PROFILE

Raj Reddy is an esteemed Indian-American computer scientist, known for pioneering contributions to artificial intelligence. Holding over 50 years of tenure at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon University, he was the founding director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon and instrumental in the creation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in India. Reddy, the first Asian to receive the prestigious Turing Award, has significantly advanced AI research, impacting speech recognition, robotics, and human-computer interaction. His work also emphasizes technology's role in societal benefits, demonstrated through initiatives like the Universal Digital Library Project.