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E&ICT FDP on "Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning"

Computer Science and Engineering Department of VITB, in collaboration with NIT Andhra Pradesh (AP), organized a one-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning, from 05-05-2025 to 10-05-2025, under the aegis of the E&ICT Academy, NIT Warangal.

The FDP was inaugurated on 05-05-2025. The event was graced by Dr. P. Kishore Kumar, Principal Investigator, E&ICT Spoke, NIT AP, and Prof. P. Sreehari Rao, Chairman, E&ICT Academy, NIT Warangal (who joined virtually). Dr. M. Venu, Principal, VITB, set the context for the program, while FDP Coordinators -Dr. K. Himabindu (NIT AP) and Dr. R. Srinivasa Raju (VITB)- addressed the participants.The sessions by eminent resource persons from NITs and other premier institutes provided deep insights into core NLP concepts, deep learning fundamentals, modern language models like Transformers, applications of large language models (LLMs), and aspects of AI security and explainability. The theoretical sessions were complemented by hands-on sessions to the participants providing a rich learning experience. The six-day FDP program was concluded with Valedictory session on 10-05-2025.