Prof. Vasudeva Varma, was awarded the Google India AI/ML Research Award 2020 for his work on ‘Project ANGEL’, an initiative aimed at utilizing machine learning techniques for enhancing the well-being of teenagers, especially teenage girls. Prof. Varma intends to develop a cohesive technology stack (including prior work on building on hate speech detection, sexism classification), through multi-disciplinary research for helping teenagers in an empathetic, proactive manner.
More details at: https://india.googleblog.com/2020/09/announcing-google-india-aiml-research.html