What do haircuts have to do with health?
Apparently everything, if you ask the Chairperson of the Campus Health and Medical Committee, Dr Prabhakar Bhimalapuram. 13 months on (and counting), he’s been the institute’s public face in the fight against Covid-19. And arranging for a barber so that
The Intrepid Eco-Technological Investigator
IIIT Hyderabad is building an ambitious digital archive of data on evolving social, political and economic phenomena. Radhika Krishnan, an Assistant Professor with the Human Sciences Research Group is connecting the dots and exploring the interface between technological regimes, communities
When Your Campus Is A Rakshak
Even as engineering colleges across the country await a governmental nod for resuming normalcy in academic sessions, IIITH is quietly rolling out a slew of measures as part of a pilot project that will help other technical institutes reopen their
Crop Darpan Helps in Crop Disease Diagnosis
Agricultural extension acquires a novel mobile avatar with Crop Darpan, a diagnostic tool developed by IIITH under an Indo-Japan Joint Research Laboratory Project. It is not merely anecdotal that the next green revolution is being preceded by the smart
Prof. Bapi Raju on Matters of the Mind and Brain
This month’s ‘Know Your Professor’ column sees us in conversation with Prof. Bapi Raju from the Cognitive Science lab. He talks of his incidental foray into Computational Neuroscience and Neuroimaging while giving a sneak peek into his current research areas.
Lessons From A Young Institute
In the midst of continued virulence of Covid-19, the freshman year kicks off virtually across premier Indian engineering institutes this week. Symbolic of the unprecedented times we are in, the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad has taken some extraordinary