Completing Spring 2020 Semester Entirely Online in...
The corona virus shocked and seriously disturbed everyone including the educational institutions. The autonomous, undergraduate-dominated, national, and primarily-residential institutions – including IITs, IIITs, NITs, etc. – had to necessarily close down the hostels and send their students home to all
IIITH combats COVID-19
The COVID pandemic sweeping the country made significant impact on the IIITH community, naturally. We started to watch the situation early and took decisions at the earliest possible time. Health advisories were sent to the community starting early in March.
CVIT’s Latest Face-to-Face Translation
Imagine Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech at the UN Climate Change Conference translated into Assamese, Telugu, Marathi and other languages for regional viewers. Well, it could soon be a possibility thanks to IIITH’s Machine Learning model that can automatically translate a
Shiva Shalini – The Karate Kid Who Hearts Ho...
Physical Education Coach Shiva Shalini created a ripple recently when she made it to a select squad of Osmania University’s Women’s hockey team. The reason: She picked up a hockey stick for the first time 4 years ago and learned
From Carrybags To Carry-Your-Own-Bags. And Much Mo...
In October 2018, a ban on single-use plastics was supposed to be put in place by the Prime Minister, Narender Modi - an announcement that was later put off (presumably due to the plastic industry lobby). However long before the
Prof. Radhika Mamidi – Of Documenting The Da...
Radhika Mamidi, faculty at the Language Technologies Research Centre, IIIT-H, doesn’t just believe in the cliche, “stop and smell the roses’; she actually lives it. Her photographs of little known natural wonders on campus often prompt other faculty and students