MANTRA-2026

MANTRA-2026

July 20 - 22, 2026 at IIIT Allahabad (Hybrid Mode)

MANTRA-2026
The Departments of Information Technology and Applied Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) are going to organise a hybrid workshop on Machine Learning, Linear Algebra and Natural Language Transformation during July 20, 2026 - July 22, 2026. The aim of this workshop is to explore the deep interconnection between mathematical foundations and intelligent language technologies. It will focus on how concepts of Linear Algebra power Machine Learning algorithms and enable efficient Natural Language Translation systems. The workshop will provide participants with theoretical insights, computational techniques, and practical applications in multilingual AI, data representation, neural networks, and language processing. Emphasis will be placed on emerging research trends, real-world applications, and interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics.

Topics to be covered in this workshop



* Vector spaces and linear transformations
* Matrix operations and decompositions
* Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and applications
* Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
* Optimization fundamentals for machine learning
* Regression and classification algorithms
* Neural networks and deep learning foundations
* Word embeddings and vector representations
* Sequence models and transformers
* Machine Translation systems
* Large Language Models (LLMs)
* Multilingual NLP and low-resource languages
* Prompt engineering and generative AI
* Recent trends in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP)

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Tapobrata Lahiri

IIIT Allahabad

Prof. Syed Abbas

IIT Mandi

Dr. Mohammed Javed

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Shiv Ram Dubey

IIIT Allahabad
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mundotiya

IIT Bhilai
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Dr. Naina Yadav

NIT Jalandhar
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Dr. Ankit Kumar Jaiswal

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Dr. Amit Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Saurabh Verma

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Deepika Gupta

IIIT Vadodara-ICD

Dr. Anshul Prajapati

Max Planck Institutes, Germany



TUTORS

Mr. Gurubachan

Ms. Ekta Agrawal

Mr. Shivam Dubey

Ms. Kanika Soni

Mr. Sai Sohan B R

Mr. Kuntimaddi Varun Tej

Mr. Siddhant Kumar Paikra

Ms. Akanksha Patel

ORGANIZERS

Chief Patron

Prof. Mukul Sharad Sutaone

Director, IIIT Allahabad

Chairpersons

Prof. Manish Kumar

HoD, Department of Information Technology, IIIT Allahabad

and

Dr. Srijit Bhattacharjee

HoD, Department of Applied Sciences, IIIT Allahabad

Coordinators

Dr. Amit Kumar

Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, IIIT Allahabad

and

Dr. Saurabh Verma

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, IIIT Allahabad

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Saurabh Verma

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Amit Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Upendra Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Randheer Bagi

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Nabajyoti Mazumdar

IIIT Allahabad

PROGRAM/SUPPORT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Dr. Saurabh Verma

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Amit Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Upendra Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Randheer Bagi

IIIT Allahabad

Dr. Nabajyoti Mazumdar

IIIT Allahabad

Ms. Ekta Agrawal

IIIT Allahabad

Mr. Shivam Dubey

IIIT Allahabad

Ms. Akanshka Patel

IIIT, Allahabad

Mr. Hemant Kumar

IIIT Allahabad

REGISTRATION

Registration Fee

B.Sc./B.Tech./M.Sc./M.Tech. Students INR. 300 + GST
PhD Students INR. 800 + GST
Postdoc/Faculty/Working Professionals INR. 1000 + GST

Registration Process

* First pay the registration fee through Payment link . Note down the transaction ID.


* Fill the Registration form with your basic details and transaction ID.


* No refund will be entertained under any circumstances.


* In case you need any other details or clarification, please mail us at mantra@iiita.ac.in or contact Dr Amit Kumar (+91 6393741546) or Dr. Saurabh Verma (+91 99848 98537).


* Last date of registration is July 17, 2026.

Accommodation and food Charges

* Accomodation (*depends on availability of rooms in hostels) and food charges to be paid upon arrival (for offline participant).


* Accommodation charges for the participants: INR 144/- per day per participants. (Charges may change)


* Mess Charges for Male participants (BH-5, Student Cooperative Mess): INR 200/- per day, per participants (including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner). (Charges may change)


* Mess Charges for Female participants: INR 149/- per day per participants (including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner). (Charges may change)


Awards for Participants

Best performance awards in MANTRA will be given to participants as first, second, and third prizes based on their overall performance in short quizzes (questions will be from taught lectures and tutorials) which will be held at the end of each day of the workshop.