Indians don’t fully rely on fitness apps

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The fitness landscape in India has evolved over the last few decades and how. At first, there were the traditional akhadas and the vyayam shalas frequented by wrestlers. With a rise in lifestyle diseases, and a focus on preventive health,

Teaching Drones to Adapt

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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

Prof. Hussain wins YFRF for sleep monitoring app

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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

Symposium on LL and New North

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In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, IIIT-H convened the Learning & Longevity Symposium (LLS) placing learning—not medicine, fitness, or finance—at the centre of the longevity conversation. Hosted by IIIT-H’s Third Age Learning (3AL) Research and Design Group, the symposium brought

Smart wearables to improve golden hour safety

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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 IIIT-H’s Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology aims to change that. In sprawling

IIIT-H & ITDA Uttarakhand sign MoU

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International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) and Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement was signed by IIIT Hyderabad Director, Dr. Sandeep Shukla and ITDA Director, Alok Pandey. Under this collaboration, experts from