Building AI for Bharat: Why Indian innovator Mitesh Khapra is on the TIME100 AI 2025 list

IIT Madras Associate Professor Mitesh Khapra, whose specialisation is in “deep learning, natural language processing, and conversation systems”, has been named in the ‘2025 TIME100 List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence’ or ‘TIME100 AI 2025’ for short. Khapra’s research lab AI4Bharat led a project that recorded thousands of hours of voices to capture all 22 of India’s official languages.

Indian-origin Tejasvi Manoj wins TIME’s Kid of the Year for anti-scam initiative

TIME has named Tejasvi Manoj its Kid of the Year for 2025 after the Indian-origin student from Texas built a website, Shield Seniors, to help older adults spot and report online scams. The platform grew out of a close call within her own family and has since gained national recognition for its practical approach to […]

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