Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Jodhpur have leveraged the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to better identify malnutrition in children. The new method, published in the open-access journal MICCAI, addresses one of the most pressing global health challenges, the accurate and scalable assessment of childhood malnutrition. The study introduced DomainAdapt, a novel multitasking learning framework that dynamically adjusts task weights …

Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, has collaborated with ICT Academy, a not-for-profit society backed by the Government of India, State Governments, and industry leaders with a reach spanning 1,500+ academic institutions across 27 states, to scale the Snowflake Academia Program in India.  The program designed to equip educators and students with direct access to data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) …

By Ramanujam Thirumalai, CTO, Global Products and Solutions (GPS), NIIT Limited In India, over 1 crore students graduate every year, yet employability remains a major hurdle. The 2025 Mercer-Mettl Employability Report shows a worrying trend: only 42.6% of graduates are deemed employable, a decrease from 44.3% just two years prior. Simultaneously, a nasscom report forecasts India will need nine times the …

Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Thiruvarur, has launched an initiative leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to transform faculty research work into multilingual podcasts. The AI-driven podcast is designed in a discussion format that captures the essence of the faculty’s research work. This innovative step is aimed at bridging the gap between high-level scholarly work and the broader public, ushering in a new …

Great Learning, a leading global edtech company, has unveiled its fourth annual ‘Upskilling Trends Report 2025–26’, based on a survey of over 1,000 professionals across India. The report highlights a significant rebound in job confidence, with 73% of professionals expressing confidence in retaining their jobs this year—an 11 percentage point increase from the previous year. Confidence is notably higher among …

Meta on May 2 announced the recipients of the 2024 Llama Impact Grants, recognizing innovators using open-source large language models to tackle critical social challenges. Among this year’s global winners is CognitiveLab, an Bengaluru-based research lab whose project Nayana is revolutionizing AI accessibility for linguistically diverse communities. The Llama Impact Grant will help scale Nayana’s multilingual, multimodal capabilities, expanding access to AI …