ACM India Summer School 2025

AI for Social Good • 11-Day Intensive Program
Hosted by IIT Gandhinagar • June 2-13, 2025

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Program Overview

Join us for an intensive 11-day program exploring cutting-edge AI techniques applied to social good domains including healthcare, sustainability, and agriculture.

Our program combines expert talks, hands-on tutorials, and interactive panel discussions to foster both technical expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Host Institution

IIT Gandhinagar
📍 Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382055

Program Coordinators

Local Coordinator: Dr. Nipun Batra
📧 nipun.batra@iitgn.ac.in

Academic Coordinator: Dr. Anirban Dasgupta
📧 anirbandg@iitgn.ac.in

Topics Covered

AI for Social Good Domains

  • 🏥 AI for Healthcare
  • 🌱 AI for Sustainability
  • 🌾 AI for Agriculture

Technical Topics

  • 🔍 Object Detection
  • 🎯 Bandits and Reinforcement Learning
  • 📈 Time Series Modeling
  • 🤖 Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • ⚖️ Fairness & Explainability in AI
  • 🔄 Self-Supervised Learning
  • 📊 Bayesian ML
  • 🌐 Graph Neural Networks
  • 🎭 Multimodal Learning

Organizers

  • Dr. Anirban Dasgupta - Professor, IIT Gandhinagar
  • Dr. Nipun Batra - Professor, IIT Gandhinagar
  • Ayush Shrivastava - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Abhay Pisharodi - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Diya Thakor - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Ratnesh Pasi - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Raviraj Sukhadiya - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Rishabh Mondal - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Suruchi Hardaha - IIT Gandhinagar
  • Vinayak Rana - IIT Gandhinagar

Prerequisites & Requirements

Knowledge Prerequisites: - 🧠 Machine Learning - 📊 Probability, Statistics & Data Visualization
- 👁️ Basics of Computer Vision & NLP

Software Requirements: - 🐍 Python

Application Information

Application Fee: ₹150 + 18% GST
You can select first and second preferences in the application form.
All payments are non-refundable. Apply after careful consideration.

Important Dates

  • Application Deadline: Sunday, April 13, 2025 (11:59 PM IST)
  • Selection Announcement: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
  • Fee Payment Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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Selection & Registration

Selection: Based on application data. Selected students will be notified by email.

Registration Fee: ₹3000 + 18% GST (includes lodging and boarding) - Non-shareable payment link sent to selected students - Cannot switch schools once selected
- Payment required to confirm attendance

Program Details

Format: - 🏢 In-person only - ✈️ Travel arrangements by participants - 🚫 No travel support provided - 📚 Daily lectures + hands-on tutorials

Opportunities: - 💼 Industry career sessions - 🎯 Internship opportunities for top students - 🏆 All-expense-paid trip to ACM India ARCS Symposium 2026 at IIT Hyderabad

Schedule

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For more information about the Sustainability Lab at IIT Gandhinagar, visit our main website.