Centre for Security, Theory and Algorithmic Research (C-STAR)

SOME CURRENT PROJECTS- Crypto Toolkit- Security in VoIP- Secure log fi les- Acyclic Edge Coloring of Complete

Graphs- Distributed Graph Coloring Algorithms- Geometric Algorithms and Data

Structures for Large Scale VLSI Layouts

VisionThe center aspires to be - A resource center for conceptualizing

through fundamental insights- A knowledge center for effectively

imparting the state-of-the-art in Theoretical computer Science and in Information Security

- An accessible medium for disseminating and sharing expertise towards scientifi c and societal impact

ACHIEVEMENTS- Consultation provided to Govt. of

A.P. in Social Security Identifi cation Number (SSID) generation and in deploying security tools for AP State Wide Area Network (APSWAN) and AP Secretariat Campus Area Network (APSCAN)

- Designed crypto-systems for Central Research Lab of Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore (CRL/ BEL)

The role of the centre is to support the various programmes of the institute by offering various mandatory and elective courses in the areas of theoretical computer science and information security.

The centre runs its own M.Tech in CSIS with support from MCIT and offers various programmes of the institute such as PhD / MS / Dual degree etc. with a specialization either in Theoretical computer Science or in Information Security.

Faculty V Ch VenkaiahRK BaggaBezawada Bruhadeshwar Kothapalli KishoreProsenjit GuptaKannan Srinathan, Shatrunjay Rawat K Viswanath

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Software Engineering Research Lab (SERL)

Objectives- Focus on Software Engineering Research- Research Software Engineering issues in

the context of Indian software industry - Operate closely with the industry by

establishing touch points - To be a centre of excellence driven by

the industry for the industry

Faculty Vasudeva Varma Adjunct Faculty Keshav Nori, Lin Chase

Ramesh Loganathan, Bhudeb Chakravarti, Prasad Y Lecturer Kirti Garg

Vision To lead the software engineering research in India by addressing India-specifi c issues in an industry-driven environment

Current research areas- Innovative, non-conventional approaches

to software engineering education, for academic and industry environments

- Software Architectures and Re-use- Service Oriented Architecture and

Software as a Service - Cloud Computing

Planned activities❖ Setting up collaborative labs

with industry- Usability Lab (with

Cognitive Science Lab)- Performance Engineering

and Testing Lab❖ Setting up IIIT-H Software

Development Center

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Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT)

Faculty PJ Narayanan Anoop NamboodiriJayanthi SivaswamyCV Jawahar

Activities- Document image processing

especially searching in digitized books in Indian languages

- Biomedical and retinal image processing to aid doctors in diagnosis

- Biometrics based on palm prints, handwriting, and hand geometry

- Content-based annotation and search of large collections of images and videos

- Combining statistical and machine learning techniques with geometry of imaging for tracking, navigation, and new view synthesis

- Real-time rendering and streaming of large geometry including terrains

- Developing general purpose applications on the graphics processor units (GPUs) including graph algorithms, computer vision, and pattern recogntion.

CVIT focusses on basic and advanced research in image processing, computer vision and computer graphics.

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Centre for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology (C-VEST)

Faculty R Govindarajulu RN BiswasSatyam Mandavilli MB SrinivasJVR Ravindra

The Centre pursues research in areas of VLSI, Microelectronics and Embedded Systems. Our activities are focused on conceiving device architecture and exploring circuit confi gurations techniques for embedded systems. We collaborate with industry to keep some of our research focus on real-world problems. Some current research areas are:

- Low Power VLSI Design- Design for Testability- Self healing circuits- Analog and mixed signal design- Test and Verifi cation of long scale VLSI designs- Multicore (Processor) architecture for Embedded Systems

- ME, MS and MEM TRONICS- Functional approach to micro electronics

The Centre works in close collaboration with organizations such as Cypress Semiconductors, Portal Player, and Anurag (Defence Laboratory). Postgraduate students are encouraged to takeup investigations in allied microelectronics areas like super conductive devices, nano material-based devices, and composite material-based devices.

The centre has three labs under its supervision - For post graduate and under graduate students - Exclusively for Research and development activities- Embedded and FPGA laboratory.

The facilities are available for all Institute staff and students who would like to participate in VLSI R&D activity.

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Compilers Laboratory (CL)

FacultyR Govindarajulu

An Intel-funded laboratory on campus supports curricular and developmental work in multi-core processors and parallel programming.

Microsoft Funded ProjectsMajor Milestones- Rotor Based Curriculum

Development project: MSIL has been studied. Front-ends for subsets of PASCAL and ‘C’ have been developed producing MSIL as IR.

- Phoenix compiler framework: Plug-ins and applications have been developed for the Phoenix platform. Many scalar optimization techniques have been implemented as.

- IR transformations have been studied for Trimaran, SUIF and MacSUIF.

Current Projects- Autotuner for Basic Linear Algebra

Subprograms on Windows CCS- Extending the Phoenix Compiler

to Schedule Code for Multicore Systems

- Automatic Conversion of OpenMP to MPI

- Efficient file management and Server Monitoring in Open AFS

Various public domain compilers are installed and implemented to study the structure of the compilers, particularly the modules in the back-end of the compilers.

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ICTs for Agriculture and Rural Development (ICTARD)

The center is carrying out teaching, research and development with an aim to build ICT-based systems and methodologies to accelerate Indian agriculture and rural development.

The faculty is involved in imparting knowledge regarding sustainable agricultural production systems and environmental issues so that students can carry out research in the area of societal development by extending developments in ICTs.

Since 2004, effort is going on, in collaboration with Media Lab Asia, to build an IT-based personalized and scalable agro-advisory system called e-Sagu with an aim to improve farm productivity, profi tability and sustainability by delivering quality personalized (farm-specifi c) agro-expert advice in a timely manner to each farm at the farmer’s door-steps. So far, we have developed e-Sagu and operationalized it in 300 villages covering six districts for 50 agriculture crops besides fi sh and prawn.

Faculty P Krishna Reddy

B Bhaskar Reddy

Collaboration with Media Lab Asia to develop a country-wide integrated agri-service program (IASP) by providing multiple agri-related services (e-Sagu agro-advisory, agri-inputs, fi nance and marketing) as single window to the farming community.

Major Achievements- CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Project

Award 2005-06 (overall winner)- Manthan Award 2007- India’s best

e-Content Development- Finalist in the Stockholm Challenge

Award 2008.

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Centre for IT in Building Science (CBS)

Faculty Vishal GargRamancharla Pradeep KumarM Venkateswarlu

Research Areas- Energy and comfort

management- Multimedia interfaces- 3D visualization- Augmented visualization- Intelligent buildings- Collaborative work and

team competence- Virtual buildings - Knowledge management.

The thrust areas include:- energy efficient buildings,- green buildings and computer-aided

integrated building design. The centre aims at :- developing and spreading the use of IT

for the betterment of buildings in terms of product, processes and performances.

The center focuses on developing, applying and improving various IT tools for visualization; thermal, light and acoustic modeling; building

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Cognitive Science (CogSci)Cognitive Science (CogSci)

FacultyBipin Indurkhya

Jayanthi Sivaswamy

Current Research Areas- Web usability- Cognitive modeling of aesthetics

and its applications to layout and interface design

- Understanding and modeling pictorial and visual metaphors

- Modeling creativity and developing creativity assistance tools

- Developing cognition and communicative assistive tools for children with learning diffi culties like dyslexia and autism

- Human-vehicle interaction- Cognition and animations

Cognitive Science is the study of how we perceive, act in, reason about and form beliefs about our environment.

It is an interdisciplinary research area that involves philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology and artifi cial intelligence.

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Centre for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB)

Ever increasing computational power and recent advances in computer science, in fi elds of distributed computing, networking, and database management, have inspired the center to explore the application of these newer technologies and methods to understand the functioning of complex physical, chemical and biological systems.

Apart from projects dealing with development of algorithms and specalized databases, the center is currently pursuing several computationally intensive projects.

Faculty Abhijit Mitra, Chandrasekher Mukku, Harjinder Singh, Nita Parekh, Prabhakar B, Deva Priyakumar U, G Savitha

Bioinformatics - Pattern recognition

in biological sequences, viz., identifying repeats, GIs, etc., Comparative Genomics, Data Mining

- Developing specialized databases and tools

Structural Bioinformatics- DNA and RNA Architectures - Nucleic acid - Protein complexes- Molecular dynamics, Molecular docking and Molecular

recognition in proteins and RNA using QM and MM

Molecular Structure and Dynamics- Optical control of molecular dynamics – Noise

enhanced responses - Interaction energies and excitation energy transfer in

nano-bio systems - Ab initio QM calculations – Noncovalent interactions

– Thermodynamic energies and properties

Systems Modeling- Systems Biology - Dynamical

Systems Modeling, Applications of Graph Theory to Biological Systems

- Simulation, modeling and determination reaction coordinate in large physico chemical, condensed matter systems

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Major Areas of Focus- Seismotectonic modeling of Indian plate- Fault motion analysis & wave

propogation- Nonlinear analysis of structures- Seismic evaluation of heritage

structures- Sustainable construction technologies- Earthquake awareness and

preparedness- Post earthquake studiesIn addition, EERC strives for capacity building among existing personnel in government and private organisations. This is done through short-term courses for practising engineers, students, faculty members on regular basis.

Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC)

We have witnessed several earthquakes in the last two decades causing enormous damage to life and property. One main reason for casualities is collapse of buildings. The EERC at IIIT-H was established to address these issues.

VisionTo become a centre of excellence in research on Earthquake Engineering and related areas. We aim to give solutions for disaster management in general and for construction of safe building infrastructure in particular. Faculty

Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar, K S Rajan, M Venkateswarlu, Vishal Garg

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Centre for IT in Education (cITe)Centre for IT in Education (cITe)

Focus areas• Creating tools for science and

mathematics education• Developing tools for special education

FacultyJayanthi Sivaswamy

Bipin Indurkhya

Vision We aim to accomplish this goal by creating IT-based tools for formal education and informal learning.

MilestonesVirtual Physics Lab- Library of interactive Physics

experiments for classes 6 to 8. - An authoring tool to create

virtual experiments in mechanics. Tool even permits experimentation of conditions that are not possible in a real lab.

- Teaching tool that complements the knowledge acquired in the classroom.

Content Development- Multimedia lessons for biology,

physics, chemistry and maths education in schools forclasses 8 to 12.

- Story-based interactive multimedia content in Telugu for literacy development. This was deployed in 13 schools.

- Developed Indic support for SQUEAK to enable content development in Indian languages.

Teacher Training Workshops- School teachers were trained

in open source content development tools like Open Offi ce and SQUEAK.

Current ProjectsVirtual 3D Physics Lab- 3D Version of Virtual Physics LabText Visualization Tool- Understand text input and render

animations- Assist Physics teachers in content

developmentSpecial Education- Studying and modeling the cognitive

processes of children with dyslexia, autism and language disorders

- Developing tools to aid their education and learning

- Develop assistive communication systems for children with communication impairments

Ethnomathematics- Developing tools to teach mathematics

by using concepts and structures embodied in one’s own culture

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Centre for Exact Humanities (CEH)

Faculty Navjyoti Singh

Lecturer Sonal Nimbkar

The Centre is primarily devoted to fundamental research in Humanities, and aims to conduct de-novo research in understanding human elements and human society.- Such research would engage

in inter-disciplinary inquiry spanning varied domains of human knowledge and imagination.

- Looking beyond contemporary boundaries of knowledge, we seek to draw insights from the Indian analytical traditions as well as from modern theoretical activities.

- Further, our research environment is in close proximity with research activities in computer science and ICT.

Niche Research Areas- Construction, Evaluations

and Critique of Fundamental Theories in Humanities

- Advanced Study of Indian Analytic Traditions

- Explorations on Values, Dispositions and Creativity

- Develop Cultural Informatics and Civilisational Studies

Centre for Education Technology and Learning Science (CETLS) is a research centre at IIIT-H.

The centre is actively involved in the research and development of Learning by Doing education methodology and digital content. The centre is also running faculty training programs for the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, 21st Century Gurukulam and MSIT programme.

Centre for Education Technology and Learning Science (CETLS)

Faculty M Venkateswarlu

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Faculty Amit Jain, Adjunct M. Ramamoorty

PSRC is actively involved in promoting the cause of research and education in the fi eld of power and energy systems and offers postgraduate programs. The major areas of research at PSRC include:- IT Applications to Power Systems- Real Time Monitoring and Control

Functions for Energy Management Systems

- Artifi cial Intelligence Applications to Power Systems

- Renewable Energy Sources, Distributed Generation, and Carbon emission reduction technology and Economics

- Load Forecasting- Condition Monitoring of Equipment- Power Systems Planning and Reliability- GIS and Spatial Informatics Application

to Power Systems- Power Systems Economics- Electricity Markets- Power Sector Reforms, Restructuring

and Deregulation- Distribution Automation- Multi Agent Application for Power

Systems - Pattern Recognition Application for

Power Systems

PSRC was setup in IIIT-H, with an aim of undertaking research in the areas of IT applications to Power and Energy systems. Our vision at PSRC is to become center of excellence in research in Power and Energy systems with particular focus on IT Applications.

Major Projects- Power Systems Load Forecasting - Tariff Watch: A Tool for Tariff Comparison for

Power Utilities- Dynamic State Estimation for Power Systems- Thermal Modeling of Power Transformers- Monitoring of Distribution Transformer (DT)

using cellular communication technology

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Lab for Spatial Informatics (LSI)

Computer Graphics: Visualization, Presentation, Automated MappingSpatial Analysis: Rule and Relation based Analysis, Simulations, Agent based modeling

Spatial Data Base: Data Collection & Generation, Retrieval, Editing, Updating, Build Spatio-Temporal data relation (data quality), Inventory

GIS

Main functions of GIS

Faculty KS RajanProsenjit Gupta

Research Associate P Ramachandra Prasad

The postgraduate and undergraduate students of this lab are working on a diverse set of issues and problems, of which some are - urbanization modeling of Hyderabad, a web-GIS platform for the environmental data (national level), spatio-temporal data structures, auto-detection of roads from high resolution satellite imagery, land cover/use change modeling, geo-visualization of natural phenomena.

The lab is unique in providing a right platform for both computer science students and students from other domain areas to interact and work on problems that need an interdisciplinary approach.

At LSI, research is carried out mainly in three broad areas - i. Remote Sensing and

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) algorithms and system development including computational geometry, computer graphics;

ii application of GIS techniques and RS data in a wide range of areas like agriculture, forestry, urban studies, etc;

iii integrated simulation and modeling related to global environmental change.

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Engineering Technology and Innovation Centre (ENTICE)

Faculty Bipin Indurkhya

Staff TJ David

Ongoing projects- Energy-efficient laundry with water

recycling system that can work with electricity or solar energy.

- High-speed handloom that can be operated by solar power or by human power through bicycle paddle.

- Wet and dry grinders.- Room air-coolers based on water

percolating technology.

Future Projects- Solar energy-based

farming machines- Personal transport

vehicles- Tree/Pole climbing robot

Established in December 2006, the center provides a place where inventors of all kinds — including those from rural areas — can bring their ideas and prototypes, work them to perfection, and make them available to the masses.

We also envision channeling young students’ energy and enthusiasm towards innovation, and motivating them to come up with creative products and engineering solutions to problems related to energy savings and eco-friendly technology development.

The Center is open to receiving proposals from institutions, and also by individuals, who would like to develop technology for mass benefit.

The Center also provides advice on patenting and commercialization, as well as helping in establishing contacts with industry and communities to promote technology transfer.

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Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE)

Team Kavita Vemuri Adjunct Ramesh Loganathan

The mandate help entrepreneurs take the fi rst steps in bringing their business idea or product to life by:- Introducing Product development

process- Incubation space & support- Transfer of technology from research

labs- Legal counseling- Networking with industry- Linking up young entrepreneurs with

mentors- Help with applying for funds

from various government & semi-government agencies like DIT, DST & DSIR schemes.

Creativity is an organic phenomenon driven by students & faculty’s participation.

The center conducts background research to:

- Identify innovation & technology intervention opportunities

- Market impact & sustainability.

- Emerging technologies and local penetration.

The center encourages creative, strategic and transformational thinking, with stress on ideas that are niche unique & differentiable and also on products that have direct social impact.

Students are given an opportunity to understand economic, social, and scientifi c realities and the capacity to understand evolutionary processes in a global economy. Hands-on experience in market research, business plan writing, selling ideas, promoting concepts, raising funds, recruiting followers, marketing and most importantly the capability to take failure in the stride and learn from it, will be part of the learning process.

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Societal and Human Applications of Artifi cial Intelligence (SAHAAI)

FacultyBipin Indurkhya, R K Bagga, Jayanthi Sivaswamy, Kamal Karlapalem, PJ Narayanan, Vasudeva Varma

This centre was created in

January 2007 with the goal

of promoting research for

an innovative use of Artifi cial

Intelligence in the service of

the society.

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Indian and international

research institutes, and plans

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faculty, researchers, and

students.

Current Projects (In collaboration with cITe & CogSci)

• Studying and modeling

the cognitive processes of

children with dyslexia, autism

and language disorders, and

developing tools to aid their

education and learning

• Developing assistive

communication systems for

children with communication

impairments.

• Developing robotic systems for

search-and-rescue applications.

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The Campus

Our 66-acre campus, located on the main Gachibowli road (also called the Old Bombay highway) is well connected by bus and is on the route for the proposed metro rail. We are surrounded by many academic and research institutions like the Hyderabad Central University, Indian School of Business (ISB), TCS-CMC, Indian Immunologicals and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking (JNIDB), and are minutes away from the bustling HiTech City Center and Lingampally, which are major shopping areas. Lingampally is also the nearest railway station.

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On-campus facilities include a bank extension counter, ATM machine, stationary shop, and laundry services.

The campus has been developed quite a bit since the institute was started in 1998. Presently the academic, administration & research labs are in four large 3-fl oor buildings and construction will be completed soon of a new 5-storey academic block, which will house more classrooms, labs, student workplaces and a bigger library.

Study anywhere/anytime – the

campus is connected by a high-

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Our outstanding placement, year after year, is the result of not just IIIT-H’s innovative and research led curriculum; it is also a refl ection of the institute’s strong commitment to the all-round development of our students.

With exceptional student care, a wide range of facilities, and a lot of exciting activities round the year, our students, from across the country, fi nd IIIT-H a home away from home.”

…. Jayadev GAG, Head, Placement

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Amenities & Student Activities

The 800-capacity Boys Residence hall

Our Institute is fully residential. First-year B.Tech. students are provided twin sharing accommodation in the hostel. All other students are provided with individual rooms. The hostels have wireless Internet access, and laundry service is available to all the students. There are also 50 executive rooms and an air-conditioned guest house for the visitors.

The Girls Residence Hall, which has both twin-share rooms and single rooms with attached bathrooms.

The institute has fi ve dining halls.

The Library has a large collection of Reference Books, Text Books, Technical reports, Standards, Literature books and CDROMS. We subscribe to over 150 journals/magazines. The Library is being managed with fully integrated multi-user Library Management Software. Using this software, cataloguing and circulation services are being automated along with Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) facility.

The Institute has well-equipped, air-conditioned DSP, electronics and computer laboratories equipped with the latest hardware and software. The computer labs are allocated batch-wise with an average PC-to-student ratio is 1:2.

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“The Students Life Committee (SLC) is there for the creation and improvement of extracurricular space for the students. Stressing on relationship building, based on mutual trust and respect, it works towards empowering students, rights and respon-sibilities included, to manage this space on their own.”

Prof Abhijit Mitra, in-Charge,Student Life Committee

We are an educational institution and a residential community, and seek to provide an academic environment and a range of programs that sustain and enhance the physical, psychological and emotional health of undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff. Consistent effort is made to achieve an appropriate balance between work and personal/family life.

Non-academic and extra-curricular student activities are coordinated by the Student Life Committee (SLC), comprising of faculty members as well as student representatives. The faculty coordinators of the Sports Council and Cultural Council, who look after the regular sports and cultural activities and facilitate the functioning of various clubs and teams, are members of the SLC.

Each student is assigned a faculty member as his or her Academic Counselor, who not only guides him or her in choosing the appropriate courses but also helps in overcoming any non-academic problems that he or she might face during the stay at IIIT-H.

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“The life on our campus is lively, vibrant and wholesome. Wholesome, because of the choices one has and the fl exibility in the system to implement new ideas . IIIT-H is not only an educational institution, I would say it’s a family. A family which grows, learns and “has fun” together, and in which each member has an important role to play in its campus life, be it in organization or participation. ”

… Charvi, BTech 4th year student

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“IIIT-H is a young Institute. Best part of being in a young Institute is that you can grow with the Institute. You can be part of the creation and nourishment of processes that make the place grow. IIIT-H provides ample space for a student to experiment and learn, not just in academics, but also in being part of the shape of life at campus”

... Pranav Kumar Vasishta, MS research student

The classes end at 3PM, which gives the students ample time for sports and cultural activities like music, photography, and dance. Many of these activities have special instructors. We are next door to Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh’s Gachibowli stadium, so the students have access to an Olympic-size swimming pool and in-door badminton courts.

We hold an Annual Sports Day and our teams actively participate in intra- and inter-college competitions.

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Felicity

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Alumni

The Institute’s alumni group came into being with the fi rst set of graduating students in 2002, with 49 from the undergraduate programme and 16 from the postgraduate programme. The alumni has now grown to more than a thousand, with an equal representation from the graduates and postgraduates.

Our alumni can be found all across India, Europe, the USA, and several other countries in Asia Pacifi c, pursuing employment, higher education or entrepreneurship.

- Employment: Many work in a wide cross section of industry – telecommunications, information technology, retail, banking, consulting, travel, shipping, logistics, etc.

- Higher Education: Some are pursuing higher education in engineering and management in premier schools in India or overseas.

- Entrepreneurship: A signifi cant number of the alumni have taken to entrepreneurship by setting up companies to offer innovative products and services.

Since inception, the Alumni have remained in constant engagement with the institute, and one of their major contributions is the creation of an alumni fund to support the education of needy students at the Institute. To date, a number of students have benefi ted from the alumni fund, which is growing at a remarkable pace.

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