HYDERABAD: The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE India) has introduced Sajag AI, an artificial intelligence-based child safety monitoring system, at its Aveksha day care centres. Developed by two Class X students, the system identifies potential safety incidents through existing CCTV cameras and alerts staff within seconds.Sajag AI, which translates to ‘always alert’, was developed by Shloak Bihani of CHIREC International School, Hyderabad, and Aryaman Taparia of Step By Step School, Noida. The system uses a computer-vision model to monitor multiple CCTV feeds, identify potentially unsafe situations, and send SMS and email alerts with incident details and snapshots to the centre coordinator and monitoring team.It runs on low-cost hardware and utilizes existing CCTV infrastructure, eliminating the need for additional cameras. Video processing takes place on-site, while only snapshots and basic incident information are shared through alerts. In model testing, Sajag AI identified 97.3% of safety incidents. During early live testing, it detected 8 out of 10 staged incidents, with reducing false alarms being the next priority.Supporting human supervisionThe system is designed to support rather than replace human supervision. Every alert is reviewed by trained staff, who decide the appropriate response. The initiative was announced at the launch of the COWE India–UNDP collaboration on workplace-based childcare in Hyderabad, in the presence of Smt. Shruti Ojha, IAS, and Mr. Jeya Chandran, Regional Head – Southern India, UNDP, along with COWE India’s leadership.Uma Ghurka, Founder Director, COWE India, said, “Until now, our team had to monitor multiple CCTV feeds and often discovered incidents only during subsequent reviews. Sajag AI brings the moment that matters to our attention within seconds, giving our team an opportunity to respond. It replaces neither caretakers nor human judgement. It is particularly encouraging that two school students developed this solution after recognising a real need at a day care centre.”Expansion plansCOWE India plans to extend Sajag AI across its 18 operational Aveksha centres and future centres. A longer pilot is planned to assess reliability, minimize false alerts, and improve performance under everyday operating conditions.Aveksha, meaning ‘to take care of’, is COWE India’s childcare initiative for children of women industrial workers and underprivileged families. Supported by SIDBI and corporate CSR partners, its 18 centres across Telangana currently care for 20–30 children each, providing free or highly subsidised childcare, which has enabled hundreds of women to take up employment.
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