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Indian Express
5 days ago
- Science
- Indian Express
IIT Hyderabad 14th Convocation: 1273 degrees awarded; Rahul Ramachandran from CSE receives Prez gold medal
The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) on Saturday celebrated its 14th Convocation with 1273 students graduating across various programmes, including BTech, MTech, MSc, MDes and PhD. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, was the Chief Guest of the Convocation, who delivered the address and presented the four gold medals and 44 silver medals. Rahul Ramachandran from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering received the President of India Gold Medal. He scored 9.89 CGPA. Heads of Departments, Deans, Registrar, Director, Chairman and Chief Guest participated in the Convocation procession. The chief guest also toured campus facilities, including the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN). Among the undergraduate programs, 460 students graduated with a BTech degree, while 20 students completed their BDes. The postgraduate cohort included 11 MA graduates in Development Studies and Health, Gender & Society, 98 MSc graduates, and 33 MDes graduates, including 10 who completed MDes by Practice. The MTech programme saw the largest postgraduate turnout with 511 degrees awarded, encompassing traditional MTech, MTech by BTech conversion (1 student), Direct BTech to PhD (4 students), MTech through PhD conversion (6 students), Executive MTech (12 students), and Online MTech (40 students), claimed the press release. Additionally, 1 MPhil, 4 MS by Coursework, and 1 MS by Research degrees were awarded. The institute also celebrated the achievements of 134 PhD scholars. This convocation also marked the graduation of the first batch from launched interdisciplinary programmes, including BTech in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Computational Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry; MTech in Quantum & Solid-State Devices and Sustainable Engineering; MSc in Medical Physics; and the first PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Meanwhile, the Institute has been officially recognised as an Institute of National Eminence by the Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance, on March 27, 2025. This designation grants 100 per cent tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961, on donations made to the institute. In the 2024 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) was ranked 8th in the engineering category and 12th in the overall category.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Give wings to India's semiconductor dreams, Union minister tells students at IITH convocation
Hyderabad: A total of 1,273 students received their degrees during the convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) held on Friday. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addressed the students and said, 'You are entering a period of uncertainty, but also opportunity. There is a huge turmoil outside the world, but your foundation and value system will lead our country forward. ' He spoke about the govt's focus on electronics manufacturing and the Semiconductor Mission, and said India will produce its first commercial-scale semiconductor chip in 2025. Six fabrication units are under construction, and eight out of twenty chips designed by students, including some from IIT Hyderabad, were successfully taped out, he said. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad He also mentioned developments under the India AI Mission and said India built its own 4G telecom stack, which is ready to be upgraded to 5G. Speaking about railways, he referred to Kavach, an automatic train protection system developed in Hyderabad and now being implemented across the country. B S Murty, Director, said, 'IITH was granted the status of Institute of National Eminence and recorded its highest annual research and development funding in 2024–25.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Providers are furious: Internet access without a subscription! Techno Mag Learn More Undo He also highlighted the graduation of students from newly introduced programs focused on emerging areas of science and technology. Rahul Ramachandran, a student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was awarded the President of India Gold Medal. The convocation marked the graduation of the first batches from several new programs: BTech in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Computational Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry; MTech in Quantum and Solid-State Devices and Sustainable Engineering; MSc in Medical Physics; and the first PhD scholar in Artificial Intelligence.
Indian Express
30-06-2025
- Science
- Indian Express
IIT Hyderabad, India Post and NRSC develop Digipin for digital geospatial address: Meet the team
The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), in partnership with the Department of Posts and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO, has developed 'DIGIPIN', a machine-interpretable, open-source geospatial addressing system. JoSAA Counselling 2025: Check detailed schedule here The move is aimed at creating a precise, uniform, and digital infrastructure for physical addresses across India, including urban, rural, and maritime locations. DIGIPIN is expected to complement the existing Postal Index Number (PIN) code system, as per a statement by IIT-H. Why the need for DIGIPIN? Traditional address formats in India are often inconsistent, lacking standardisation and machine-readability. This poses operational challenges for logistics, postal delivery, and service access. DIGIPIN has been developed to overcome these limitations by introducing a compact, geo-coded alternative that can serve as a foundational digital public infrastructure (DPI) for addressing. JoSAA Counselling 2025: Class commencement, orientation dates for IITs out; complete schedule here DIGIPIN is designed as a geohash-based code that can be an alphanumeric string encoding a geographic location using the latitude and longitude of any point of interest, in India. Its format is human-readable and allows for offline retrieval of location coordinates using GPS-enabled devices. This enhances usability for both digital and non-digital environments, while ensuring privacy by not embedding any personal data. Meet the team behind DIGIPIN According to a statement from the institute, DIGIPIN was developed as part of IITH's ongoing commitment to applied digital infrastructure solutions in collaboration with government and public service entities. According to IITH, the system could serve not only postal and logistics operations but also support government service delivery, urban planning, and disaster response. DIGIPIN is the outcome of a research initiative led by the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad. The core team includes Dr Shashank Vatedka, Assistant Professor, Dr Lakshmi Prasad Natarajan, Associate Professor, and Dr Soumya Jana, Professor. The team also included Tarandeep Singh, a former MTech (AI) student at IITH. In their statement, the core group members such as Dr Vatedka, highlighted DIGIPIN's role in enabling concise representation of addresses that can be machine-readable and usable across platforms. Dr Natarajan noted that the system was intentionally designed for ease of adoption, allowing users to generate and use DIGIPIN with minimal technical input. Dr Jana underlined the potential for DIGIPIN in areas lacking reliable address systems, such as during emergency response or in temporary service locations like health camps. How does DIGIPIN work? The DIGIPIN code is designed to be as short as possible while retaining high accuracy. Users can derive the geographic location embedded in a DIGIPIN with low computational effort, even without internet access. It is applicable to densely populated urban zones as well as remote or maritime regions, with each point being assignable with a unique code. The system is structured to be easy to integrate and requires minimal manual intervention. Users can generate their DIGIPIN using commonly available smartphones with location services and an app equipped with a high-resolution map. It can be printed as a QR or barcode on parcels for automated sorting and routing, or stored in digital wallets for location identification. Its format has been designed to enable directionality and efficient spatial encoding.
The Hindu
21-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
India Post helps transform geolocation with DIGIPIN
More than 50 years after six-digit Postal Index Number revolutionised mail delivery in India, the Department of Post has rolled out a 10-digit alpha numeric Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN). 'The DIGIPIN is like online maps but only more accurate. Its geolocation is accurate up to 4 metres as it generates latitude and longitude. While the PIN code covered a large area (average area of around 170 sq. km per Pincode), the DIGIPIN narrows it down to a narrow grid,' Chief Post Master of General Post Office, Hyderabad Circle, Y. Prasad explained. The 10- digit alpha-numeric code represents geographic coordinates, developed by creating a uniform 4x4 metre grid of the country. The DIGIPIN is a collaborative effort of India Post, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, National Remote Sensing Centre and Indian Space Research Organisation. 'The PIN code was used for sorting mail. But its usage was limited as many people did not care to write it down and much of the addressing and delivery was down to local knowledge and information. The DIGIPIN is a machine-readable code that can help mail delivery even when drones will be deployed for the purpose,' said Mr. Prasad. With enhanced location accuracy, DIGIPIN is expected to be very useful during emergencies as it can generate precise geographic coordinates ensuring faster response times. However, as the DIGIPIN is a latitude and longitude based grid its use for multi-storeyed building complexes in urban areas is likely to be a challenge. The DIGIPIN is part of the IT 2.0 rollout of the India Post where it will be integrated with mobile devices provided to the staff for carrying out online postal, financial and insurance transactions. In the pipeline is a digital address layer, similar to the UPI ID, which has helped eliminate the recall and use of banking information. The digital address is expected to allow users to generate unique and customised labels (such as username@domain) to represent their DIGIPIN and descriptive addresses and manage this information. Interestingly, the 4 X 4 grid of India encompasses areas in neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh and generates the DIGIPIN for areas in those countries as well.
India Today
12-06-2025
- Science
- India Today
IIT Hyderabad, Central Sanskrit University sign MoU to study Indian Knowledge System
The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) and Central Sanskrit University (CSU), New Delhi, have signed an agreement to work together in the areas of Sanskrit, Indian Knowledge Systems, and technology-based Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) sets the stage for both institutions to collaborate on teaching and research in Sanskrit, Vedic sciences, linguistics, and related will also organise joint events such as workshops and conferences, and encourage faculty and student BRIDGE BETWEEN ANCIENT TEXTS AND MODERN RESEARCH TOOLS Professor B S Murty, Director of IIT-H, said the partnership offers a chance to connect the study of Indian Knowledge Systems with the scientific approach at IIT-H. He pointed to the work being done by the Department of Heritage Science and Technology, which looks at how Sanskrit texts can be studied using modern Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice-Chancellor of CSU, said the MoU is an important step in bringing back the country's old knowledge said Sanskrit holds many ideas in science and philosophy that can be studied today and used in new partnership between IIT-H and CSU is meant to help students and researchers study India's old texts in new bringing together Sanskrit and science, the two institutions aim to find useful ideas from the past that can be applied in the Hyderabad, set up in 2008, has built a strong name in research and academics. It ranks high in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). The institute is also working on 'Patent a Day: Mission 365', a plan to file one patent each day until the end of step marks a shared effort to bring ancient knowledge into modern classrooms and labs, helping build a deeper understanding of India's roots while keeping pace with today's Watch
