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Time of India
19-07-2025
- 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.
The Hindu
19-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Eight out of 20 semiconductor chips designed by students: Ashwini Vaishnaw
The country's six-decade aspiration to produce commercial-scale chips has finally come to fruition this year. Six semiconductor units are under construction, with major design and talent development efforts under way. Eight out of 20 semiconductor chips designed by students — many from IIT Hyderabad — have already been successfully taped out (completion of design phase), Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Addressing graduating students at the 14th convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy, on Saturday, he spoke about advancements under the IndianAI Mission, telecom self-reliance — developing own 4G stack that is upgradable to 5G in three-and-a-half years, railway modernisation and indigenous innovation, particularly automatic train protection system Kavach, developed in Hyderabad and being implemented across the rail network. 'Today's graduates are entering a world of great uncertainty, but also immense opportunity, supported by a strong foundation built over the past decade,' he said, stressing the country's technological transformation such as in electronics manufacturing and India Semiconductor Mission. Mr. Vaishnaw invoked the country's economic leadership before colonial rule and called upon today's youth to lead the country back to being among the top two global economies by 2047. A total of 1,273 degrees, including 460 134 PhD and other courses, were awarded at the ceremony. Rahul Ramachandran of the Department of Computer Science won the President of India Gold Medal. Institute's gold medals were presented to Harmanpreet Singh, Ajith BS and Rishitha Mudunuri. Director, IITH, BS Murty presented the institute's report. He said the ceremony marks the graduation of the first cohorts of several new interdisciplinary programmes, including in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Computational Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry; in Quantum & Solid-State Devices and Sustainable Engineering; MSc in Medical Physics; and the first PhD in Artificial Intelligence. IITH was granted the 'Institute of National Eminence' status and recorded the highest-ever annual R&D funding in 2024–25, he informed.
Deccan Herald
04-07-2025
- Science
- Deccan Herald
Engg students told to align with goals of 'Vikasit Bharat'
Stating that technology is growing rapidly and has emerged for everyone's benefit, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Director N Kalaiselvi called upon the engineering students to align themselves with the goals of 'Vikasit Bharat' by adapting to new and emerging noted this while delivering the convocation address at the seventh annual convocation of Indian Institute of Information Technology held on its campus here on that there have been stellar achievements of our country in Science and Technology, she exhorted graduating students to see that the newer technology is used for the betterment of reminded the students about the investments made by their parents, teachers and society at large to ensure their success as graduates of a premier national institution and urged them to fulfill their ambitions and become worthy citizens of the stated that this is a knowledge-driven era and only those possessing exquisite skills have a fair chance to excel.A lot of emphasis has been laid on providing skills to the young workforce and therefore, the students along with academics should adapt skills in shaping their of Governors Chairman Shridhar Vembu cautioned students about the paradigm shift in Information Technology and all other areas due to Artificial asked them to be vigilant and adaptable to newer technologies and challenges ahead. He detailed about analogy of coders being akin to handloom weavers, weaving code by hand as of today. Once powerful coding machines like powerlooms in the past arrive, the landscape will change and very few coders will be needed, so IT professionals will have to find other innovative also mentioned the schools he was running in rural Tamil Nadu where he taught children self-confidence, self-discovery and self-respect, and appealed to students to imbibe all these to be successful in Director S R Mahadeva Prasanna gave a bird's eye view on the achievements of the the convocation, institute topper Amrit Anand from Department of ECE bagged the President of India Gold Medal and also Institute Gold Bhat from DSAI and Karthik Avinash from CSE received the Institute Gold Desai was presented the Director's Gold medal, while Enduri Jahnvi was adjudged the best outgoing girl student.A total of 257 students received their degrees in three disciplines, including 132 students in Computer Science, 70 in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 55 in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
