NATIONAL AI MANTHAN 2.0
Official Summit Agenda & Event Schedule (12–13 September 2026)
Jan Bhavan, Uttar Pradesh & Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur Presents
NATIONAL AI MANTHAN 2.0 — SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Venue: CSJM University Campus, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
| DAY 1 — SATURDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2026 | |||
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| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Registration & Tea (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) | ||
| 10:30 AM | Inaugural | Inaugural Ceremony (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) | |
| 10:35 AM | Introductory Address | Introduction to the Summit — Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak (CSJM University, Kanpur) | |
| 10:45 AM | Vision Address | Dr. Sudhir M. Bobde, IAS (OSD to Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh) | |
| 10:55 AM | Plenary Talk-1 | Prof. Manindra Agrawal (IIT Kanpur) | |
| 11:25 AM | Plenary Talk-2 | Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti (IIT Kharagpur) | |
| 11:55 AM | Plenary Talk-3 | Shri Alok Kumar, IAS (IT & Electronics Department) | |
| 12:25 PM | Plenary Talk-4 | Dr. Dinesh M. S. (Philips India and IIIT Allahabad) | |
| 12:55 PM – 01:55 PM | LUNCH BREAK (Venue: SBM New Building) | ||
| Session 1 (2:00–4:00 PM) | General (VRLB Auditorium) | Agriculture (SBM New Bldg, GF) | Medical (SBM New Bldg, FF) |
| 02:00 PM | Prof. C. PatwardhanDayalbagh Educational Institute | Dr. Mukesh SainiIIT Ropar | Prof. Malay Kishore DuttaAmity University, Noida |
| 02:30 PM | Dr. Aditya NigamIIT Mandi | Dr. Anil RaiICAR, New Delhi | Prof. Suptendra Nath SarbadhikariFormer Professor, IIHMR Delhi |
| 03:00 PM | Shri Amrit Tripathi, IASSenior Administrator | Dr. Dwijesh Chandra MishraICAR-IASRI, New Delhi | Prof. Krithika RangarajanAIIMS New Delhi |
| 03:30 PM | Dr. Mayurakshi ChaudhuriFLAME University, Pune | Dr. Sanjeev KumarICAR, New Delhi | Dr. Vasantha Kumar VenugopalRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi |
| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Tea Break (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) | ||
| 04:30 PM – 06:00 PM | Prototype to Practice: AI Products for University Transformation (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) 1. Prof. Sanjeev Singh (Samarth eGov & Delhi Univ) — Samarth Portal 2. Mr. Abhi Anand (OverLabs, incubated by NVIDIA) — AI-Native Grading for Handwritten Answers 3. Mr. Adarsh Pathak (Guestora Solutions) — AI-Based Student Educational Record Verification 4. Mr. Shashank Karpat (Kode Kloud) — From AI Literacy to AI Readiness 5. Mr. Ishan Kapoor (Gradesmith) — AI-Powered Evaluation Platform 6. Mr. Nikunj Gajera (Infinity Infoway) — Turning University Process into AI-Powered Action 7. Mr. Chintan Oza (Sumeru Edutech) — Academic Grade AI for Safe and Hyper Personalized Teaching and Learning 8. Mr. Amit Kataria (Saras AI) — From AI-Aware to AI-Ready | ||
| DAY 2 — SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2026 | |||
| 09:30 AM | Plenary Talk-5 | Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao (BITS Pilani) | |
| 10:00 AM | Plenary Talk-6 | Mr. Vishal Chahal (IBM) | |
| 10:30 AM | Plenary Talk-7 | Prof. Amay Karkare (IIT Kanpur) | |
| 11:00 AM | Plenary Talk-8 | Dr. Boddupalli Maruthi Prasanna (Borlaug Institute for South Asia) | |
| 11:30 AM | Plenary Talk-9 | Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi (IIT Kanpur) | |
| 12:00 PM | Plenary Talk-10 | Mr. Sagar Maheshwari (District Youth Officer, My Bharat Kannauj) | |
| 12:10 PM – 12:30 PM | Tea Break | ||
| Session 3 (12:30–2:00 PM) | General (VRLB Auditorium) | Agriculture (SBM New Bldg, GF) | Medical (SBM New Bldg, FF) |
| 12:30 PM – 02:00 PM | • Dr. Amit Shukla (IIT Mandi) • Mr. Saurabh Rajpal (Google, India) • Dr. Ayush Maheshwari (NVIDIA, India) | • Dr. Neel Mani (SRHU, Dehradun) • Dr. Girish Kumar Jha (ICAR-IASRI) • Dr. K. K. Chaturvedi (ICAR, New Delhi) • Dr. Ranjeet Paul (ICAR-IASRI) | • Dr. Amit Kumar Dey (Doctors AI Foundation) • Dr. Alok Sharma (NRC, Dr. Lal PathLabs) • Mr. Vinayak Pathak (IIT Kanpur) • Dr. Deepika Mishra (AIIMS, New Delhi) |
| 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM | LUNCH BREAK (Venue: SBM New Building) | ||
| 03:00 PM | Session 4 | Best Practices of Universities (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) | |
| 03:45 PM | Feedback | Feedback & Takeaways | |
| 04:15 PM | Prize Distribution | Prize Distribution (BoB Hackathon Winners) | |
| 04:20 PM | Closing | Concluding Remarks | |
| 04:30 PM | THE WAY FORWARD — VALEDICTORY ADDRESSSmt. Anandiben Patel (Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh) | ||
| Thereafter | National Anthem & Tea (Venue: VRLB Auditorium) | ||
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