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Prof. Vasudeva Varma’s views on Why digital sovereignty should be India’s next big battle

Vasudeva Varma, professor at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, suggests India can consider empanelled clouds for sensitive workloads or can adopt a dual-vendor model that include local companies (ESDS, Yotta, Pi Datacenters) and global CSPs. Organizations can also use open-source building blocks to assemble their own tech stack. “But the practicality, economics, and go-to-market aspects of such solutions often become roadblocks. Typical challenges include data and identity portability, network and egress costs, application rewrites or refactoring, and ensuring feature parity and operational maturity,” said Varma. The cost of hardware and software aren’t the only factors that make this migration difficult. Varma points out that the “biggest cost is on people and process” as it requires retraining IT admins, rewriting support runbooks, compliance re-audits (ISO/PCI/DPDP), and contract renegotiations with all vendors and partners.

IIITH hosts ABDM 2.0 Southern Region Consultation Meeting Organized by NHA

IIITH along with the Telangana state Research Collaboration network organized a full day consultation workshop on ABDM 2.0, for the National Health Authority on 29 August. The theme for the consultation workshop – Strengthening Data Standards and Interoperability for Public and Private Healthcare: Tackling Adoption Barriers and Enabling India’s AI Health Future”. Thought leaders and researchers from RICH, IIITH, ISB, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad, IITH, NIT Warangal & NALSAR are part of the Research Collaboration network. The workshop included a presentation by Mr. Vikram Pagaria, Director of NHA on the background, conception, technology, adoption, initiatives and accomplishments of ABDM 1.0 and goals for ABDM 2.0. Prof. Sandeep K Shukla, Director of IIITH, addressed the gathering and emphasized the resolve of IIITH to be at the forefront of digital innovation in healthcare and listed the institute’s efforts & work relating to the space.

Prof. Sandeep K Shukla’s views and vision on India’s Education Legacy in the AI Era

As India accelerates toward digital sovereignty and global leadership in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, and next-gen technologies, the role of academia in driving deep-tech innovation has never been more critical. IIIT Hyderabad, long regarded as one of the pioneers of interdisciplinary research, continues to stand at the forefront of this transformation. In this conversation, Prof. Sandeep K. Shukla, who joined IIITH on August 20 as the Director, shares his early impressions, insights on the institute’s unique research ecosystem, and his vision for shaping engineering education to meet the demands of the AI era. Interdisciplinarity is deeply embedded in IIITH’s DNA, thanks to its unique structure of research centers rather than traditional departments. These span Computational Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Robotics, Computer Vision, Language Technologies, and Quantum Sciences, creating a natural environment for cross-center collaboration.

Amal Joseph working with Dr. Ravi Kiran Sarvadevabhatla and Akhila Matathammal working with Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan have been selected for TCS Ph.D fellowship, as part of their Research Scholar Program. The fellowship is effective from 1 July 2025 for a period of 4 years.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/gItdSUJCiX0 Team India won a gold and a bronze and several honourable mentions at the international linguistics Olympiad held in China. The Indian team was trained by LTRC through  various rounds.    Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/gItdSUJCiX0

28th Foundation Day – 2 September 2025

IIIT Hyderabad will be celebrating its 28th Foundation Day on 2 September with a special focus on Cybersecurity. Dr. Jitender, Director General of Police (DPG) will be the chief guest at this momentous event. The events lined up for the day are:
– Talk by Prof. Sandeep Kumar Shukla, Director on IIITH: Vision and way forward
– Inauguration of Cyber MANTHAN Center and TGCSB’s Vyuha Lab by Shikha Goel, IPS DG, Director Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB)
– Awarding Alumni Achievers Awards 2025 to Naveena Yanamala and Manish Jain