Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan

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Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad, participated in a panel discussion at FinAI Confluence 2026 titled “Trust the Agent? Governing AI in Regulated Financial Services.” The panel explored an increasingly important question as AI agents become more autonomous:

Dr. Shubham Singhal

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BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Dr. Shubham Singhal delivered a guest lecture during the workshop "Applications of AI in Civil Engineering (AAICE-2026)" at the BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, on 13 July. His lecture on "Machine Learning for Structural Engineering: Fundamentals and Workflow

Dr. Kasturi S V Sekhar

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Institute of Public Enterprise Dr Kasturi S V Sekhar delivered a session on ‘Change Management & Building an AI-Ready Organizational Culture’ at a 5-day residential Management Development Programme (MDP) on 22 July. The program was sponsored by the Department of

Dr. P Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao

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MIT World Peace University Dr. P Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao delivered two guest lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune, on 21 July. His first lecture, Advanced Composite Systems for Strengthening Existing Masonry Structures,

Dr. Vishnu Sreekumar

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Dr. Vishnu Sreekumar  gave a talk on The Cognitive and Neural Dynamics of Episodic Memory in the memory module of the Bangalore Cognition Workshop held at IISc, Bangalore, from 29 June - 3 July. Leading, well-known neuroscientists from around the

Dr. Aakansha Natani

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Dr. Aakansha Natani gave a seminar talk on The New 'Critical' Infrastructure: Data Centres and the Evolving Policy Landscape  in India's Digital Economy on 1 June at the University of Hamburg. Here is the summary of her talk: India's data