International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
Founded in 1998 in Hyderabad, India, the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is a premier autonomous university established as a not-for-profit public-private partnership. The institute has 112 faculty, 2,605 students, and 29 research centers spanning AI, machine learning, cybersecurity, robotics, NLP, and more. Its AI safety-relevant work centers on the "Responsible and Safe AI Systems" NPTEL course taught by Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, which covers AI alignment, long-term AI risks, mechanistic interpretability, fairness, privacy, and regulatory frameworks. Open Philanthropy awarded the institute a $7,000 grant in June 2024 to support this course, which has enrolled over 14,700 learners nationally.
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IIIT Hyderabad contributes to AI safety primarily through education and research capacity building. By offering the Responsible and Safe AI Systems course to thousands of Indian engineers and researchers, the institute aims to build a cohort of technically sophisticated practitioners who understand AI alignment, long-term AI risks, and safety-aware development practices. The causal chain is: train a large number of AI practitioners in India on safety and responsibility principles, producing researchers and engineers who embed these considerations into AI development at Indian institutions and companies, thereby reducing safety risks from AI systems built in one of the world's largest and fastest-growing AI ecosystems.
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- Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
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- Mar 20, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC