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BRIDGE 2025
67th Edition

Tamil Nadu – From Skilling to Global AI Leadership

As India accelerates its vision to become a global AI leader, Tamil Nadu stands at a pivotal moment to harness its rich talent pool, robust academic ecosystem, and progressive governance to lead in AI-driven innovation. The urgent need is to equip the youth and workforce with future-ready skills, bridge the academia-industry gap, and foster inclusive growth through responsible AI adoption. While AI promises transformation across sectors, realising this potential requires coordinated efforts across education, industry, and policy.

BRIDGE serves as a dynamic platform that brings together thought leaders, policymakers, industry experts, and academia to co-create solutions for this evolving landscape. By facilitating knowledge exchange, showcasing best practices, and aligning skilling with industry needs, BRIDGE accelerates Tamil Nadu’s pursuit of AI excellence. This convergence fuels innovation, drives employability, and positions Tamil Nadu as a frontrunner in India’s AI-powered future.

67th Edition



Focus Areas

Event Format

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

Guests of Honour

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Vivek Harinarain, IAS (R)

Former Secretary
Government of Tamil Nadu

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Dr Veerappan

Managing Director
Tessolve

Speakers

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V Srikanth

Chief Executive Officer
ICT Academy

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Deepankar Bhattacharyya

Sr. General Manager- Education Segment (Indian Subcontinent), Nemetschek

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Arun Kumar

Senior Engagement Education Manager – India
Autodesk

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Shashikanth Jayaraman

CHRO & Chief of Staff
MulticoreWare Inc

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Ramaprosad Ghosh

CEO
Kenverse

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Chandrasekar Natarajan

Focus Area Head – Employment through Skilling, Corporate Social Responsibility
Tata Consultancy Services

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Ashwin Desai

Chairman, CII, Madurai zone, Managing Director at A&T Video

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Suresh Aade

Head - HR
Foodhub

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Aarthi Raghavan

Group COO - Operations
e - Cosmos (India) Pvt Ltd

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Abhijit Sreenivas

Head Academic Alliance APJ Region
UiPath

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Dr R Anandha Murugan

CTO
Pruvity Group

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Premanand S

Chief Executive Officer
Apollo Foundation (Total Health)

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Reghu Jeganathan

Technical Services Manager
MongoDB

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KarthiKeyan Ponniah

Co-Founder & CEO
Blaze Web Services Pvt Ltd

Sponsors & Partners


Supported by

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Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Knowledge Partner

PSU Partner

Academic Partner

Ecosystem Partners

Industry Partner

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 questions we face in the journey towards transforming India. 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, the conference has been receiving an overwhelming response from all the stakeholders of the knowledge ecosystem. Having reached multiple cities in India, BRIDGE has emerged to be the high impact industry-institute interaction event of India completing 66 editions.

BRIDGE in Numbers

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7
States Covered
2000
+
Institutions Participated
360
+
ICT Academy Awardees
27000
+
Venue Participants
360
K
YouTube Subscribers
420
+
Partners
66
Editions
750
+
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