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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
KITSW alumni contribute ₹2.7 crore to alma mater
Alumni of the Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal (KITSW) have contributed ₹2.7 crore towards the development of the institution, said principal Prof. K. Ashoka Reddy at the Alumni Meet and Silver Jubilee Reunion of the Class of 2000, held on Saturday on the campus. The event, organised by the KITSW Alumni Association (KITSWAA), was inaugurated by the president of the KITSWAA National Executive Council (NEC), C. Sridhar Reddy. He highlighted that KITSW has a global alumni base of over 27,000. Mr. Sridhar Reddy also noted the presence of alumni chapters in Hyderabad and Warangal, with plans to establish more in the future. A total of 131 members from the Class of 2000, also known as the Y2K batch, attended the reunion. Participants included alumni based in the United States, Australia, Singapore, Canada and various parts of India. KITSW Chairman Capt. V. Lakshmikantha Rao described the Y2K batch as a 'star batch' and called on alumni to contribute their knowledge, professional experience and values to the student community.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Warangal students win $5,000 in prestigious Generative AI Hackathon
Pavushetty Yashwanth Krishna and Eesha Belladi, third-year (CSE-Networks) students at Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal (KITSW), have secured first prize at the recently held Generative AI Hackathon with IBM Granite, out of 1,931 participants forming 267 teams worldwide. Their project, Content Hub, stood out for its innovative approach to AI-driven social media engagement, said principal K. Ashoka Reddy. The 48-hour hackathon, organised by IBM and powered by their state-of-the-art Granite AI models, challenged competitors to build solutions that drive efficiency, automation and innovation in business workflows. The winning team received $5,000 in cash, $500 IBM Cloud credits and a special prize of one conference pass to IBM TechXchange Conference 2025 in Orlando, Florida. The winning project, Content Hub, is an AI-powered platform that transforms raw social media interactions into personalised, SEO-optimised narratives within seconds. Leveraging IBM Granite AI APIs for inference, the solution captures each user's unique voice and produces dynamic digital content, including tweets, threads and LinkedIn posts, along with actionable analytics, he said.
