The Steel city Rourkela is well connected with the contribution that won World Food Programme the most prestigious award in the world, Noble Peace Prize. Pranav Khaitan, member of the WFP’s Advisory Council and leader of the artificial intelligence (AI) operations. He is applauded with bringing in tech-innovations that made the programme more effective and inclusive.
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The World Food Program thanked him for his amazing leadership in pioneering the use of AI to revolutionize manual operations that helped uplifting hundreds of millions of people out of hunger. Pranav is happy and feels fortunate of the opportunity to serve WFP for betterment of humanity. He extended his thankfulness to the parents, relatives and teachers for shaping his life for what he is today. The eldest son of a chartered accountant father settled in Kolkatta. He is a graduate in computer science and engineering from the National Institute of Technology-Rourkela (NIT-R) in 2009 and completed his Masters from Stanford University, USA.
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He felt happy about the growth of the technological capabilities over the past few years and said the country is now viewed with respect. Pranav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, during the latter's visit to Google headquarters, on how cutting-edge technologies could be used for betterment of India’s population and had a discussion with him.NIT-R Director Animesh Biswas said ,"The campus is proud of Pranav and given chance, the institute’s alumni have always done wonders.
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