The Grande Dame of IIIT Hyderabad

They say a workspace says a lot about one’s personality. Going by that, it’s a no-brainer to find a nature lover, a patron of handicrafts, a wanderluster and an immensely hospitable person in Prof. Dipti Misra Sharma, head of the Language Technologies Research Centre. In our ‘Know Your Professor’ series, we catch up with her and discover a lot more than what the obvious signs tell us. For instance, an unlikely feminist, and a bonsai hater with a strong sense of liberty and equality.