Kohli Centre on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) marked Sri F C Kohli’s birth anniversary on 19 March with a special program celebrating his life through research and innovation. 

The inaugural annual event includes reminiscings on FC Kohli by S Ramadorai, former CEO and Vice Chairman, TCS, Prof Raj Reddy, from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as others from TATA and IIITH community. 

Reminiscings on FC Kohli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sT0fASUBYk

 The online event included a interactive session with Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion on AI In Chess: A World Champion’s Perspective; a distinguished lecture by Prof Devi Parikh, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech, Facebook AI Research; live interactive research demos by IIITH students and multiple faculty-alumni advisee interactions.

Interactive session with Viswanathan Anand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NMlsrkZ3U

Distinguished lecture by Prof Devi Parikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z1FS423TDU

Interactive research demos by IIITH students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0W-4Wg4kVc

Faculty alumni advisee interactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BpLokglpTc

Commenting on the established of an annual F C Kohli Day at IIITH, Prof P J Narayanan, Director, IIITH said, “The institute has worked closely with TCS since the early 2000s that led to the establishment of the Kohli Centre on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) in 2015 with an endowment from TCS. It is, without doubt, a rare and unparalleled honour to the institute to have an effort named for a colossus like Mr Kohli. KCIS has now developed into one the country’s largest AI research centres. Through the establishment of an annual F C Kohli Day we hope to celebrate his vision and carry his work forward”.

More details of the program at https://kcis.iiit.ac.in/FC_Kohli_Day