iRASTE Trains Bus Drivers in Defensive Driving
Technological innovations such as Advanced Driver Assistive Systems (ADAS) can help in reducing road accidents by promoting defensive driving behaviours. Aiming to reinforce these skills via periodical driver training programmes, Project iRASTE kicks off the first such initiative. If you’ve ever been in a speeding cab en route to the airport, chances are you’ve experienced […]
Rethinking The Rendezvous With NextMeet’s Metaverse Solution
Zoom events were de rigueur in 2020. But now instead of passively sitting in front of a screen, you can actually mingle in the Metaverse. IIITH’s R&D Showcase 2022 showed us just how that was possible, thanks to CIE-based startup NextMeet. When Ravi Sankar Nadimpalli, BYJU’s FutureSchool heard about the multi-model form adopted by IIITH […]
How IIITH Is Using AI To Accelerate Drug Discovery
The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad is known for its research driven culture with a focus on AI and ML. But while you think AI and ML is all about computer vision, robotics, and IoT, here’s a sneak peek into the institute’s AI-powered data-driven drug discovery unfolding at iHub-Data centre. A couple of decades […]
How To Become An Independent Researcher
If you thought that a PhD after a Bachelors degree is only possible abroad, think again. Here’s how and why anyone with a stellar academic record and a penchant for cutting-edge research can embark on a journey of doctoral research at IIITH. Kajal Sanklecha was about 6 months into her first job at a fintech […]
IIITH Makes A Research-Led Education More Inclusive Via Its Lateral Entry Mode
Every year, with an ever-increasing pool of engineering aspirants, there’s a sizeable number that doesn’t make the cut to tier 1 institutes. Here’s a plan B for the research enthusiasts amongst them. “Have you ever heard of someone switching colleges mid-degree?”, exclaims Apoorva Thirupathi, adding “Well, I hadn’t!” It was over a serendipitous telephonic conversation […]
How IIITH Is Making A Case For Clean Air
Knowledge is everything. IIITH researchers show how actionable insights on all facets of air pollution can help – from empowering citizens to make informed choices on where to reside to assisting the government in mitigating its health risks. A contractor of a road-widening project that was recently underway near a government school in Gopanpally, Hyderabad, […]
Remembering Arjun: The All Heart Team Player
Third year Dual-Degree student TH Arjun passed away on 28 February 2022 after valiantly battling Covid pneumonia for over 2 months. For IIITH, he couldn’t have been a better poster-child. Apart from an artistic brilliance, he brought the right research aptitude and work ethics. But more importantly, he brought a humane touch to all his […]
Raj Reddy Center: Where Technology, Innovation And Impact Converge
A thought-provoking conclave of great minds drawing from the government, industry, academia, non-profit sector and many others fittingly marked the inaugural Conference on Science and Technology at the formal unveiling of the Raj Reddy Center for Technology and Society. For those who missed it, here’s a brief roundup of what transpired. Applied research has been […]
AI Tool for Diabetes and Hypertension to Determine Continued Home-Based Care or Shift to a Medical Facility
IIITH researchers in collaboration with WISH Foundation are developing an automated web-based browser that will take critical healthcare decisions on behalf of primary healthcare workers. The project is sponsored by Google under its AI for Social Good program. While the concept of telemedicine can be traced way back to the 1950s when it first evolved […]
When Creativity Leads To Design And Market-Awareness
Creator, innovator, startup founder, and now a self-published poet. Meet Poorna Chandra Danamaraju, student of the inaugural post-graduate course in Product Design and Management. Boredom and frustration are two of the biggest drivers of innovation. Ask Poorna Chandra Danamaraju, who’s currently pursuing the Product Design and Management course at IIITH. It was while preparing for […]