ACM India Summer School 2025: AI for Social Good

Overview Schedule Selected Participants

ACM India Summer School 2025

Hosted by IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar
📅 02–13 June 2025

Overview

The ACM Summer School on AI for Social Good at IIT Gandhinagar offers an intensive 11-day program on AI techniques applied to social good domains such as healthcare, sustainability, and agriculture.

The school will feature expert talks, hands-on tutorials, and panel discussions, fostering both technical expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration.

🏛 Host Institution

IIT Gandhinagar
📍 Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382055

🏫 Local & Academic Coordinators

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

Academic Coordinator
👤 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

🎤 Confirmed Speakers

• Manish Gupta, Google India (Keynote)
  
• Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research India (Keynote)
  
• Sayan Ranu, IIT Delhi
  
• Tavpritesh Sethi, IIIT Delhi
  
• Nipun Batra, IIT Gandhinagar
  
• Anirban Dasgupta, IIT Gandhinagar
  
• Udit Bhatia, IIT Gandhinagar

(More speakers to be added soon)

📖 Prerequisites

Students should have prior knowledge of:
- Machine Learning
- Probability, Statistics & Data Visualization
- Basics of Computer Vision & NLP

🖥 Software Requirements

• Python

📌 Applying for the Summer Schools

The application fee for this school program is ₹150 + 18% GST.
You can give first and second preference in the application form.
All payments are non-refundable. Please apply after careful consideration since demand is high and seats are limited.

👉 Apply for the Summer Schools 2025 here

📅 Important Dates

• Last date for application 🗓️ Sunday, April 13, 2025 (1159 PM IST)
  
• Announcement of selections 🗓️ Wednesday, April 23, 2025
  
• Payment of fees by selected students
  🗓️ Wednesday, April 30, 2025

📝 Selection & Registration

• Selection Based on data submitted in the application. Selected students will be notified by email.
  
• Registration Only selected students must pay non-refundable fees (₹3000 + 18% GST) which includes lodging and boarding at the venue.
  • A non-shareable payment link will be sent to selected students.
    
  • Once selected to a school, you cannot switch to another.
    
  • Ensure you pay and register to be fair to those not selected.

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ℹ️ General Information

• The schools will be in-person only.
  
• Selected students must arrange travel on their own.
  
• No travel support is provided.
  
• Each day includes lectures + hands-on tutorials.
  
• Some schools may host industry sessions on career opportunities.
  
• Top students may receive internship opportunities and an all-expense-paid trip to 🏆 ACM India ARCS Symposium & Annual Event 2026
  📍 IIT Hyderabad, Feb–Mar 2026

📅 Schedule

👉 Click here for the detailed schedule

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