Pursuing Ideas, Not Paychecks: Start-Up Founders Of The Graduating Batch of ‘22
There’s many a startup idea brewing and taking shape among IIITH students. From a physiotherapist’s dream equipment to a web3 product launchpad, here’s a look at those from this year’s graduating batch who have shunned traditional employment to pursue entrepreneurship instead. Who: Anis Fatema (PhD), Deeksha Devendra (MS by Research) What: PhysioFLEPS – A flexible […]
Making Quantum Sense of a Chanakya Award winner
Adithya Sunil Edakkadan, a 4th year B. Tech student from IIITH’s Center for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology was recently awarded the Chanakya fellowship for his ongoing research in quantum sensing circuits. What fires the brain of the back-bencher who suddenly discovered his mojo? We check. It was on Prof. Abhishek Srivastava’s advice that Adithya […]
Meet IIITH’s URAM Scholarship Recipients
Dipanwita Guhathakurta and Pravalika Mukkiri’s academic and career aspirations get a boost with this unique initiative from Micron India that targets talented women engineers in their pre-final years. Every year Micron India offers 59 scholarships “to nurture and reward academic rigour, innovation, research and co-curricular pursuits of women engineers” who are in their pre-final year […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Positivity, A PhD and A Patent
Life can often get in the way of individual pursuits. But for Salma Khan who sailed through marriage, childcare, vivas, and then work, her first hiatus came only with the birth of her third child. Her comeback to academia as a PhD aspirant has been nothing short of spectacular. Here, she talks to us about […]
Student Researcher Earns Dual Degree in Quick Time
What makes Rajashekar Reddy Chinthalapani special is that he has speed tracked through a 5-year dual degree program, to finish a semester early. His story is noteworthy because of one small detail. He didn’t make it to IIIT Hyderabad in the first cut. Rajashekar is just a normal guy with the usual favorites and phobias […]
Can the Ripple-IIITH Fellowship create waves in blockchain technology?
The first recipient of the coveted Ripple-IIITH Fellowship, IIITHian Sankarshan Damle is exploring the uncharted waters of blockchain and its limitless possibilities. We also look at what’s cooking at one of the first institutes to set-up a dedicated Center of Excellence in distributed ledger technology. When soccer legend Messi moved to the French club PSG […]
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu: How a corporate VP got schooled
Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu gives up a plum job to deep dive into academics at the pinnacle of his career. He resurfaces with a Ph. D from IIITH in an emerging field in software engineering. Did he get back the controls of a hi-flying corporate career, after a 5-year sabbatical? Find out. Dr. Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu’s […]