Archive · 5 Sep 2025
IIT Madras Professor Mitesh Khapra Named Among Top AI Leaders
Mitesh Khapra, a professor at IIT Madras, was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in AI.
This is a big deal because the list usually features people from big tech companies, but Khapra is from academia.
His work focuses on creating AI that understands Indian languages, which is something that hasn't gotten much attention before.
He also co-founded AI4Bharat, an initiative that builds AI tools for Indian languages.
TIME highlighted his work because he is inspiring a shift in Indian research priorities.
He received awards from Google, Microsoft, and IBM during his career.
Mitesh Khapra, an IIT Madras professor, made TIME Magazine's list of influential AI leaders.
Khapra's work focuses on AI for Indian languages.
He co-founded AI4Bharat, an open-source initiative at IIT Madras.
Khapra earned his PhD from IIT Bombay.
He received awards like the Google Faculty Research Award.
- Who
- Mitesh Khapra, Associate Professor at IIT Madras
- What
- Named in TIME Magazine's 2025 list of 100 most influential AI leaders.
- When
- 2025
- Where
- IIT Madras
- Why
- Recognition for contributions to AI research, particularly for Indian languages.
- Name
- Mitesh Khapra
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Institution
- IIT Madras
- Recognition
- TIME Magazine's 2025 list of 100 most influential AI leaders
- Focus
- Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, AI for Indian languages
- Co-founder
- AI4Bharat