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BRIDGE 2025 - DELHI

Empowering Tomorrow: AI, Skills, and Global Competence

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes every industry, the demand for a future-ready, AI-literate workforce has never been greater. According to the World Economic Forum, AI is expected to create 97 million new jobs globally by 2025, yet a significant talent gap persists—particularly in emerging economies like India. A 2023 Microsoft-IDC report highlights that over 83% of Indian businesses are accelerating AI adoption, but over 70% face challenges in finding skilled talent.

"Empowering Tomorrow: AI, Skills, and Global Competence" explores how academia and industry can collaborate to bridge this gap. ICT Academy BRIDGE convenes educators, policymakers, and business leaders to address education transformation, workforce upskilling, and global certification pathways. The focus is on equipping youth with cutting-edge AI skills while nurturing the soft skills and global mindset needed to thrive in a borderless, technology-driven economy. This event is a vital step toward positioning India as a regional AI talent hub.

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Focus Areas

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Event Format

Keynote Session by Policymakers
Keynote Session by Industry Experts
Focused Panel Discussions
Networking Session
Motivational Talks
Partnerships & MoU exchanges
Awards & Recognitions
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Participants

Academia

Chairmen, Secretaries, Principals, Training & Placement Directors, Department Heads & Faculty Members

Government

Policymakers, Senior Officials & Bureaucrats

Corporate

CXOs, Industry Experts & HR Leaders

Chief Guest

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Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu

Guest of Honour

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Srimathi Shivashankar

Corporate Vice President and Global Head, HCL EdTech Business

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Dr Veerappan

Managing Director
Tessolve

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Ashok Chandak

President
SEMI India and IESA

Speakers

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V Srikanth

Chief Executive Officer
ICT Academy

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Chandan Pramanik

Education Director
MathWorks

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Abhijit Sreenivas

Head Academic Alliance APJ Region
UiPath

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Dinesh Chander

Senior Manager Technical Services
MongoDB

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Rajesh Rajagopalan Nambiar

Academic Program Lead
Snowflake

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Sivakumar P R

Founder & CEO
Maven Silicon

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Deepankar Bhattacharyya

General Manager- Education Segment (Indian Subcontinent), Nemetschek

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Balaji Baradhazhvar

Founder and CEO, Crystal Delta, Australia, Melbourne

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Dr Santosh S Saraf

Pro Vice Chancellor, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun

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Yudhisther Yadav

Sr Manager - Global Workforce Development Program, India and South ASIA (Sri Lanka & Bangladesh), Salesforce

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Abhishek Bhargava

Technology Consultant
SAARC Masts Tech Pvt Ltd

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Paul Ilanghovan

Head - Operations
Kaynes Semicon Pvt Ltd

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Anupam Nidhi

Head CSR - Hindustan Zinc Corp and Vedanta Group

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Shireen Najeeb

Design Thinking Consultant
ACIC MIET Meerut Foundation

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Ramaprosad Ghosh

CEO
Kenverse

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Amitabh Ranjan

Registrar,  Indian Institute of Public Administration 

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About Bridge

BRIDGE a flagship conference of ICT Academy aims to bridge the industry-academia gap. BRIDGE is a confluence of Educators, Researchers, Corporate, Solution Providers, NGOs and Policy Makers to find possible solutions and answers to some of the most challenging, critical and relevant challenges in shaping the future of education and workforce development.

The conference serves as a platform in providing a strategic view on the trends that shape the educational ecosystem. The conference engages various stakeholders to seize opportunities to transform from theories to practice and become indispensable in the new digital world. Started in the year 2011, BRIDGE has completed 65 impactful editions in India, fostering strong academia-industry collaboration. Now, it marks a global milestone with its debut in Malaysia. This international edition aims to expand knowledge exchange and innovation, emerging as a high-impact industry-institute interaction platform that drives educational and economic transformation beyond borders

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Bridge So Far

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7
States Covered
3000
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Institutions Participated
360
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ICT Academy Awardees
27000
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Venue Participants
360
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YouTube Subscribers
408
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Partners
64
Editions
750
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Speakers

Contact Us

ICT Academy

Module No. E6-03, Sixth Floor, Block E
IIT Madras Research Park
Kanagam Road, Taramani,
Chennai 600 113
Tamil Nadu, India

Contact mail: [email protected]

Phone: T 044 6928 6800