According to the 2018 report of the World Economic Forum, AI will be increasingly present in our professional and personal lives. Some people think that this is a great opportunity which will revolutionize the world and our daily lives. Others see it as a threat to jobs and freedom. According to J. G. Ganascia, a researcher at the Sorbonne-University Computer Laboratory (LIP6), AI refers to "a scientific discipline that aims to break down intelligence into elementary functions, to the point where a computer can be built to simulate them." The fields of AI and machine learning offer infinite opportunities for research and development and building solutions that can help human civilization and socities.

Theoretical computer science has been a vibrant part of computing research in India for the past 30 years. India has always had a strong mathematical tradition. One could also argue that in the 1980s and 1990s, theory offered a unique opportunity to keep up with international research in computing despite limited access to state-of-the-art hardware. The Annual International Conference Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS) was launched in 1981. FSTTCS2 allowed Indian researchers a natural opportunity to interact with leading academics worldwide.