Conference Theme

India HCI 2026 is the 17th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The theme of this year's conference is

Designing for Dignity: Inclusive, Accessible, and

Respectful Futures in HCI

Designing for Dignity calls for advancing HCI toward inclusive, accessible, and respectful futures that uphold human agency, equity, and lived experience at the core of technological innovation. The conference will centre on the following sub-themes while remaining open to related and emerging areas of inquiry.

Designing for Dignity and Respect
Inclusive and Accessible Interaction
HCI in the Global South
Emerging Technologies and AI
Participatory and Co-Design Practices
Cross-Cultural Design: HCI Across Geographies, Cultures, and Systems
Localisation
Decolonising HCI and Design Practice

At the Conference

Authors of all accepted papers are required to present their work at the main conference. Details about the presentation will be given to the authors of accepted papers. The organisers plan to do the conference in-person without a hybrid option. Remote presentations will be allowed only in case of unavoidable circumstances.

Topics of Relevance:

We invite submissions of research papers spanning various areas of HCI and design, including, but not limited to:

User Interfaces
Tangible & Ubiquitous Computing
Virtual & Augmented Reality
Multimedia and New Media
Natural User Interfaces
Interaction Techniques
Game Design
Privacy and Usable Security
Visualization
Health, Accessibility, and Aging
User Modeling
Engineering Interactive Systems
ICT for Development
Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW)