Place: San Diego, California, United States
Conference Date: July 02 - 07, 2026
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and language technologies, internet usage has continued to surge globally, enabling many widely spoken languages to adapt successfully to the digital age. However, regional and underresourced languages still face significant challenges due to limited computational resources, annotated datasets, and specialized tools. One such group is the Dravidian language family, primarily spoken in South India and Sri Lanka, with communities across Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, London, and other parts of the world. The Dravidian languages, with a history spanning more than 4,500 years and spoken by millions of speakers, are under-resourced in speech and natural language processing. Despite growing research interest, gaps persist in areas such as speech recognition, multimodal processing, and generative AI applications for Dravidian languages. This is the sixth workshop on speech and language technologies for Dravidian languages, building upon the success of the previous editions. DravidianLangTech-2026 continues to serve as a collaborative forum for researchers, practitioners, and students to share insights and advance computational methods for Dravidian languages. The main objectives of DravidianLangTech-2026 are as follows:
To explore challenges and innovations in developing speech and language resources for Dravidian languages.
To design and adapt language technologies for multilingual, multimodal, and code-mixed Dravidian contexts.
To facilitate collaboration between the global Dravidian language community and international scholars across computational linguistics, AI, and digital humanities.
To address ethical, cultural, and inclusivity aspects in the creation of language technologies for under-represented communities.
To encourage the integration of Agentic AI frameworks for building interactive, explainable, and collaborative language systems in Dravidian contexts.
Tagline: Advancing multilingual, multimodal, and inclusive technologies for under-resourced Dravidian languages.
Call for Papers :
DravidianLangTech-2026 welcomes theoretical, empirical, and applicationdriven contributions on any Dravidian languages (e.g., Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tulu, Allar, Aranadan, Attapadya, Kurumba, etc.) that advance language processing, speech technologies, multimodality, or resource development. Submissions can address challenges in monolingual, bilingual, and code-mixed settings as well as crosslingual and low-resource transfer approaches.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to
Corpus(Data) development, annotation tools, benchmarks, and evaluation methodologies
Detecting Hate Speech, Offensive Language, Misinformation, Fake News, Spam, and Rumor
Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Dravidian languages
Agentic AI and Multi-agent Systems: workflow orchestration, reasoning agents, and collaborative agents for Dravidian language processing
Multimodal processing: Text, Speech, Image, Video, and Memes in Dravidian contexts
Speech Technology: Automatic Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Voice Conversion
Impaired/Normal Speech Recognition and Assistive Technologies for Dravidian speech
Accent Recognition, Verification, and Dialect Modeling
Emotion and Sentiment Recognition from Dravidian Speech and Text
Machine Translation and Cross-lingual Transfer in Dravidian languages
Language Resources for Generative and Instruction-Tuned LLMs
Document Analysis and Understanding for Dravidian texts and scripts
Object Detection and Recognition in multimodal Dravidian datasets
Ethical and Fair AI for Low-resource Language Communities
Healthcare and Mental Health Applications (e.g., depression detection, doctor-patient communication) in Dravidian speech
Educational Applications: Digital literacy, inclusive tools for rural Dravidian language communities
Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi
School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Ireland.
Ruba Priyadharshini
Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed to be University, India
Anand Kumar M
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India.
Sajeetha Thavareesan
Eastern University, Sri Lanka
Saranya Rajiakodi
Central University of Tamil Nadu, India
Subalalitha CN
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Dhivya Chinnappa
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Texas, United States
Balasubramanian Palani
Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, Kerala, India
Malliga Subramanian
Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India
Kogilavani Shanmugavadivel
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chennai, India
Professor at
Digital University Kerala and former Director of IIITM-K and ICFOSS.
A. Justin Gopinath, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Aathavan Nithiyananthan, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Abdullah Al Nahian, American International University, Bangladesh
Abdur Rahman, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Abhai Pratap Singh, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Abhay Vishwakarma, Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology, India
Abhinav Kumar, Sikha ’O’ Anushandhan University, India
Abirami Jayaraman, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Adarsh Valoor, University of Southampton, UK
Adeep Hande, Comcast Applied AI, USA
Advait Vats, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Ahamed Rameez Mohamed Nizzad, British College of Applied Studies, Sri Lanka
Aishwarya Gaddam, George Mason University, USA
Aishwarya Selvamurugan, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, India
Alessandra Teresa Cignarella, Ghent University, Belgium
Amit Jaspal, Facebook, USA
Angel Deborah S, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Anik Mahmud Shanto, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Anindo barua, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Anisha Ahmed, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Anusha M D Gowda, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, India
Aravindh M, RMK Engineering College, India
Arivuchudar K, RMK Engineering College, India
Arpita Mallik, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Arthi R, RMK Engineering College, India
Arun Prasad T D, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Aruna Devi Shanmugam, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Arunaggiri Pandian Karunanidhi, Micron Technology, USA
Arupa Barua, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh #
Arya Palackal Shijish, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Asha Hegde, Mangalore University, India
Ashim Dey, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Ashok Yadav, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India
Ashraf Deen, RMK Engineering College, India
Ashraful Islam Paran, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Ashutosh Tripathi, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India
Avaneesh Koushik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Azmine Toushik Wasi, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
B Saathvik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Babatunde Abimbola Abiola, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Bachu Naga sri Harini, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Bagavathi C, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Bharathi B, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Bhuvaneswari Sivagnanam, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India
Billodal Roy, Lowe’s, USA Bitan Mallik, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Bommineni Sahitya, RMK Engineering College, India
Boomika E, RMK Engineering College, India
Burugu Rahul, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Dhanyashree G, RMK Engineering College, India
Dharunika Sasikumar, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Diya Seshan, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Dola Chakraborty, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Dondluru Keerthana, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Durga Prasad Manukonda, ASRlytics, India
Enjamamul Haque Eram, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Eric SanJuan, Université d’Avignon, France Eshwanth Karti T R, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Fariha Haq, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Farjana Alam Tofa, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Fatima Uroosa, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Fiona Victoria Stanley Jothiraj, Oregon State University, USA
Fred Philippy, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg G Manikandan, RMK Engineering College, India
Ganesh Sundhar S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Gersome Shimi, Madras Christian College, India
Girma Yohannis Bade, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Gladiss Merlin N.R, RMK Engineering College, India
Habiba A, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India
Hamada Nayel, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Hare Ram C, RMK Engineering College, India
Hari Krishnan N, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Harish Vijay V, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Harry Thomas Kandathil, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Harshita Sharma, University of Delhi, India Hasan Murad, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Hosahalli Lakshmaiah Shashirekha, Mangalore University, India
Ippatapu Venkata Srichandra, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
J Bhuvana, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Jahnavi Murali, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Janeshvar Sivakumar, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Jannath Nisha O S, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Jerin Mahibha C, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, India
Jobin Jose, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India
Jubeerathan Thevakumar, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Jyothish Lal G, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
K Anishka, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Kalaivani K S, Kongu Engineering College, India
Kalpana K, RMK Engineering College, India
Kankipati Venkata Meghana, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Kasu Sai Kartheek Reddy, Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, India
Kavin Bharathi, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Kawsar Ahmed, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Keerthana NNL, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India
Keerthi Vasan A, RMK Engineering College, India
Khadiza Sultana Sayma, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Kogilavani Shanmugavadivel, kongu engineering college, India
Kondakindi Supriya, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Konkimalla Laxmi Vignesh, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Kritika A, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Lahari P, RMK Engineering College, India
Lalith Kishore V P, RMK Engineering College, India
Lekhashree A, RMK Engineering College, India
Lemlem Eyob Kawo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Livin Nector Dhasan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Luxshan Thavarasa, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Mahankali Sri Ram Krishna, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Mahfuz Ahmed Anik, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Mahir Absar Khan, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Manan Buddhadev, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Marc Brysbaert, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Md Ayon Mia, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh
Md Minhazul Kabir, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md Mizanur Rahman, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
MD Musa Kalimullah Ratul, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Mohiuddin, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Alam Miah, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Mahadi Rahman, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Refaj Hossan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Sajid Alam Chowdhury, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Sajjad Hossain, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Tanvir Ahammed Shawon, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Md. Zahid Hasan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Meenakshy S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Meetesh Saini, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Mesay Gemeda Yigezu, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Mikhail Krasitskii, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Minhaz Chowdhury, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Minoru Sasaki, Ibaraki University, Japan
Miriam Butt, Universität Konstanz, Germany
Mohan Raj, Monash University, Malaysia Mohan Raj M A, RMK Engineering College, India
Momtazul Arefin Labib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Monorama Swain, Copenhagen University, Denmark Moogambigai A, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Mugilkrishna D U, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
N.Nasurudeen Ahamed, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Naihao Deng, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
Navneet Agarwal, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, France
Navneet Krishna Chukka, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Nazmus Sakib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Nida Hafeez, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
Niranjan kumar M, Lowe’s, USA
Nishanth S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Nithish Ariyha K, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Nitisha Aggarwal, University of Delhi, India
Noor Mairukh Khan Arnob, University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh
Olga Kolesnikova, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Pandiarajan D, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Pathange Omkareshwara Rao, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Pavithra J, RMK Engineering College, India
Ponsubash Raj R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Poojitha Sai Manikandan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Pranav Gupta, Lowes Inc Premjith B, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Priyatharshan Balachandran, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Rahatun Nesa Priti, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Raj Sonani, Cornell University, USA
Rajalakshmi Sivanaiah, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Raksha Adyanthaya, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management, India
Ramesh Kannan R, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Rasha Sharma, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Ratnavel Rajalakshmi, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Ravi Teja Potla, NVIDIA, USA
Riya Rajeev, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Rohan R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Rohith Gowtham Kodali, asrlytics, India
S Ananthasivan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Sabik Aftahee, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Sabrina Afroz Mitu, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Safiul Alam Sarker, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Sai Koneru, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sakkthi Gurru D, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Sandra Johnson, RMK Engineering College, India
Sangeetha S, Kumaraguru College of Technology, India
Santhosh Kakarla, George Mason University, USA
Sarbajeet Pattanaik, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India
Sarumathi P, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Satya Subrahmanya Gautama Shastry Bulusu Venkata, George Mason University, USA
Saurabh Aggarwal, Autodesk, USA
Shamima Afroz, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Shankari S R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Shanmitha Thirumoorthy, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Sharon Sunny, University of Southampton, UK
Sheikh Ayatur Rahman, BRAC University, Bangladesh
Shreyas Karthik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Shriya Alladi, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Shruthi Rengarajan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Shruthikaa V, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Shuang Ao, University of Southampton, UK
Siddhaarth Sekar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Sidney Wong, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Simran , Institute of Informatics and Communication, India
Sivasuthan Sukumar, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Somsubhra De, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Sourabh Deoghare, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Souvik Bhattacharyya, Lowe’s, USA
Sowmya Vajjala, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Spurthi Amba Hombaiah, Google DeepMind, USA
Sreeja K, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Srihari V K, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Srijita Dhar, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Sripriya N, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India
Subhashini Sudhakar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Suriya KP, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Swetha N.G, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Syeda Alisha Noor, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Symom Hossain Shohan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Tanisha Sriram, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India
Tara Samiksha, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Tareque Md Hanif, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Temitope Oladepo, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Tewodros Achamaleh, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Thenmozhi Durairaj, SSN College of Engineering, India
Tofayel Ahmmed Babu, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Trina Chakraborty, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Udoy Das, East Delta University, Bangladesh
Uma Jothi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
V Guru charan, Collaborative Dynamics, USA
Vajratiya Vajrobol, University of Delhi, India
Venkatesh Velugubantla, Meridian Cooperative, USA
Vijay Karthick Vaidyanathan, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Vijay Manickam R, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Vikash J, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Vishal A S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Vrijendra Singh, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India
Wahid Faisal, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Yeshwanth Balaji A P, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
Yves Scherrer, University of Oslo, Norway
Shunmuga Priya Muthusamy Chinnan, University of Galway, Ireland
Premjith B, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamil Nadu, India