From Carrybags To Carry-Your-Own-Bags And Much More – How IIITH Is Pursuing A Plastic-Free Pledge
In October 2018, a ban on single-use plastics was supposed to be put in place by the Prime Minister, Narender Modi – an announcement that was later put off (presumably due to the plastic industry lobby). However long before the term ‘single-use plastic’ became a dirty word, IIITH has been quietly undertaking a host of […]
Life In The Fast Lane: 4 Indian cities in Top 10 listed for Distracted Driving
A collaborative research effort between IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi and Carnegie Mellon University reveals the extent of distracted driving while engaging in online social media across several cities in the world. Alarmingly, 4 of the top 10 cities accounting for such distracted driving content are from India. Read on. Posting of distracted driving content on […]
Q&A With Alum Santosh Kumar Nanduru
As Managing Director of his own construction company, IIITH alumnus Santosh Kumar Nanduru, MTech CASE graduate of 2009 tells us about the R&R he believes in. And it’s not rest and recreation but repair and restoration. Find out more in this edited excerpt from a telephonic interview. Tell us a bit about your background. What did you […]
IIITH Researchers Collate Earthquake Risk Index For NDMA
IIITH collaborates with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to develop an Earthquake Disaster Risk Index (EDRI) for cities. Index based on pilot study of 50 selected Indian cities located in seismically active regions Risk has been categorized as Low, Medium and High The hope is that the report will help the appropriate decision makers and […]
Teacher Training On The Learning Brain
Neuro-cognitive science researchers at IIITH to conduct a first-of-its-kind workshop on ‘Teaching The Learning Brain’ – targeted at teachers interacting with students from grade 1 to grade 8. Here’s what it’s about. They say it takes a genius to know one. Little wonder then that it was Albert Einstein who famously wrote,”Everybody is a genius. […]
IIIT Hyderabad’s Fine Analysis Of Traffic Violations
Researchers from IIITH analyse Ahmedabad traffic e-challans data and discover interesting patterns in motorists’ behaviour both in terms of repeat offenses as well as fine payment. – Traffic offenders with more number of e-challans are less likely to pay fines – Payment of smaller fines preferred over larger ones – ML model trained on dataset […]
What Drives The Uber Wallah?
Ethnographic study by IIITH researchers provides new insights about the ride-sharing workforce in the Indian gig economy that is fundamentally different from that of the West. Driving for Uber is viewed as a permanent, full-time livelihood option in India. Religious minorities and nomadic communities find it non-discriminatory in providing employment. Uber drivers see themselves as […]
Building A Brain Atlas: For Indians, By Indians
IIITH researchers create first-ever Indian Brain Atlas demonstrating significant differences in size and structure of the average Indian brain vis-a-vis Caucasian as well as other Eastern brains. Future work in this direction is aimed at creating atlases for different age-groups to study age-related effects on brain anatomy. When you receive the results of any pathological […]
How To Sample A Semester At IIITH
Have you ever eyed those awesome courses offered at IIITH and regretted missing the bus? Well, thou shall covet no more. A lateral entry programme is not the only way to land up at the esteemed campus. There’s a possibility of doing an entire semester at IIITH. Here’s how. A few weeks ago, when the […]
IIITH Researchers Use ML Tools To Salvage The Shastras
Ancient palm leaf manuscripts are our cultural heirlooms with a wealth of knowledge residing in them. While previous conservation efforts have been made in the direction of digitizing these fragile texts, IIITH researchers have gone a step further and created the first ever large-scale database of such manuscript images that can automatically identify and label […]