Pre-Summit India AI Summit 2026
BITS Pilani and the India AI Summit (Pre Summit):
The mission, ecosystem and the way forward
Schedule - Pre-Summit 2026
10th February 2026
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| Duration (minutes) | Timing | Details |
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| 5 | 10:00 - 10:05 | APPCAIR Talk By Prof. Snehanshu Saha Prof. Sravan Danda |
| 15 | 10:05 - 10:20 | Lightning Talk - Prof. Amitava Das (BITS Goa) Talk Title: DENSEWORLD - World Models for Populous, Crowded, and Chaotic Global South & AI Constitution of India |
| 15 | 10:20 - 10:35 | Lightning Talk - Prof. Santonu Sarkar (BITS Goa) Talk Title: AI and Transportation |
| 10 | 10:35 - 10:45 | Industry Talk - Wipro Research Jyotirmoy Ray |
| 15 | 10:45 - 11:00 | Lightning Talk - (BITS Pilani) Prof. Pratik Narang Talk Title: Beyond Sentiment: Actionable AI for Prescriptive Analytics |
| 10 | 11:00 - 11:10 | Industry Talk - Adobe - Dr Yaman Kumar Talk Title: Marketing and Sales In the Era of Agents |
| 15 | 11:10 - 11:25 | Lightning Talk - (BITS Hyderabad) Prof. Prajna Upadhyay: Talk Title: Making Large Language Models inclusive for low text literate users |
| 5 | 11:25 - 11:30 | Presentation by CREST Dr. Praloy Mondal Program manager CREST |
| 15 | 11:30 - 11:45 | Lightning Talk - Prof. Aditya Challa (BITS Goa) Talk Title: Distribution Drift Detection and Domain Adaptation |
| 10 | 11:45 - 11:55 | Industry Talk - Mercedes Benz |
| 5 | 11:55 - 12:00 | Presentation by CRENS Dr M Rama Manohara Babu Head CRENS |
| 15 | 12:00 - 12:15 | Lightning Talk - Prof. Navneet Goyal (BITS Pilani) Talk Title: AI for Satellite Data: Challenges & Opportunities |
| 15 | 12:15 - 12:30 | Lightning Talk - (BITS Hyderabad) Prof. Hrishikesh R Terdalkar Talk Title: Hallucinations in Large Language Models for Indian Languages: Analysis and Evaluation |
| 15 | 12:30 - 12:45 | BITS School of Design Sachendra Yadav |
| 30 | 12:45 - 13:15 | Panel Discussion (Startups) Topic: Is AI going to replace coders anytime soon? Moderated by: Vatsal Sanghvi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsalsanghvi/) Panelists: 1. Srinivas Sarkar, Co-Founder, Coupl Money (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-sarkar/) 2. Divyansh Mangal, Co-Founder, Aignosis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyanshmangal/) |
| 5 | 13:15 - 13:20 | BITSOM Mr Arvind Ravishunkar |
| 15 | 13:20 - 13:35 | External Speaker Prof. Sriparna Saha, IIT Patna Talk Title: From Benchmarks to Models: Building the Foundation for Inclusive AI in Indian Languages |
| 5 | 13:35 - 13:40 | Closing remarks Prof. Snehanshu Saha |
10:00 - 10:05
5 min
APPCAIR Talk By Prof. Snehanshu Saha Prof. Sravan Danda
10:05 - 10:20
15 min
Lighting Talk - Prof. Amitava Das (BITS Goa)
DENSEWORLD - World Models for Populous, Crowded, and Chaotic Global South & AI Constitution of India
DENSEWORLD - World Models for Populous, Crowded, and Chaotic Global South & AI Constitution of India
10:20 - 10:35
15 min
Lighting Talk - Prof. Santonu Sarkar (BITS Goa) - AI and Transportation
10:35 - 10:45
10 min
Industry Talk - Wipro Research Jyotirmoy Ray
10:45 - 11:00
15 min
Lighting Talk - (BITS Pilani) Prof. Pratik Narang. Beyond Sentiment: Actionable AI for Prescriptive Analytics
11:00 - 11:10
10 min
Industry Talk - Adobe - Dr Yaman Kumar - Mangla
11:10 - 11:25
15 min
Lighting Talk - (BITS Hyderabad) Prof. Prajna Upadhyay:
Making Large Language Models inclusive for low text literate users
Making Large Language Models inclusive for low text literate users
11:25 - 11:30
5 min
Presentation by CREST
Dr. Praloy Mondal
Program manager CREST
Dr. Praloy Mondal
Program manager CREST
11:30 - 11:45
15 min
Lighting Talk - Prof. Aditya Challa (BITS Goa) - Distribution Drift Detection and Domain Adaptation
11:45 - 11:55
10 min
Industry Talk - Mercedes Benz
11:55 - 12:00
5 min
Presentation by CRENS
Dr M Rama Manohara Babu
Head CRENS
Dr M Rama Manohara Babu
Head CRENS
12:00 - 12:15
15 min
Lighting Talk - Prof. Navneet Goyal (BITS Pilani)
12:15 - 12:30
15 min
Lighting Talk - (BITS Hyderabad) Prof. Hrishikesh R Terdalkar
Hallucinations in Large Language Models for Indian Languages: Analysis and Evaluation
Hallucinations in Large Language Models for Indian Languages: Analysis and Evaluation
12:30 - 12:45
15 min
BITS School of Design Sachendra Yadav
12:45 - 13:15
30 min
Panel Discussion (Startups)
Topic: Is AI going to replace coders anytime soon?
Moderated by: Vatsal Sanghvi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsalsanghvi/
Panelists:
1. Srinivas Sarkar, Co-Founder, Coupl Money
https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-sarkar/
2. Divyansh Mangal, Co-Founder, Aignosis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyanshmangal/
Topic: Is AI going to replace coders anytime soon?
Moderated by: Vatsal Sanghvi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsalsanghvi/
Panelists:
1. Srinivas Sarkar, Co-Founder, Coupl Money
https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-sarkar/
2. Divyansh Mangal, Co-Founder, Aignosis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyanshmangal/
13:15 - 13:20
5 min
BITSOM Mr Arvind Ravishunkar
13:20 - 13:35
15 min
External Speaker Prof. Sriparna Saha, IIT Patna
13:35 - 13:40
5 min
Closing remarks Prof. Ashwin Srinivasan
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Prof. Snehanshu Saha
Professor-CS&IS and Head- (APPCAIR),
BITS PILANI K K Birla Goa Campus
Senior Member-IEEE, Senior Member-ACM, Fellow-IETE
BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
snehanshus@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
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BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus