In 2024, Dr. Smitha Anu Thomas significantly enhanced her expertise in Artificial Intelligence. She earned an AI Fundamentals Skill Badge from IBM SkillsBuild on October 21. She participated in the Faculty Enablement Program on Artificial Intelligence by Infosys Springboard (June 24-28) and subsequently completed both the Artificial Intelligence Foundation Certification (June 30) and the Artificial Intelligence Primer Certification (July 3) from Infosys Springboard. Dr. Thomas also attended a 2-day workshop on Strategic Plan for Research Activities on AI, ML and Robotics organized by APJA KTU at Govt. Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara (September 27-28). Furthermore, she participated in the 6-day National Level FDP on “The Generative AI Revolution: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges” organized by the Dept. of Computer Applications, FISAT in association with TCS, Kochi (August 12-19).