Author: Sarita Chebbi

Sarita Chebbi is a minimalist runner, practising yogi and baker of all things whole-wheat, and sugar-free. Currently re-learning her ABC’s…the one that goes: A for algorithm, B for Bayesian, C for convolutional (neural network)…

Of Meaningful Impact: How IIIT-H Is Going A STEP Further

“From tomorrow, the average age of the institute will go up by 10 years,” said Prof. P. J. Narayanan, Director of IIIT-H, a tad wistfully. He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the annual outreach activity that the institute undertakes especially for school-going children – the Student Technology Education Program (STEP). Visitors to the campus […]

IIIT-H Researcher Presents Paper at Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) 2019

The ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing recently held it’s 34th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) at Limassol, Cyprus. Part-Time PhD student Sai Anirudh Karre who is working under Prof. Y. Raghu Reddy presented his paper in the “software engineering” technical track of the main conference. Towards VR Practices Tracing his journey towards virtual […]

How Do You Want To Spend Your Summers?

IIIT-H presents an opportunity for those interested in diving into Computer Vision and Machine Learning with its summer schools. Sign up to learn more and to interact with leading experts in these fields. Summers are typically meant for breaks or slowing down. But then again for driven folks, it’s perfect for accelerating their education or […]

IIIT-Hyderabad Researchers Propose Novel Way Of Capturing BP Continuously

Worldwide, deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are on the rise and a large proportion of them can be attributed either to hypertension or hypotension making blood pressure monitoring an important factor in disease prevention. However traditional methods of BP monitoring while aplenty, have many drawbacks. To combat these, researchers at IIITH have developed a unique […]

How IIIT-Hyderabad Is Uncovering Elusive Use Cases of Research

Every research institution takes pride in its research. The same is easily available for reference. However, is this enough when someone is looking to adopt research to solve a real world problem? Does the esoteric language targeting peer research community come in the way of understanding its applicability?  Read on to find out IIITH‘s experiences […]

Nishtha Pandey Comes Full Circle

Going ‘back to school’ in your 30s requires a great deal of commitment and a certain je ne sais quoi. Juggling the demands of a student life along with those of a family can probably put a circus performer to shame. We caught up with a stellar student Nishtha Pandey who came back to campus […]

The MedTech Ecosystem In Hyderabad Has A New Address – Ojas

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT-H continues its decennial celebratory streak with the inauguration of a specialized incubator for medtech startups. With its well-lit working spaces and open design, the incubator is aptly titled Ojas – the Sanskrit term for the seat of all vitality, energy, good health and wellness. It has […]

IIIT-H Student Sreeja Kamishetty Wins Memorial Scholarship Instituted By Google

21-year-old Sreeja Kamishetty’s self-confessed “passion for all things Google” has led to her keenly following all opportunity updates from the multinational tech giant, be it scholarships, resources or internships. The last time she was featured here was when she was selected as the only Indian to attend the EMEA Google Students Retreat 2018. This time, […]

Alumnus Deepthi Singh Sharma on What It Techs To Be An Entrepreneur

Not confining the celebrations of International Women’s Day to a single day, we begin this month with the focus on a successful woman entrepreneur from the batch of 2004. Meet Deepthi Singh Sharma. A serial entrepreneur, she co-founded Fashiate that was acquired by SnapDeal in 2015. She also founded Trailchain, a blockchain-based tech startup. Now, […]