RCTS at IIITH launches crowdsourcing platform Badal for Social Development
The Raj Reddy Center for Technology and Society (RCTS) at IIIT-Hyderabad is expanding its impact in education and healthcare through Badal, a novel crowdsourcing initiative.
Platform Badal aims to bridge the gap between NGOs and corporations by creating an integrated platform for solution-building.
Start-up eBasha Setu bridges linguistic barriers with tech
Winner of the Bhashini Grand Innovation Challenge by MeitY, Govt. of India, eBhasha Setu is taking ‘knowledge for all’ very seriously with its language processing technology services. Startup eBhasha Setu has successfully translated patient consent forms and information sheets from English into Telugu, Bangla, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi to help clinical trial participants make an informed decision.
SERC at IIITH to host 21st edition of IEEE ICSA 2024
SERC at IIITH will be hosting the 21st edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) 2024. ICSA is the premier venue for practitioners and researchers interested in software architecture, in component-based software engineering, in quality aspects of software, and how these relate to the design of software architectures. Dr Y. Raghu Reddy from SERC, IIITH and Prof. Nenad Medvidovic from the University of Southern California, USA are the general chairs of ICSA 2024.
European Wellness BioMedical Group to set up base for promoting cell therapy at IIITH
The European Wellness BioMedical Group (EWBG) has announced the formation of an Indian chapter of International Association of Cell Therapy, International Association of Stem Cell Therapy, and European Society of Anti-Aging and Bio-Regenerative Medicine, to foster collaboration and exchange their deep technology innovations with institutions like the CSIR-CCMB’s AIC; C-CAMP, Bengaluru and IIITH and others.
IIITH’s social incubator graduates 12 Social Startups and selects 10 Greentech Startups for the EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program
IIITH’s social incubator graduates 12 Social Startups and selects 10 Greentech Startups for the EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program. While it is clear that Greentech is emerging as the next sunrise sector, an analysis by Cambridge Associates shows that Emerging Markets Greentech startups attract only 9% of total investment in the sector.
IIITH Launches industry-sponsored part-time Master of Science (MS) by research
IIITH announced the launch of a part-time industry sponsored Master of Science (MS) by research for working professionals to foster advanced research skills and empower individuals to drive tech led innovations. Applications are open and first batch will start August 2024.
IIITH Announces Product Management Summer School
IIITH announced the launch of a 4-week Product Management Summer School, jointly with Product Leaders Forum (PLF) and Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (Hysea). Registrations are open, the summer school starts on 25 May 2024.
IIITH develops wireless pneumonia detector
The Integrated Circuits inspired by Wireless and Biomedical Electronic Systems (IC~WiBES) lab at the Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems (CVEST) at IIITH has designed a wireless pneumonia detector and a worker safety system, semiconductor-chip based devices which can bring about evolution in the healthcare sector.
IIITH’S RCTS receives funding from centific for AI project on automated malnutrition detection
Raj Reddy Center for Technology and Society (RCTS) at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) received a funding of Rs 18 lakhs, approximately, from Centific, for its project on ‘AI for Automated Malnutrition Detection’.
IIITH develops English learning tool for rural students
Researchers at the Raj Reddy Centre for Technology and Society (RCTS) at IIIT Hyderabad said they had developed an English learning tool for students, particularly in rural areas. This tool functions as a comprehensive teaching assistant, providing crucial feedback on speech pronunciation and sentence formation, the institution said.