Wadhwani School of
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Advancing knowledge and innovation through world-class research,
interdisciplinary education, and transformative solutions in AI

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Publications
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Industry Collaborations
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Faculty Members
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Research Projects

Awards & Recognitions

Prof. Krishna Pillutla

Awarded the Narayanan Family Foundation Fellowship.

Awarded the Schmidt Sciences AI 2050 fellowship, recognizing his contributions to advancing artificial intelligence research.

Prof. Mitesh Khapra

TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.

Awarded Mindtree Faculty Fellowship.

About the School

Founded in 2024, the School brings together several faculty with expertise in various areas of Data Science and AI, to work together on impactful problems of direct relevance to society. The school is home to the 18th and newest department (Department of Data Science and AI) at IIT Madras, has several affiliated research centres, and a vibrant research ecosystem, with several interest groups focused on exciting areas.

The school offers a BTech in AI & Data Analytics, an MTech in Data Science and AI, and also multiple programmes for international students.

Message from the Head

Prof. Balaraman Ravindran

The School will enable close collaboration between domain experts and AI researchers to enable solutions that integrate AI with existing domain knowledge and approaches. Our degree programs will nurture students to primarily think of interdisciplinary design and data-driven problem-solving.

Overall, our vision is to create an environment for globally competitive research and teaching, and ultimately place the school amongst the top centres in the world for research in three key areas, with special emphasis on AI for Healthcare, in the Indian context.

- Prof. Balaraman Ravindran
Head, WSAI

Our Research Centres

AI4Bharat

Open-source datasets, tools, and models that make Indian languages AI-ready.

AlphaGrep Quantitative Research Lab

AI for quantitative finance: market microstructure, risk, and next-gen trading strategies.

Centre for Integrative Biology and Systems Medicine

AI/ML for clinical and biological data to advance precision and systems medicine.

CeRAI

Standards, policy, and tooling to make AI accountable, explainable, and responsible.

RBCDSAI

Flagship centre spanning networks, RL, NLP, and industrial AI in manufacturing, cities, and health.

The Mint

Mobility digital infrastructure and R&D to accelerate sustainable, multimodal transport.

Walmart Centre for Tech Excellence

AI and IoT solutions to modernize MSMEs and drive efficient, sustainable growth.