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)…

Inviting Startups! Got a Project Plan? Let IIIT-H Students Help

Over the years, with its emphasis on applied research, IIIT-H has established various joint collaboration and co-innovation models with an industry outreach spanning significant national and multinational companies. A case in point is the Structured Software Analysis and Design (SSAD) course, offered to Sophomore undergrad students where they work with startups, small and medium-sized businesses. […]

V-Labs – LEADing from behind: The march towards digital scientific education

For those clamouring to intern on open source projects, look no further. Here at IIIT-H lies an opportunity to contribute to and maintain a world-class learning platform for students. Read on to learn how IIIT-H is not only one of the 12 technological institutes across India, that is part of the virtual labs initiative of […]

Team FalconX Ranks 24th at CANSAT

A team of students from IIIT-H that qualified for the final launch phase of the annual CanSat competition organized by The American Astronautical Society (AAS) has just returned from Stephenville, Texas, securing a rank of 24 out of 41. This is an annual student design-build-launch competition for space-related topics. The IIIT-H team was among 40 […]

CIE@IIITH – Celebrating 10 years with a Deep Tech Showcase

An academic institution that has always supported and encouraged innovations, IIIT-H went a step further when in 2008 it opened up a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). The idea was to formally support startups with the end goal of commercializing cutting edge technologies developed in its research centres. In 2012, the IIIT-Foundation opened its […]

Alumnus Vedant Kidambi’s Memorial Endowment to Support Research

In honour of their much loved, only child, Vedant Kidambi (special MS by Research student, 2008-2010), Girija and Uday Kumar (Kidambi) have created an endowment fund supported by a generous donation of 20 lakhs towards research in the field of Cognitive Science at IIIT-Hyderabad. Vedant Kartik Kidambi was an exceptional MS by Research student in […]

Enna Sachdeva selected for Aspiring Woman Entrepreneur (AWE) program

3rd Year, MS by Research student, Enna Sachdeva is back from a 2-day weekend workshop at the Nexus Startup Hub at the American Center in New Delhi. She was part of a 16-member strong contingent of Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) chosen from across India based on their innovative ideas and capabilities to address the needs […]

Working on Edge and Finding Their Niche

A Mechanical background in Engineering didn’t stop Soham Acharya from being deeply interested in Computer Science. Infact, when he quit his job at Ola in 2015, pursuing a Masters degree in CS was somewhere on the cards. Life had different plans though. When he ran into Venkatesh Mondi, an IIT-M graduate and Saurabh Arora, his […]

Detecting The Fakes In Online Misinformation

Fake news (feik nju:z)noun: false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting. In 2017, Harper Collins named fake news as the “word of the year” beating other short-listed words, equally influenced by Politics. Not only was this term consistently in the news, it seemed to be the most favoured word appearing on […]

Manjeera Digital Systems Builds First Indian Processor to Enable AI Processing

Made-in-Hyderabad High-Performance Computing Engine Successfully Gets Validated on Silicon. With this announcement, the CIE-incubated Hyderabad-based startup Manjeera Digital Systems is all set to take on the global giants in the microprocessor industry. As we hurtle towards a future dominated by AI and Computer Vision, it is becoming increasingly clear that we are going to have […]