Indian Institute of Advanced Study holds a national seminar on the Indian Knowledge System and artificial intelligence

29 October 2026

A two-day National Seminar on Indian Knowledge System and Artificial Intelligence opened on October 29, 2026 at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, which is housed in Rashtrapati Nivas at Shimla. The chief guest was Prof. Raj Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Bennett University, Greater Noida, and the keynote address was given online by Dr Priyanka Tripathi of the Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Dr Sumit Narula, Dean of the Times School of Media at Bennett University, was the convener. The first day carried three academic sessions on environmental sustainability, arts and cultural heritage, and ethical approaches to artificial intelligence. The second day was given to Ayurveda, Yoga and health, Indian linguistic traditions and language technologies, and curriculum, policy and capacity building. Participants observed two minutes of silence for Professor Sachidananda Mohanty, a National Fellow of the Institute, who had died two days earlier and who had written 29 books.