Archive · 3 Sep 2025
IIT Madras Professor Khapra in TIME's AI 100
Professor Mitesh Khapra, from IIT Madras, is recognized by TIME magazine for his AI work.
Unlike others, he focuses on AI for Indian languages.
He co-founded AI4Bharat to create open-source AI tools for Indian languages.
His team developed crucial language datasets, used by Indian startups.
This work makes AI accessible for languages such as Hindi and Marathi.
Mitesh Khapra, an IIT Madras professor, is on TIME's 100 most influential in AI list.
Khapra's research focuses on AI for Indian languages.
He co-founded AI4Bharat.
AI4Bharat creates open-source AI tools and datasets.
Indian startups use AI4Bharat datasets.
- Who
- Mitesh Khapra, IIT Madras professor
- What
- Named to TIME's 100 most influential in AI list
- When
- 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- For work in AI for Indian languages
- Professor
- Mitesh Khapra
- Institution
- IIT Madras
- Recognition
- TIME's 100 Most Influential in AI
- Focus
- AI for Indian languages
- Initiative
- AI4Bharat
