Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: The Indian Institute of Technology Jammu played a prominent role at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, contributing to national policy discussions and showcasing indigenous Artificial Intelligence initiatives.
IIT Jammu facilitated the Ministry of Education’s high-level panel discussion titled “Ministry of Education – Pushing the Frontier of AI in India,” moderated by Prof Manoj Singh Gaur, Director, IIT Jammu.
The session brought together leaders from academia, industry, venture capital and frontier AI research, including Dr Sridhar Vembu (Zoho Corporation), Dr Vibhu Mittal (Inflection AI), Rajan Anandan (PeakXV), Prof Manindra Agrawal (IIT Kanpur), Prof V. Kamakoti (IIT Madras) and Prof Sunita Sarawagi (IIT Bombay). Discussions focused on strengthening India’s AI ecosystem, responsible deployment of frontier AI and expanding access to quality education through digital platforms. Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted the vision of “AI in Education and Education in AI.”
Expanding its collaborative ecosystem, IIT Jammu has formalized partnerships under Project MIRA with Inflection AI, Jammu & Kashmir Police and CSIR–Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), while collaborations with KenPath Technologies, ICRISAT, Bosch and Stillwaters. AI are currently in progress.
IIT Jammu also presented AIKAM (AI Knowledge & Assurance Mechanism), a CPMU-led initiative designed to enable AI-driven institutional governance through unified knowledge management, automated analytics and intelligent monitoring dashboards. The platform enhances transparency, compliance, and evidence-based decision-making by transforming fragmented institutional data into actionable insights. Prof Gaur emphasized the importance of ethical, inclusive adoption of AI to strengthen human learning and decision-making.
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