IIIT-Bangalore Inaugurated as NITI Aayog Lead Knowledge Institution
IIIT-Bangalore joins NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission as Lead Knowledge Institution, driving AI-data science for state governance.
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IIT Madras Names Theoretical CS Centre After Alumnus Arvind Raghunathan: ARtCS to Pioneer India’s Computational Foundations
IIT Madras launches Arvind Raghunathan Centre for Theoretical Computer Science (ARtCS), funded by alumnus Arvind Raghunathan (IITM EE → Berkeley PhD → Credit Suisse trader → Roc360/HouseIQ founder), featuring advisory board with MIT’s Shafi Goldwasser, Google’s Prabhakar Raghavan to advance cryptography, quantum computing, and AI privacy research.
Google pledges $8 million to India’s AI Centers of Excellence and strengthens AI‑for‑public‑good partnerships
Google has announced an $8 million funding package for four government‑backed AI Centers of Excellence in India, along with several new collaborations in healthcare, agriculture, and Indic‑language technologies. The moves, unveiled at Google’s “Lab to Impact” dialogue on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, support the national vision to “Make AI in India and Make AI work for India.”