S. Neethi
Dr.S.Neethi began his journey in Artificial Intelligence during its classical era, as a researcher in Decision Support Systems. His career commenced with a teaching role at NIT Trichy, after which he contributed to expert system applications for the Indian space program as part of an IIT Madras project under the mentorship of Prof. H.N. Mahabala. He then spent a significant tenure at Tata Consultancy Services, where he led the Global Induction Program for new hires and, for nearly a decade, taught Software Engineering topics and Systems Thinking. During this period, he also contributed to education policy initiatives for school education in Kerala and Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. F.C. Kohli. Subsequently, he headed Talent Development across 11 countries in the TCS-APAC region. As Dean of Curriculum Development at Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT), Dr. Neethi was instrumental in evolving curricula for 14 undergraduate programs and relaunched his journey in AI by leading the CIT Centre for AI. He is currently involved in projects related to AI in Education at IIT Madras.