The Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H). The agreement was signed by IIIT Hyderabad Director, Dr. Sandeep Shukla and ITDA Director, Alok Pandey. Under this collaboration, experts from IIIT Hyderabad will assess the state’s IT infrastructure, conduct research, and identify gaps. Their recommendations will help improve the systems and strengthen cybersecurity.

Accidents in high-risk industrial environments are an occupational hazard but what is disconcerting is that they often go unnoticed. A new wearable safety system developed by IIITH’s Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology aims to change that. In sprawling industrial landscapes like thermal power plants, oil refineries, construction sites, danger is often part of the job. Thousands of workers move through complex, high-risk environments every day, equipped with helmets, gloves, boots, and harnesses. But when something goes wrong, those protections can only go so far. What happens when no one sees the accident? That’s the problem Prof. Abhishek Srivastava and his team have set out to solve. Industrial accidents are more common than most people realize and more critically, they’re not always immediately reported. In many cases, help arrives late not because it isn’t available, but because no one knows something has gone wrong.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, IIIT-H convened the Learning & Longevity Symposium (LLS) placing learning—not medicine, fitness, or finance—at the centre of the longevity conversation. Hosted by IIIT-H’s Third Age Learning (3AL) Research and Design Group, the symposium brought together leading voices from cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, geriatric medicine, AI, game design, eldercare technology, and learning sciences. With an aim to explore a bold, unifying hypothesis — learning is the most powerful intervention for healthy aging. The symposium unfolded across three thematic tracks: The Biology of Longevity, Third Age Learning, and The Longevity Ecosystem. The format encouraged unlikely but necessary intersections — neuroscientists engaging with game designers, dementia specialists in dialogue with edtech entrepreneurs, and cognitive scientists exchanging ideas with architects of the emerging silver economy.