IIIT Hyderabad’s R&D Showcase draws huge interest

Hyderabad: The IIIT-Hyderabad’s annual R&D Showcase held on Saturday was a big draw with its hybrid model – on campus, online and in the metaverse. The event provided a unique opportunity for viewers to interact with faculty and students to understand their work in more tangible forms through demos, prototypes and presentations. This year’s Showcase […]

Hyderabad: The IIIT-Hyderabad’s annual R&D Showcase held on Saturday was a big draw with its hybrid model – on campus, online and in the metaverse. The event provided a unique opportunity for viewers to interact with faculty and students to understand their work in more tangible forms through demos, prototypes and presentations.

This year’s Showcase was themed Tech-away – Accelerating the Future, especially technology orbit shifts triggered by seminal life-altering events like the Covid-19 pandemic in the metaverse.

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The event included roundtables on Quantum Science & Technology as well as Cyber Physical Convergence, pitches on research product possibilities, research connected start-up demos, 600 research posters, demos and models from IIITH’s 28 research centres, and a summary showcase. CCMB director, Vinod K Nandicoori delivered the inaugural keynote on how research was integral to the world today and tomorrow.

IIIT-Hyderabad director, Prof. PJ Narayanan said, “A hybrid model has the option of viewing the research demos and posters in person on campus, online on the R&D portal, as well as in the metaverse provided by NextMeet, a start-up associated with the institute’s CIE”.

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