About the Institute

The Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI), founded by two dedicated disciplines and contemporaries of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. G. Ramachandran and Dr. T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran , has as its foundation Mahatma Gandhi’s revolutionary philosophies of Nai Talim, which effectively bridges the cognitive and practical dimensions, and focuses on the holistic development of learners, with an emphasis on skill development through value-based education, rooted in indigenous cultures and traditions.

Since its establishment is in 1956, GRI has been unstintingly contributing to higher education and has successfully pioneered rural high education. The curricular model developed at GRI organically integrating teaching, research, and extension has earned the institute, status of Deemed University in 1976 by UGC . Recently, it is re-accredited with the highest rating of ‘A++’ by NAAC in 2025.

About the Department

The Department of Computer Science and Applications was started in the year 1995 and it offers the professional degree “Master of Computer Applications” and research degree Ph.D. in Computer Science on the core research areas namely Digital Image Processing, Medical Image Analysis, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Our department was also a lead zonal partner of Leadingindia.ai, a nationwide prestigious project for promoting Artificial Intelligence Skilling and research during 2018- 2020.Furthermore, with the mission of bringing our institute to the fore-front in advanced technologies, the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science was established 05.08.2025.

About the Conference

The IC – AIICS – 2026 is proposed with the objective of creating a vibrant, global platform where cutting-edge AI techniques and their cross-domain applications can be discussed, disseminated, and developed further. This conference is designed to bring together researchers, academicians, industry professionals, and policy- makers from various disciplines to foster innovation at the intersection of AI and diverse domains. The Conference includes Plenary Sessions and Oral Presentations.