IIIT-H To Celebrate FC Kohli’s Birth Anniversary On March 19

Hyderabad: Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) will be observing F C Kohli’s birth anniversary on March 19, 2025. The annual event recognises the faculty, researchers, and the research work that has taken place at KCIS.

The Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS), named after F C Kohli, is house to all the AI research groups in the institute, constituting 50 faculty and 500 researchers, is one of the largest research groups in the country.

The research is conducted in language technologies, computer vision, robotics, cognitive sciences and advanced machine learning, with applications in several domains including mobility and healthcare, a press release mentioned. The annual event, celebrated every year since 2021, will include an annual keynote, ‘Kohli Day lecture,’ from this year.

The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals, where he will share his insights on AI and Healthcare - Opportunities and Challenges. This year, during the event, IIITH will also be inaugurating the Center for Digital Technologies in Healthcare (CDiTH).