Washington: Indian-origin couple Anuradha and Vikas Sinha have donated $20 million to the University of North Texas (UNT) to accelerate education and research in artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
The university will name its new institution the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics.
The college will serve as a universitywide academic and research hub covering AI, cybersecurity, data science, advanced analytics, health informatics, information science, library science and learning technologies.
It will be organized into two divisions focused on developing intelligent systems and studying how information and AI operate within human and institutional settings.
The donation will establish six permanent endowments supporting college leadership, student scholarships, endowed professorships, entrepreneurship and incubation, advanced research and emerging technologies.
The college will also house the Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Institute, which will focus on expanding interdisciplinary research, shared infrastructure and industry partnerships.
Who Are the Sinhas?
Anuradha and Vikas Sinha moved to the US from India after earning bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering from Sri Venkateswara University. Both later pursued graduate studies at Florida Atlantic University.
Vikas went on to study at Northwestern University before earning his Ph.D. in information science and data science from UNT in 2023. He is now vice president of the Mainframe Software Division at Broadcom.
The couple previously established the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science at UNT in 2024 and the Sinha Data Science Innovation Lab in 2025.
Vikas said their latest gift reflects their belief that education can create opportunities for future generations.
