IIIT Hyderabad’s annual R&D Showcase this year on campus was a big draw. It provided a unique opportunity for viewers to interact with faculty and students to understand their work in more tangible forms through demos, prototypes and presentations in keeping with the institute’s endeavour to promote applied research that benefits society.
As this year coincides with the institute’s silver jubilee, the Showcase was themed Tech Alchemy, from Ag > Au representing completion of 25 years of the institute, now moving forward to its next milestone. The Showcase provided a platform for faculty and students to share with the public their work in a more tangible form through demos, prototypes and interactive presentations. The event was open to corporate R&D heads, students and faculty from engineering colleges, industry professionals and technology savvy general public.
The inaugural session of the Showcase included keynote talks by Mr Pramod Varma, Chief Architect Aadhaar & India Stack, CTO EkStep Foundation, Architect sunbird.org and becknprotocol.io and Prof. Guy Brown, Head of Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield.
The Showcase also included 300+ research posters, demos and models from IIITH’s 28 research centres, confluences, research reflections and a research startup showcase by Centre for Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). There was also a showcase of seminal research works from 1998 – 2023.
Speaking on the occasion Prof. P J Narayanan, Director IIITH said, The response to the showcase has been very encouraging, it’s always a pleasure to share our research with the public. As a research-focussed institution, the enthusiasm of the students and the results of their research are what we cherish most and present to the world. The Showcase celebrates the spirit of Research & Development where faculty and students share their work with the public in keeping with our endeavour to promote applied research that benefits society.
More details at https://rndshowcase.iiit.ac.in/