Tech4Bharat Summit 2020

• The launch of the IIT Directors’ Group for building Brand IIT
• Plenary of the PanIIT AI Forum (PAIF): to assess the status and strategic direction setting exercise
• The Annual Hackathon – Solve4Bharat: to showcase IIT talent, and initiate conversations on Industry-Academia collaboration, particularly on talent management and talent strategy, industrial problem solving, industrial product development, internships, projects and consulting
• Curtain raiser for PanIIT Alumni Conclave 2020 at Hyderabad

IIT Director's Forum

The Tech4Bharat Summit 2020 will host all the IIT Directors to deliberate upon the challenges facing them and decide on joint and individual strategies to stay relevant. This is a strategic summit, and will include representatives from the industry domain, research domain, administration and government, who will add their expertise and advice in developing the strategy of the Group of IIT Directors for building the brand IIT.

Agenda

• Providing one common platform for IIT Directors
• Requirement of engineers in various engineering domains, and shortage of skilled engineers to cover up the cap
• Technology which is transforming the industry
• Role of Stakeholders, Alumni in strategy development

What you can expect from the event

• Common voice and platform for the Directors of IITs
• Setting common objectives for all IITs – for realigning curriculum for the next 50 years, identifying infrastructure and capacity requirements, upgrading research and outcome, collaborating with industry for research, industrial problem solving, developing products and services for industry etc.
• Faculty hiring , faculty skilling & faculty exposure to the use cases
• Meet industry, policy makers, researchers and IIT Alumni – initiate conversations for collaboration and identify opportunities
• Tech4Bharat offers an independent platform to the IIT Directors – facilitated by IIT Alumni

Pan IIT AI Forum

PanIIT AI Forum (PAIF) to develop and build the Indian ecosystem to absorb and utilise AI effectively for national, individual and social benefit.

Agenda

• To develop the Indian ecosystem for absorption of AI in industry, governance, and other domains
• Interaction with the industry representatives, government, and IIT Alumni

What you can expect from the event

• Meet academia, researchers, practitioners, start-ups, industry, and policy makers
• Involve other stakeholders in the journey of fulfilling its charter and broad base the Forum
• Create strategy for developing the Indian ecosystem for inducting new technologies for the country’s all-round improvement
• Collaborate with Industry, Academia and other stakeholders to set objectives and roadmap for fulfilment of its charter
• Tech4Bharat brings all the stakeholders together at one location and creates opportunity for interaction, participation and collaboration – facilitated by IIT Alumni

Hackathon - Solve4Bharat

The Annual Hackathon to showcase IIT talent, and initiate conversations on Industry-Academia collaboration, particularly on talent management and talent strategy, industrial problem solving, industrial product development, internships, projects and consulting.

Agenda

• Industry problem solving by participants
• One platform for participants to showcase their capabilities and talent to the industry
• Explore opportunities for development and commercialisation of MVPs

What you can expect from the event

• The participants showcase their capabilities on the new technologies
• Solve Industry problems using new technologies and creating MVP
• Interact with Industry and opening possibilities for interning with industry, getting mentored by industry professionals, being absorbed in the industry
• Tech4Bharat provides a platform to these participants to showcase their capabilities and talent to the industry – facilitated by IIT Alumni