At the Binny Bansal Institute for Inventing the Future, we go beyond teaching AI – we shape innovators who use it to solve the world’s grand challenges. From clean energy to healthcare, your ideas can drive change at a global scale.

Innovation in action at IIF

Pioneering AI for the 6 Billion

Pioneering AI for the 6 Billion

IIF focuses on developing AI models designed for the realities of the Global South – from water management in arid regions to affordable healthcare diagnostics.
From prototype to real-world impact

From prototype to real-world impact

Our state-of-the-art labs enable rapid prototyping, testing and scaling of AI solutions. Here, interdisciplinary teams bridge the “Valley of Death” in innovation, turning early-stage research into deployable, market-ready applications.
Shaping solutions together

Shaping solutions together

IIF’s partnerships with leading institutions like UC Berkeley, Cornell and NUS foster a vibrant exchange of ideas. Joint research projects, faculty exchanges and international seminars enrich our academic ecosystem.

Partnership with the University of California, Berkeley

Partnership with the University of California, Berkeley

Our partnership with UC Berkeley covers joint research projects and academic programs, exchange of faculty, students and postdocs among others.

Partnership with the University of California, Berkeley

ConfAI

ConfAI

A bi-annual conference on Al which brings together eminent business leaders, academicians, scientists, thought leaders and practitioners. ConfAl 2025 showcased the potential of Al in finding effective solutions to various societal challenges.

ConfAI through the years

ConfAI

AI+X for grand challenges

IIF champions cross-disciplinary AI applications (“AI+X”) with four major impact clusters:

Guided by Visionaries

IIF is steered by a high-impact AI Advisory Council, comprising

Anupam Sobti

Anupam Sobti

Assistant Professor

PhD (IIT Delhi)

Applied Machine Learning

anupam.sobti@plaksha.edu.in
Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira

Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira

Associate Professor

PhD (IISc Bengaluru)

Materials Science

chaitanya.indira@plaksha.edu.in
Deepak Khemani

Deepak Khemani

Professor

PhD (IIT Bombay)

Artificial Intelligence

deepak.khemani@plaksha.edu.in
Deepan Muthirayan

Deepan Muthirayan

Assistant Professor

PhD (University of California, Berkeley)

Computer Science, AI

deepan.muthirayan@plaksha.edu.in
Malini Balakrishnan

Malini Balakrishnan

Professor

PhD (IIT Delhi)

Resource Efficiency

malini.balakrishnan@plaksha.edu.in
Mayank Ratan Bhardwaj

Mayank Ratan Bhardwaj

Assistant Professor

PhD (IISc)

AI for Social Good

mayank.bhardwaj@plaksha.edu.in
Shashank Tamaskar

Shashank Tamaskar

Associate Professor

PhD (Purdue University)

Robotic autonomy

shashank.tamaskar@plaksha.edu.in
Vishal Garg

Vishal Garg

Professor

PhD (IIT Delhi)

Smart Buildings

vishal.garg@plaksha.edu.in
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