What Drives The Uber Wallah?
Ethnographic study by IIITH researchers provides new insights about the ride-sharing workforce in the Indian gig economy that is fundamentally different from that of the West. Driving for Uber is viewed as a permanent, full-time livelihood option in India. Religious
Building A Brain Atlas: For Indians, By Indians
IIITH researchers create first-ever Indian Brain Atlas demonstrating significant differences in size and structure of the average Indian brain vis-a-vis Caucasian as well as other Eastern brains. Future work in this direction is aimed at creating atlases for different age-groups
How To Sample A Semester At IIITH
Have you ever eyed those awesome courses offered at IIITH and regretted missing the bus? Well, thou shall covet no more. A lateral entry programme is not the only way to land up at the esteemed campus. There’s a possibility
IIITH Researchers Use ML Tools To Salvage The Shas...
Ancient palm leaf manuscripts are our cultural heirlooms with a wealth of knowledge residing in them. While previous conservation efforts have been made in the direction of digitizing these fragile texts, IIITH researchers have gone a step further and created
Spotlight on SPCRC
With high-speed connectivity becoming the latest buzzword and businesses, devices and individuals getting connected like never before, the Signal Processing and Communications Research Centre (SPCRC) at IIIT Hyderabad gets its spot in the sun. Here’s how. When the International Institute
Prof. Abhijit Mitra On His Stint at IIIT-Hyderabad...
They say it takes a village to raise a child. If you liken the institute IIIT to a child, it has taken several, well-meaning, passionate administrators and faculty like Prof. Abhijit Mitra to raise this one. Often the face behind collective,