<h1>Academic collaboration advances AI research and education through faculty exchange, joint labs, and student research internships.</h1> A five-year academic collaboration between SRM AP, Amaravati and Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science establishes faculty and researcher exchange into CMU SCS laboratories, creation of advanced AI labs at SRM AP, and mechanisms for curriculum development; selected faculty and scholars may audit CMU courses, and selected students will undertake summer research internships to gain hands-on experience and foster joint AI innovations.