Why AI tech veterans are going back to IIT Kharagpur

India’s AI upskilling wave is taking a top-heavy turn, literally. With experienced technology executives going back to school, IIT Kharagpur and edtech platform upGrad are expanding their joint online executive AI portfolio from four to seven specialised programmes — following a 3x quarter-on-quarter enrolment jump.

“IIT Kharagpur’s scale and legacy give us the freedom to explore new frontiers like AI and medtech, fields that now sit at the crossroads of engineering, science and healthcare,” Suman Chakraborty, the director of IIT Kharagpur told this newspaper. “Our research ecosystem lets us turn deep technical work into real-world solutions, while strong alumni and industry ties carry our impact far beyond campus.”