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TechForward August 2025 Edition (States Cyber Security Measures) – 29 August 2025

IIITH’s TechForward research seminar series is an academia-industry confluence around emerging technologies. Deep insights, directional talks & industry/business outlooks from highly accomplished thought leaders on one theme every month. The August edition explores States Cyber Security Measures at ICCC building , banjara hills on 29 August.
Those interested in attending the seminar can register at https://tinyurl.com/4ss47wa7

Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of DSO with wave Generator & Power Supply   

Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of DSO with wave Generator & Power Supply    International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Date: 11th August 2025Sealed quote should reach the address below on or before29th August 2025 @ 3:00 PM. Extended to 16/09/2025 Director IIIT Hyderabad Professor CR Rao Rd, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500032, […]

Notice Inviting tender for Interior package for NAB and SRIC

Notice Inviting tender for Interior package for NAB and SRIC International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Date: 9th August 2025Sealed quote should reach the address below on or before18th August 2025 @ 5:00 PM. RegistrarIIIT Hyderabad Professor CR Rao Rd, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500032, India. Tender No IIITH/UE/AB-SRIC/2024-25/2                    Date  09.08.2025 1 Name of work                                                         […]

Human Sciences Research Centre talk by  Dr. Anisha Palat

Dr. Anisha Palat, Paul Mellon Centre, London gave a talk on How We Look at Animals: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Frames on 13 August at N 119, Nilgiri Block. Summary of the talk as explained by Dr. Anisha Palat.

This talk explores the intersections of animals and photography in South Asia, using colonial-era hunting photographs as a lens through which to examine shifting human-animal relations. Colonial photographs, where animals were often depicted as trophies, specimens, or spectacles, played a key role in establishing imperial narratives of control over nature and the nonhuman, and in showing hunting as an act of celebration and triumph. This talk examines whether a reconsideration and review of such photographs provides a space with which to rethink anthropocentric and imperial legacies. It also considers how contemporary photographers engage with animals, and the ethics, responsibility, and connection of contemporary images to their colonial predecessors. In today’s world and digital age, how do we look at animals, and why does it matter?

Dr Anisha Palat holds a Ph.D in History of Art from the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Her doctoral research explored the relationship between the cow and caste in contemporary Indian art, highlighting how these themes manifest in various artistic practices. Anisha has presented her research at conferences and workshops globally. She currently serves as convenor of ‘Unfinished Visions: A Collaborative Research Series on South Asian Visual Culture’ at the University of Edinburgh. Her previous role as convenor of the Climate & Colonialism Reading Group at the Paul Mellon Centre, London, involved thinking with climate and related themes. In addition to her research, Anisha was part of the editorial team for The South Asianist journal, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Technology In Films: A Look Through The Ages

Prof. P J Narayanan walks us through the technological developments that have taken place over the last few decades in the movie making process. We’ve witnessed a digital transformation in almost every aspect of life, like the way digital transactions in the monetary world have replaced cash, the filmmaking world is no different. There too, we moved from the analog to the digital world. One no longer carries boxes of reels to theatres for screening; content is unlocked perhaps by a password and streamed via the click of a button. In this way, movies have been transformed albeit with the ultimate goal of entertaining people. From the first commercial movie created by the Lumiere brothers in 1895 to the first entirely computer-animated film, The Toy Story in 1995, we now have a whole spectrum of things such as live action, VFX, CGI, some digital content mixed with actual footage and so on. Today’s movies are way more sophisticated than what was possible in 1995. When these films started coming, the technologists thought that they would make all the movies and that there was no need for directors and other creative folks.

Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of Smart watches with Camera (600 Nos) 

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) under Two-Cover Bid SystemFor supply ofSmart Watches with camera (600 Nos) International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Tender No.: IIIT-H/Purchase/2025/4. Date: 1st August 2025 Sealed quote should reach the address below or before 18th August 2025 @ 03:00PM extended to  25 August 205 @ 03:00PM. Director […]

Medals at the International Linguistics Olympiad (ILO) 2025

India’s student team has pulled off a historic performance at at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL-2025), held in Taiwan from July 21 to 27, with all four team members winning individual honours — a first for India since it began participating in 2009. Competing against 227 students from 42 countries. The Indian team consisted of: V Surendran (Chennai) – Gold medal; A Misra (Delhi NCR) – Bronze medal; Nandagovind Anurag (Hyderabad) – Honourable mention and Siripurapu Bhuvan (Hyderabad) – Honourable mention. They were selected through the Panini Linguistics Olympiad (PLO) and underwent intensive training at IIIT Hyderabad under Prof. Parameswari Krishnamurthy, a long-time academic mentor for the Indian team. IOL is one of the 13 major International Science Olympiads. It tests logic, pattern recognition, and analytical thinking using rare or under-documented languages — no prior language knowledge required. Instead, students must crack linguistic puzzles using data and deduction, like decoding grammar rules from scratch.