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Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI is proud to announce that Prof. Balaraman Ravindran is taking part in the first in-person meeting of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, established by the United Nations to provide rigorous, independent scientific assessment of AI’s impact on society. The meeting is being in Madrid, Spain, from 22nd to 24th April 2026. Chosen from more than 2,600 applicants representing 140+ countries, the 40-member Panel brings together expertise in machine learning, public health, economics, human rights and more. It reflects geographic diversity, gender balance and representation from all five UN regions. The Panel is set to present its first findings ahead of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva during 6th-7th July 2026. #WadhwaniSchool #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataScience #GlobalAI #AIGovernance #UnitedNations #AIForGood #MachineLearning #TechLeadership #AcademicExcellence #IndiaInAI #GlobalImpact #Innovation #ResearchExcellence @iitmadras @UN @ravi_iitm @ODET_UN

It was an honour delivering a talk regarding our research @ @cerai_iitm at the @CarnegieMellon! The talk was jointly organized by #CMU-#NIST #AIMeasurementScience and #EngineeringCenter (#AIMSEC) and the #NSF #AIInstitute for #SocietalDecisionMaking (#NSFAISDM). Thanking Prof. #RamayyaKrishnan for hosting me. Thanking all the faculty and researchers who attended the talk and also for the bunch of interesting discussions! Special thanks to #AustinKrause for all the help! @ravi_iitm @iitmadras @WSAI_IITM

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IIT Madras’ Prof. B. Ravindran Receives Global Recognition at the 2026 NAAI AI Exploration Awards The Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (WSAI), IIT Madras is proud to share that Prof. B. Ravindran, Head, WSAI, IIT Madras, has been named among the 2026 Global Final Awardees of the NAAI Artificial Intelligence Exploration Award. Presented by the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI), the award recognizes pioneering research that advances the scientific foundations and exploratory frontiers of artificial intelligence. Prof. Ravindran has been honored for his theoretical advances in reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making - areas fundamental to building intelligent systems capable of learning from experience and making optimal long-term decisions. The 2026 Global Final Awardees include leading AI researchers from top universities and institutions across Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia - highlighting the global effort shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Congratulations to Prof. Ravindran and all the distinguished researchers recognized this year for advancing the frontiers of AI. #BalaramanRavindran #WSAI #IITMadras #ArtificialIntelligence #AIResearch #MachineLearning #ReinforcementLearning #GlobalResearch #Innovation #NAAI @ravi_iitm @iitmadras

As we wrap up our journey at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, we hear from Prof. Balaraman Ravindran, Head, WSAI, reflecting on a week of meaningful dialogue and collective intent. From thought-provoking sessions on AI safety and evaluation to meaningful conversations at the WSAI stall, the summit brought together policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, and institutions to collectively shape the future of responsible AI. The Summit became a space for dialogue, exchange, and collaboration, echoing our shared commitment to building safe, inclusive, and globally relevant AI ecosystems, especially for India and the Global South. #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #WSAI #AISafety #ResponsibleAI #AIForGlobalGood #GlobalSouth @ravi_iitm @karthikraman @gitakrishnan @KrishnaPillutla @gsk1992 @GeethR18 @cerai_iitm @IBSE_IITM @iitmadras @OfficialINDIAai @IndiaAiExpo

Prof. B. Ravindran at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 Across thirteen high-impact sessions at the Summit, Prof. B. Ravindran, Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (WSAI), IIT Madras, shared critical insights on building AI systems that are responsible, inclusive, and globally relevant. 🎯 AI Assessments & Assurance 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/ZRKQ6b0c8… Prof. Ravindran emphasized that AI evaluation must be domain-specific, collaborative, and grounded in real-world use cases. Lab metrics alone are not enough — end users must be part of the validation loop. He also called for Global South–focused benchmarks and tools. 🌍 AI for Inclusive Economic Progress 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/dVsLkWPAS… Highlighting India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (such as identity systems and UPI), Prof. Ravindran noted how population-scale AI can unlock access in healthcare, education, and public services, provided we build open, locally relevant AI stacks. 🏛 Responsible Deployment and Use of AI Systems in Social Welfare Delivery 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/Wr8eqpD9b… Prof. Ravindran stressed keeping humans in the loop, welcoming critical feedback, and focusing on solving the right problems rather than accelerating development cycles without accountability. 🔐 Open-source Tooling for Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/qstAnmC_G… Prof. Ravindran emphasized the urgent need to strengthen AI ecosystems in the Global South, pointing to the lack of adequate benchmarks and datasets to rigorously test models in Indian and regional contexts. Without context-specific evaluation and stress testing, AI systems risk underperforming in real-world deployment across diverse linguistic and socio-cultural environments. 💳 AI in Financial Services In high-stakes sectors, governance, accountability, and policy alignment are essential to transform innovation into dependable, real-world impact. 🌐 Strategic Multistakeholder Dialogue – Plenary Panel: Global South Leadership in AI Governance Learn more: impact.indiaai.gov.in/sessions Prof. B. Ravindran underscored that AI governance must go beyond regulation. He emphasized aligning AI with existing sectoral frameworks - especially in banking, healthcare, and education - while ensuring strong enforcement. Without diligent implementation, governance risks remaining policy on paper rather than practice in society. ⚙ Operationalising Responsible AI 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/T13SgnGJN… Moving from principles to proof, he underscored sector-specific risk mapping, bias detection, clear reporting mechanisms, and the need to hold AI systems to standards higher than humans — advocating for right-sized, domain-specific models. 🔬 Fireside with Sir Demis Hassabis 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=v8hPUY… In a candid conversation, discussions ranged from AGI timelines and the current “jagged intelligence” of models to AI’s transformative potential in scientific discovery. The dialogue reinforced India’s emerging role as a global AI powerhouse. 📊 The Role of Science in International AI Governance 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/xPYSLh7W6… Prof. B. Ravindran underscored the need for stronger scientific evidence to guide international AI governance. He noted that much of the current discourse on AI’s social impact , particularly concerning youth - is drawn largely from Western contexts, with limited India-specific data. 🤝 Global South Research Network For Trustworthy AI 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/live/pZd2-Pkh-… At the launch of the Global South Research Network for Trustworthy AI, he highlighted the importance of cross-border collaboration - not just for knowledge exchange, but for solving shared, systemic challenges. #IndiaAIImpactSummit #WSAI #ResponsibleAI #InclusiveAI #AIForGood #AILeadership #AIInnovation #aiimpactsummit @ravi_iitm @karthikraman @gitakrishnan @KrishnaPillutla @gsk1992 @GeethR18 @IBSE_IITM @ai4bharat @cerai_iitm @rbcdsai76145 @OfficialINDIAai @EduMinOfIndia @GoI_MeitY @iitmadras

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, New Delhi made one thing clear: AI governance must reflect the priorities of the Global South. In this powerful interview on Sansad TV, Prof Balaraman Ravindran Head of Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, highlights what truly matters next for India’s AI journey: - Context-aware, multilingual AI for the Global South - Youth optimism driving innovation - Building foundational AI capacity — beyond just models - Responsible & trustworthy AI frameworks - Data sovereignty as a non-negotiable India has the talent, the startup energy, and the demographic advantage. Now execution, ecosystem depth, and inclusive growth will define impact. Watch the full interview on Sansad TV: youtube.com/watch?v=n0w6qE… #AIImpactSummit #GlobalSouth #ResponsibleAI #IndiaAI #WSAI #IITMadras @ravi_iitm @sansad_tv @cerai_iitm @GoI_MeitY @AshwiniVaishnaw @IndiaAiExpo @OfficialINDIAai @SecretaryMEITY

Eighty-six countries and two international organisations have now endorsed the New Delhi Declaration on Artificial Intelligence at the recently concluded India AI Impact Summit 2026. This is a landmark step toward building an inclusive, human-centric and development-oriented global AI framework. As reported by Nature in its coverage of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, this declaration signals growing international consensus around responsible and equitable AI development. In this context, Prof. B. Ravindran, Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras, who chaired one of the working groups at the AI Summit, observed: "While operational details are thin, as is expected from a multilateral declaration, the agreement has consensus from so many countries, including the two AI superpowers. That is an acknowledgement of the growing need to focus on immediate challenges to beneficial AI adoption across the world.” Read the full article here: nature.com/articles/d4415… This insight captures the true significance of the New Delhi Declaration. Beyond principles and policy language, what stands out is the breadth of global alignment, including major AI powers, and the shared recognition that beneficial AI adoption must be accelerated, responsibly and inclusively. At WSAI, we see this as a pivotal shift: * From fragmented AI conversations to coordinated global action * From innovation for a few to access for many * From abstract governance to implementation that addresses real-world development challenges The future of AI will be shaped not only by technological breakthroughs but by how equitably the world chooses to deploy them. #AIForGood #ResponsibleAI #GlobalAI #IndiaAI #WSAI #IITMadras @ravi_iitm @Nature @cerai_iitm @GoI_MeitY @AshwiniVaishnaw @IndiaAiExpo @OfficialINDIAai @SecretaryMEITY

Where ideas meet people. Our stall has been a space for meaningful conversations, curious walk-ins, and thoughtful exchanges throughout the Summit. If you’re attending India AI Impact Summit 2026, do drop by and connect. The expo has been extended till 21st February, so there’s still time to visit. 📍 Hall 6, Stall No. 6.2C, Pragati Maidan 📅 February 16–21, 2026 #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ExpoFloor #PeoplePlanetProgress #WSAI @ravi_iitm @karthikraman @gitakrishnan @KrishnaPillutla @gsk1992 @GeethR18 @cerai_iitm @IBSE_IITM @iitmadras

IIT Madras Professor selected to UN Scientific Panel on AI A proud moment for the IIT Madras community and for India Prof. Balaraman Ravindran, Head of Wadhwani School of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (WSAI) at IIT Madras has been nominated by the UN Secretary-General to serve on the prestigious Scientific Panel on AI. Following a highly competitive global process that received over 2,600 applications, Prof. Ravindran is among just 40 experts worldwide appointed to the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. This panel will provide independent scientific assessments on AI's opportunities, risk and impacts. As AI rapidly transforms economies and societies, having the Head of WSAI represent India at a global platform like this underscores both the depth of research emerging from IIT Madras and India’s growing voice in responsible AI leadership. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Ravindran on this exceptional achievement, a proud moment for WSAI, IIT Madras, and the nation. #IITMadras #WSAI #ArtificialIntelligence #UnitedNations #AILeadership #GlobalAI #IndiaAI #AcademicExcellence #ProudMoment @wsai_iitm @ravi_iitm @IBSE_IITM @ai4bharat @wcte_iitm @cerai_iitm @iitmadras @un @antonioguterres

Prof. Balaraman Ravindran, Head, WSAI, at the Indian AI Impact Summit 2026 Speaking on Open Source Tooling for Safe & Trustworthy AI, he underscores the need for strong benchmarks and datasets for Indian and other low-resource languages to build accurate, fair, and reliable AI systems. He highlights how open, locally rooted evaluation frameworks can support trustworthy AI adoption across agriculture, public services, and governance in India and the Global South. #IndianAIImpactSummit #ResponsibleAI #TrustworthyAI #OpenSourceAI #AIForIndia @iitmadras @OfficialINDIAai @ravi_iitm

Catch our interactive demos, expert-led sessions, and rich discussions across the week — including Prof. Ravindran’s talks on AI assessments, governance, inclusive growth, and operationalizing Responsible AI. If you’re at the Summit, we’d love to connect. We encourage you to visit our stall as well. 📍 Hall 6, Stall No 6.2C, Pragati Maidan 📅 February 16–20, 2026 More details in the event calendar here: Watch this space for more updates! #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress #WSAI @ravi_iitm @gsk1992 @GeethR18

Panel on Safe AI Solutions in Education A rich practitioner-oriented dialogue hosted by CeRAI brought together Prof. Srinivasan Parthasarathy, The Ohio State University; Sunil Wadhwani, Founder, Wadhwani AI; Swati Vasudevan, Country Director, Khan Academy India; Anil Ananthaswamy, Professor of Practice, IIT Madras, and Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja (CEO & MD, Central Square Foundation), chaired by Mr. Krishnan Narayanan (Co-founder & President, itihaasa Research & Digital). The discussion underscored human-in-the-loop systems, trustworthy-by-design AI across all layers, and safety as co-agency, especially for digitally unsophisticated learners. The panel called for ecosystem-level governance to address harms to students, institutions and society, while scaling inclusion through data, infrastructure and policy, aligning with India’s emerging leadership in AI for education. Watch here: youtube.com/live/LMVu3aTcj… #SafeAI #ResponsibleAI #AIinEducation #GlobalSouth #HumanInTheLoop #CeRAI #AIImpactSummit2026 #EducationInnovation @OfficialINDIAai

Live from #AIImpactSummit2026 | Session: Effective AI Assessments, Verification and Assurance Prof. B. Ravindran, Head, WSAI, IIT Madras, underscores that there is no one-size-fits-all framework for AI assurance. Verification must be sector-specific, collaborative, and rooted in real-world use not just lab metrics. Practitioners must be part of the evaluation pipeline for AI to truly work in practice. #AI #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #AIAssurance #AIVerification #TrustworthyAI #WSAI @ravi_iitm @OfficialINDIAai

India AI Impact Summit 2026 - A New Chapter for Bharat in Global AI Leadership As the world watches closely, India is set to host the first Global AI Summit of this scale in a Global South nation. The India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi's Bharat Mandapam is not just another global conference, but a shift in how the world thinks about AI. Scheduled from 16-20 February 2026, the summit is designed to empower developers to build trusted, deployable and inclusive AI solutions tailored for the Global South nations. It will also focus on practical governance frameworks, especially for countries that are still developing their AI ecosystems. Prof. Balaraman Ravindran, Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence notes, this summit is not ending with a declaration, it's about creating tangible frameworks, tools and principles that will outlive the event, helping nations build people-centric Responsible AI. #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AIForAll #GlobalSouth #AIGovernance #ResponsibleAI #TrustedAI #TechForGood #AILeadership #InclusiveInnovation #WSAI #ArtificialIntelligence #IndiaLeads @ravi_iitm @karthikraman @gitakrishnan @KrishnaPillutla @gsk1992 @GeethR18 @IBSE_IITM @ai4bharat @cerai_iitm @OfficialINDIAai @EduMinOfIndia @GoI_MeitY @iitmadras

Honoured to be appointed to the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI by the UN General Assembly. I look forward to working with an esteemed group of scientific leaders in AI on the panel's objectives.

With the @OfficialINDIAai Impact Summit 2026 around the corner, we’re excited to give you a sneak-peek into the sessions organised by @WSAI_IITM #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress

As the adoption of AI proliferates across sectors, the focus on Responsible AI (RAI) has moved beyond high-level ethical principles toward the need for practical, implementable governance mechanisms. At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, we will explore this topic through a panel discussion on the lines of 'Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Foster AI Adoption in the Global South', organised by @WSAI_IITM & @WadhwaniAI. #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress

At the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, we have an exciting panel discussion on the topic 'Safe AI Solutions in Education - A Practitioner-oriented Dialogue for the Global South Perspective'.