Archive · 24 Aug 2026
IIT Kharagpur Opens Texas AI Centre for Skills and Research
IIT Kharagpur helped open a new centre for learning about artificial intelligence in Houston.
The Texas AI Learning Centre is located at the Tagore Centre.
It will teach AI and help people develop technology skills.
It also hopes to work on problems faced by industries.
The centre was launched by leaders from India, the Tagore Centre Foundation and IIT Kharagpur.
The opening was part of celebrations for India’s Independence Day and IIT Kharagpur’s anniversary.
Leaders said the centre could strengthen technology cooperation between India and the United States.
Its first activity was a two-day certificate course about artificial intelligence.
The Texas AI Learning Centre was inaugurated at the Tagore Centre in Houston through collaboration with the IIT Kharagpur Outreach Network.
The centre aims to provide artificial intelligence education, professional skills and industry-focused technology solutions.
DC Manjunath, Asoke Deysarkar and Suman Chakraborty jointly launched the facility.
The inauguration coincided with celebrations of India’s 80th Independence Day and IIT Kharagpur’s 75th anniversary.
The centre began operations with a two-day AI certificate bootcamp coordinated by Texas A&M University professor Debyajoti Banerjee.
- Who
- IIT Kharagpur, the IIT Kharagpur Outreach Network, the Tagore Centre Foundation, and participating academic, technology and diaspora representatives.
- What
- The Texas AI Learning Centre was inaugurated to promote AI education, skill development and industry-focused technological solutions.
- When
- During celebrations marking India’s 80th Independence Day and IIT Kharagpur’s 75th anniversary; the articles do not provide an exact date.
- Where
- At the Tagore Centre in Houston, Texas.
- Why
- To expand AI learning and professional development and encourage institutional and technology cooperation between India and the United States.
- Centre
- Texas AI Learning Centre
- Collaborator
- IIT Kharagpur Outreach Network
- Location
- Tagore Centre, Houston
- Joint launchers
- DC Manjunath, Asoke Deysarkar and Suman Chakraborty
- Initial programme
- Two-day certificate bootcamp on artificial intelligence
- Bootcamp coordinator
- Debyajoti Banerjee, a professor at Texas A&M University
- Proposed development
- A full-fledged overseas IIT outreach centre, with a broader Pan-IIT platform also proposed
