Category: Applied research

Accidents in high-risk industrial environments are an occupational hazard but what is disconcerting is that they often go unnoticed. A new wearable safety system developed by IIITH’s Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology aims to change that. In sprawling

The selective national research fellowship is backing the development of a low-cost smart mattress by Prof Aftab Hussain that can detect falls, track sleep, and improve elderly care - offering a privacy-first alternative to cameras and wearables.  The sunset years

From flood relief to farming and the frontlines, Prof. Spandan Roy is rethinking how machines learn to act in the real world. “Even if you don’t know the system… can you still control it?” It’s not the kind of question

The journey through academia is rarely a straight line; it is more like the "unorganized traffic" of a busy Indian junction - complex, mixed, and constantly evolving. For Prof. Praveen Paruchuri, the path over the last two decades has wound

Code for Good Tech (C4GT) has found the sweet spot linking India's vast talent pool of student developers and early-career professionals, with organizations building the next generation of Digital Public Goods (DPGs) and Tech-for-Good solutions. Think of that switchboard operator