Experts call for responsible AI at VIT-AP conference

Enterprise Tech Architect and Vice President and Senior Manager at Accenture, Bengaluru, Rajkumar E. R., on Friday underscored the need to develop ethical, scalable and socially responsible Artificial Intelligence solutions for digital enterprises, intelligent manufacturing and supply chain systems.Delivering the keynote address at the International Conference on “Advances in Architectures, Algorithms and Applications for Artificial Intelligence” at VIT-AP University, he said responsible AI would be central to building sustainable and resilient technology ecosystems.The conference brought together academicians, researchers, industry experts and students from India and abroad to deliberate on emerging developments in Artificial Intelligence.Director of NIT Warangal Bidyadhar Subudhi, who inaugurated the conference, highlighted the growing role of AI in addressing real-world challenges and urged researchers to pursue interdisciplinary and socially relevant innovations.Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AgVysor Innovations LLP Rajiv Sharma spoke on the transformative potential of AI in agriculture and industry and stressed the need to strengthen industry-academia collaboration.VIT-AP University Vice-Chancellor P. Arulmozhivarman reaffirmed the institution’s commitment to research excellence, innovation and global academic partnerships. A conference souvenir containing the proceedings and messages from dignitaries was released on the occasion.Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering S. Sudhakar Ilango, Associate Dean and conference convenor Saroj Kumar Panigrahy and others participated. The conference was organised under the leadership of General Chair of IC4AI-2026 Sachi Nandan Mohanty. Published - July 17, 2026 08:52 pm IST