In partnership with the UNESCO Chair for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Amritapuri campus is hosting the International Gender Tech Conference starting on January 16 at Amrita.
The Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Tech Envoy, Dr. Amandeep Gill, will open the conference, which is being held at the Amritapuri campus. Prominent figures such as Dr. Tim Curtis, Director of the UNESCO South Asia Regional Office; Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Advisor to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India; and Uma Mahadevan, Additional Chief Secretary, Karnataka, will participate in a number of sessions during the four-day international conference.
Other major sponsors of the international conference include the SSIT Kerala Chapter and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE-SSIT).
An worldwide hackathon was held as part of the conference, and more than 250 people participated. Forty-five teams were chosen to compete out of about 600 registrations. The conference will include interactive seminars, workshops, and keynote addresses at the Amritapuri campus in addition to the massive hackathon.For registration and more details, visit: https://www.amrita.edu/events/gender-technology-conference-2025.
About Amrita University:
An esteemed multicampus, interdisciplinary institution with an A++ NAAC grade is Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham holds the 81st position in the world in
the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2024, demonstrating its commitment to research and meaningful education. There are nine campuses spread throughout five states within the institution.
The institution has two UNESCO Chairs: one for Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment and the other for Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development.
Amrita, which has its headquarters in Coimbatore, nine campuses across five states, and more than 500 international partnerships, including with the University of Oxford and Harvard University, was founded by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma). It is still committed to advancing research and education based on universal principles.
