IIT Madras director advocates Sanskrit’s role in advancing AI technology

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National Sanskrit University (NSU) Chancellor Needamangalam Gopalaswami and Vice-Chancellor Prof. G.S.R. Krishnamurthy present gold medal to a candidate at the university’s annual convocation in Tirupati on Friday. IIT Madras Director and the chief guest Prof. V. Kamakoti looks on. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) Director Prof. Veezhinathan Kamakoti reiterated the relevance of Sanskrit in the modern times and said that the ancient language can go hand-in-hand with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Participating as the chief guest in the 5th convocation of National Sanskrit University (NSU) here on Friday (April 10, 2026), he said that the modern AI sought to make machines ‘understand’ human language through Natural Language Processing that required comprehension of meaning, context, and intention. “These are what Nyaya and Mimamsa in Sanskrit literature analysed for millennia”.

Published - April 10, 2026 08:16 pm IST

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