The twelfth Joint Telematics Group (JTG)/IT Society Summer School is held at IIT Kanpur. This summer school was started by the Joint Telematics Group to cover contemporary research topics in information theory, signal processing, telecommunication, and networking for students and young researchers from all over India.

The Joint Telematics Group of various IITs and IISc, Bangalore was formed with the intent of imparting technical knowledge in the field of signal processing, telecommunications, and networking to young engineers, scientists, and teachers from all over India. The JTG holds the National Conference on Communication (NCC) annually across various IITs and IISc.

The Summer school will also feature the Padovani Lecture by 2021 Padovani Lecturer: Prof. Muriel Médard. 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Twelth JTG/IEEE IT Society summer school will be a virtual event for the first time in its history