Nominations are open
The TN AI 50
Fifty people building AI in Tamil Nadu, from Chennai to Tirunelveli. They will be chosen through open nominations and a jury we will name, then listed alphabetically, never ranked.
Nominate someoneFive categories, ten people each
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Builders
Founders and engineers shipping AI products from Tamil Nadu.
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Researchers
People whose AI research is cited, deployed or changing a field.
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Educators
Teachers and trainers bringing AI skills to classrooms and towns.
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Public impact
People using AI in health, farming, government services or access.
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Rising
Students and early-career builders with real work to show.
How the fifty are chosen
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Open nominations
Anyone can nominate anyone, including themselves, with the form below. Now open.
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We check the work
Every claim in a nomination is checked against public sources: products, papers, programmes, press.
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A jury decides
Jury members from research, industry and education pick the fifty. Their names will be published here.
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The list goes live
Planned for January 2027. Each of the fifty gets a short note on their work.
Nominate someone
Tell us who they are and what they built. Specifics help: a product, a paper, a programme, a number. It takes about three minutes.
Nominees are not told unless they are shortlisted. Nothing is published without their agreement.
Questions
Who can be nominated?
Anyone doing AI work in Tamil Nadu, or from Tamil Nadu and working on it here. Founders, researchers, teachers, public servants and students all count. You can nominate yourself.
Does it cost anything?
No. There is no fee to nominate, no fee to be listed, and no way to pay for a place.
How is the list chosen?
We check every nomination against public sources. A jury, whose names we will publish, then picks fifty across the five categories. Jury members do not judge anyone they work with.
Why alphabetical?
Ranking people doing different kinds of work is guesswork. The fifty are listed by name, with a short note on each.
Can people from StudAI One or Zolra be listed?
No. Both are companies founded by our editor, so their staff and founders are not eligible.
What happens to my details?
Nominations are stored privately in our mailing system. Nothing about a nominee is published unless they are shortlisted and agree. See the privacy page.
Something else? Email editor@thetn.ai.