Overview
The Co-Intelligence (COIN) Network, established in collaboration between the Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI (WSAI), IIT Madras and itihaasa Research and Digital, is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to the pursuit of leveraging “co-intelligence” to benefit enterprises and society.
It visualizes "Five Futures" of a Co-Intelligence world — Planet (Nature), Development (Society), Work (Economy), AI (Technology), and Learning & Governance.
COIN Network Fellows
Aaditeshwar Seth
Professor, IIT, Delhi
Aaditeshwar Seth is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi, co-founder of the Commoning for Resilience and Equality initiative.
Andrew Gordon Wilson
Professor, Courant / CDS, NYU
Andrew Gordon Wilson is a Professor in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Data Science at New York University
Anil Ananthaswamy
Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and former staff writer and deputy news editor for the London-based New Scientist magazine
B. Ravindran
Professor B. Ravindran heads the Department of Data Science
and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) at IIT Madras.
He is an elected fellow of the Association for Advancement of AI (AAAI)
G.N. Hariharan
Professor of Practice at IIT Bombay.
G.N. Hariharan is a Professor of Practice at the Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (C-TARA), IIT Bombay.
Jagadish Babu
Chief Operating Officer of EkStep Foundation
Jagadish Babu is the Chief Operating Officer of EkStep Foundation and a pioneer in digital public infrastructure for learning and agriculture.
Kerimcan Ozcan
Associate Professor at Marywood University
Kerimcan Ozcan is an Associate Professor of Marketing (with tenure) at School of Business and Global Innovation, Marywood University (USA).
Krishnan Narayanan
Co-founder and President of itihaasa Research and Digital
Krishnan Narayanan is the Co-founder and President of itihaasa Research and Digital where he studies the evolution of emerging technologies and innovations in India.
Manu Kapur
Director of the Singapore-ETH Center.
Manu Kapur is currently the Director of the Singapore-ETH Center, and Professor for Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he also directs The Future Learning Initiative (FLI).
Ravi Pendse
Vice President for information technology of the University
of Michigan.
Ravi Pendse, Ph.D. is Vice President for information technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the University of Michigan.
Sarayu Natarajan
Founder of Aapti Institute.
Sarayu Natarajan is the Founder of Aapti Institute, where she works on equity and justice for individuals and communities, at the intersection of technology and society in India.
Shashi Vempati
Co-Founder DeepTech for Bharat Foundation.
Shashi Vempati is the Co-Founder DeepTech for Bharat Foundation, and formerly CEO - Prasar Bharati.
S. Sivakumar
S. Sivakumar oversees Agri and IT Businesses of ITC and also holds responsibility for its Social Investments Programme.
Vanessa Evers
Director of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica.
Professor Vanessa Evers is director of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the Dutch national research centre for mathematics and computer science. She is a leading researcher in the field of social artificial intelligence.
Venkat Ramaswamy
Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of
Michigan.
Venkat Ramaswamy is Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA and a globally recognized thought leader.
Viraj Kumar
Visiting Professor at the Kotak-IISc.
Viraj Kumar is a Visiting Professor at the Kotak-IISc AI-ML Centre. His research focuses on Computer Science education, with emphasis on India-specific challenges.
Vishwanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a five-time World Chess Champion.
Five Futures of the COIN Network
Future of Learning & Governance
- Fosters interdisciplinary and systems thinking across physical‑digital‑virtual education environments.
- Cultivates creative‑experiencers (students, educators, citizens) as active co‑creators.
- Evolves governance and risk‑management for living, emergent systems.
Future of the Planet
- Advance climate‑resilient agriculture, renewable energy, and ecological regeneration — envisioning a Co‑Intelligence Anthropocene.
- Promote digital twins and GenAI agents for environmental/city modeling and adaptive policy design.
- Embed sustainability into SDI platforms and ecosystem co‑innovation.
Futures of Development
- Reframe development as co‑intelligence‑led socio‑technical empowerment rooted in Co‑DPIs.
- Map value flows across interactive Human‑AI engagements in NEST assemblages.
- Design co‑intelligent organizations that catalyze Sustainable Wellbeing Impacts (SWIs).
Future of Work
- Humans and AI interact as co‑pilots across management ecosystems.
- Workers become creative‑experiencers in personalized, meaningful, adaptive value creation.
- Organizations evolve into living systems with distributed leadership and fluid roles.
Future of AI
- AI as a creative partner within co‑intelligence flows, aligned with ethical, participatory design.
- Develop systems‑in‑the‑loop‑of‑humans supporting N2I2N and I2N2I engagements.
- Adapt AI to users’ lifeworlds so value is co‑created contextually and inclusively.