This IIIT Hyderabad Masters student has recently been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 for Cognitii, his AI-powered startup operating at the intersection of education, healthcare, and assistive technology, which has built India's first AI and human infrastructure
Lavanya Bhallamudi, a Principal S/W Engineering Manager at Microsoft looks back at the early days of IIIT-Hyderabad, that shaped vision, infused confidence and structured purpose while keeping her easy going attitude intact. An eye for problem solving, forged in the
Professor Ashok Kumar Das spends his days thinking about invisible threats most people have never heard of - quantum attacks, compromised networks and vulnerable digital infrastructures. But behind this complex and cutting-edge cybersecurity research is a quieter story: one of
IIIT Hyderabad’s Sudha Tanay Doddi turned heads at BAFTSS with a bold, cross-disciplinary dive into the Hong Kong handover, mining local cinema for sharp computational insights. The Handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China in July 1997,
As India stands at the crossroads of technology and nation-building, Prof Rajeev Sangal stresses why AI must go beyond innovation for innovation’s sake. It must serve a larger national purpose. We need to build an India-led AI ecosystem rooted in
From transforming India’s telecom landscape to shaping generations of innovators, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala has spent decades proving that meaningful technology begins with solving real problems. In this candid and reflective conversation around his biography Roots & Wings, he shares interesting