First edition of Research and Innovation Day inaugurated at GNITS

Prof BS Murty, director of IIT-H, emphasises the importance of innovation and research in higher education and how the young generation can become future entrepreneurs

Hyderabad: Inaugurating the first edition of the GNITS Research and Innovation Day, Prof BS Murty, director of IIT-Hyderabad, on Saturday emphasised the importance of innovation and research in higher education and how the young generation can become future entrepreneurs.

A national symposium on ‘Future Horizons in Quantum Computing and Sustainable Innovations’ was conducted with keynote addresses and panel discussions by eminent personalities Dr V Subrahmanyam, University of Hyderabad; Sasanka Valety, principal data scientist, IBM; Thribhuvan D, CEO of Mannkey Electronics; Prof Muralikrishna Iyyanki, former Dr Raja Ramanna DRDO Distinguished Fellow; Dr Rajkiran V Bilolikar, professor & centre director, Energy Studies, ASCI; Dr Mutyala Sarath, NIMSME; VenkatKumar Tangirala, MD Wind Stream Technologies; and Dr Shashwat Pathak, CEO of AIC-GNITS.

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More than 400 students, research scholars and faculty members across engineering colleges in Hyderabad participated in the programme. Vice-chairperson G Srividya Reddy, principal Dr K Ramesh Reddy, Dr M Seetha, dean of R&D; Dr N Kalyani, dean of I&I; and coordinators Dr Swapna Raghunath, Dr B Sashidhar and Dr E Gouthami participated.