The 17th Academic Council meeting was held on 2 June through hybrid mode to discuss inclusion of specializations for M.S by Research and Dual Degree Programs, as well as launch of eMasters programme from Monsoon 2022. 

External members included Prof. Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai; Prof. R N Biswas, IIT Kanpur (Retd); Prof. K R Sarma, Professor eminence, IIITH and  Dr. B Gopalakrishnan, Adjunct Faculty, IIITH. 

Internal members were Prof. P J Narayanan, Director; Prof. Kishore Kothapalli, Dean Academics; Prof. C V Jawahar, Dean R&D; Prof. K S Rajan, Registrar; Prof. Kamal Karlapalem; Prof. Jayanthi Sivaswamy; Dr. Kannan Srinathan; Dr. Kavita Vemuri; Dr. Radhika Mamidi; Dr. Aniket Alam; Dr. Lalitha Vadlamani; Dr. Syed Azeemuddin; Prof. Bapi Raju S; Prof. Madhava Krishna K and Prof. Pradeep Kumar R. 

Special invitees included Prof. Vikram Pudi, Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and Prof. Ramesh Loganathan.