One-day symposium on Sovereignty and Security in the Age of AI.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, invites you to a one-day symposium on Sovereignty and Security in the Age of AI.

AI is moving into finance, health, governance, and defense faster than the institutions around it can adapt. Who controls the compute, models, and data, and how these systems are attacked, hardened, and trusted, are usually discussed separately. This symposium brings both questions into one room, with researchers, builders and policy voices, and asks what a credible technical path to sovereign, secure AI looks like for India.

The day opens with an inaugural keynote by Shri J A Chowdary, founding director of Software Technology Parks of India, co-founder of PortalPlayer and former IT Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It continues with three talks and a panel discussion, “Sovereign and Secure: A Roadmap for India’s AI,” and ends with a keynote by Prof. Sandeep Shukla, Director, IIIT-Hyderabad.

Date: 13th November, 2026 (Friday)

Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM IST

Venue: Dept. of CSE, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy

Program and details: https://ailaunchpad.cse.iith.ac.in/sovsecai.html

If you are interested, please complete the form above. We shall review the registration and get back to you with further details.

Seats are limited, and we would be glad to have you with us. Please feel free to forward this to colleagues and students who may be interested.