PhD Opportunity in Agentic AI, Explainable AI, and Optimization for Handicrafts Ecosystem at IIT Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is advertising a research opening connected to a 5-year Ministry of Textiles, Government of India sponsored Centre of Excellence project: “Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform.”

The post is aimed at future PhD scholars interested in agentic AI systems, explainable AI, optimization in AI, multi-agent systems, and scalable machine learning. The application is framed as a Project Research Assistant role, with the explicit note that it is a launchpad into the PhD program at IIT Kharagpur.

The research application is highly applied: the project focuses on digitizing and empowering India’s handicrafts ecosystem using intelligent, trustworthy AI technology. The announcer highlights work in explainability, multi-agent systems, and scalable ML, with publications in venues such as ICML, EMNLP, and NeurIPS workshops.

Eligibility highlights: curiosity, strong fundamentals, and genuine enthusiasm for applied AI research. The professor’s homepage also states interest in bright students seeking full-time PhD study and publication-oriented research in top ML venues.

Application deadline: 29 June 2026. Reference: IIT/SRIC/R/CXA/2026/112.

How to apply: use the provided application link and submit the online application before the deadline. No hard copy is required according to the IIT Kharagpur temporary jobs portal guidance.