Galgotias University Faces Backlash Over 'Fake' Innovations at AI Summit

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News18•19-02-2026, 12:44
Galgotias University Faces Backlash Over 'Fake' Innovations at AI Summit
- •Galgotias University presented a robotic dog, Orion, as an in-house innovation at the India AI Impact Summit, later identified as a Chinese-made Unitree Go2.
- •The university was directed to vacate its stall at the expo following the controversy, with power supply reportedly cut.
- •Further scrutiny arose over a 'homegrown' soccer drone, which online users alleged resembled the commercially available South Korean Helsel Striker V3.
- •Registrar Nitin Kumar Gaur blamed Prof. Neha Singh for the confusion, stating she was 'ill-informed' and unauthorized to speak to media.
- •Galgotias University is part of the Galgotias Education Group, tracing its roots to a Delhi bookstore in 1930, now led by Suneel, Padmini, and Dhruv Galgotia.
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