The Centre For Artificial Intelligence Research (C-FAIR) is established as VIT commitment to advance AI research, foster innovation, and develop scalable and sustainable solutions with the help of AI to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. C-FAIR serves as VIT’s nucleus for rigorous AI research, bringing together interdisciplinary expertise to develop novel algorithms, intelligent systems, and AI-powered applications that are technically excellent, ethically grounded, and societally purposeful. The centre actively bridges fundamental research with translational impact, working alongside industry, government agencies, and global academic partners to ensure that AI advances move from theory to deployment at scale.