Madurai campus connect
This roundup covers academic and professional developments in Madurai, including an international conference on AI and economics, a school alumni reunion, and the inauguration of a new AI and Data Science center at TSM. It also notes a community awareness program regarding LPG safety.
Why it matters
These events reflect the growing focus on AI integration in Indian higher education and the active engagement of local academic institutions.
The Research Centre and Department of Economics, Lady Doak College, Madurai, in collaboration with INTI International University, Malaysia, organised a two-day international conference on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Economic Transformation’.
Principal and secretary R. Beulah Jeyashree presided. Head, Department of Economics, M. Helen Mary Jacqueline welcomed.
Professor at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Vinoj Abraham spoke on the platform economy. The conference featured 52 research papers by scholars from India and Malaysia.
Retired teachers of Vikaasa School host a reunion for alumni from the first 10 batches who passed out between 1982 and 1991. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Retired teachers of Vikaasa School, Madurai, hosted a reunion for alumni from the first 10 batches who passed out between 1982 and 1991.
The gathering offered a role reversal, with teachers hosting their former students and reminding them that, despite becoming professionals and parents, they would always remain their ‘children’.
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