for the growth of artificial intelligence, by creating an IP for AI, an area in which India lags behind. Intel announced the Intel Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP) in 2017 – a chip modelled on the human brain. The chip is designed to help computers and AI systems make decisions based on observed patterns and associations.
Rai, who hails from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, wanted to be a fashion designer when she was young. However, she began her career as an engineer with Intel in 1995. She functioned in various business teams and moved to the CPU Development Organisation in Oregon, where she worked on performance optimisation.
She functioned in various business teams and moved to the CPU Development Organisation in Oregon, where she worked on performance optimisation. In 2005 she moved to India to manage the R&D for mobile platform technologies used for hand-held and laptop computers. In 2013 Nivruti Rai’s team was awarded an Intel Achievement Award for developing the Minute Intel Architecture Core. She is also known for her work on semiconductor chips that consume less power using a technique called ‘error-correcting codes’.
Rai has been granted a US patent, along with several technical papers, on integrated circuit design methodologies and operations research. Rai seems to be a feminist at heart, who believes that actions lead to success, rather than one’s gender.
In 2013 Nivruti Rai’s team was awarded an Intel Achievement Award for developing the Minute Intel Architecture Core. She is also known for her work on semiconductor chips that consume less power
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