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Prof. S K Shukla shares his views on NTD

For many academic leaders, the divide within India’s higher education system is no longer subtle, it is structural. At National Technology Day (NTD) 2026, Sandeep K Shukla, Director, IIIT Hyderabad argues that India is not merely witnessing a two-tier education structure, but a deeply fragmented multi-tier system shaped by unequal funding, coaching culture, and broken school education foundations. According to Shukla, the concentration of public investment among premier institutions like IITs and NITs has widened disparities across the broader university ecosystem. At the same time, he points to the rapid expansion of private institutions that often prioritise commercial outcomes over educational quality. “The bigger problem,” he notes, “starts at the school level.” From unequal access to quality schooling to expensive private coaching ecosystems, Shukla believes India’s innovation ambitions are being constrained long before students enter universities.

IIIT-H and Hyderabad’s AI Rise

Speaking at Marking tech day – Hyderabad way, Prof. Ramesh Loganathan says: In the late 1990s, when the city was barely present on the IT map, there were proactive efforts to attract product R&D companies. Very quickly, the city became home to majors like Microsoft, Oracle, and others. That formed the grounding for an industry steeped in deep tech and product engineering, unlike cities that were centred primarily around services. Alongside this, the city has a strong tech education system and a deep research ecosystem. It has the largest number of government research labs, a leading IIT, and one of the country’s strongest AI research groups at IIIT-H, along with a globally ranked business school. IIIT-H has grown into a top-ranking research institution in the country and a leading centre for AI research in Asia. It has played a key role in providing talent to major tech companies while also co-creating emerging tech solutions through funded research projects.

IIIT-H launches 3-month certificate course on Engineering Agentic AI Systems

IIIT Hyderabad’s Division of Flexible Learning (DFL) announces the launch of its new 12-week online certificate program, “Engineering Agentic AI Systems: Agentic AI from Concepts to Practice.” The program will be delivered by Prof. Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad and a leading researcher in the field of AI and Software Engineering. The program offers a hands-on, practice-oriented path for learners to build, test, and deploy reliable agentic AI systems grounded in real-world applications. Prof. Karthik Vaidhyanathan, course instructor, noted: “Agentic AI calls for a system-centric way of thinking where engineering matters as much as, if not more than, the models themselves. This course brings together our academic research and years of practical experience to help learners build Agentic AI systems that are reliable, scalable, sustainable, and ready for real-world deployments.”

NIT under Two-Cover Bid System for supply of Design, Build, Supply, Installation, and Commissioning of Palash Kitchen & Dining Facility at IIIT Hyderabad

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InDIITA Workshop 2026 (9 May 2026)

As digital systems scale, what is built into them determines who is included, whose identity is recognized, what can be trusted, and whether individuals truly have agency.
Making Dignity, Inclusion, Identity, Trust & Agency the default.
📅 09 May 2026
📍 International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, India
🎯 One-day cross-sector working forum

Themes include:
* Digital Trade & Interoperability
* Explainable & Trustworthy AI
* AI & Data Infrastructure
* Digital Government & Policy Architecture
* Identity Systems

Be part of conversations shaping responsible digital systems and governance.

Register now: https://konfhub.com/indiita-2026-diita-by-default-making-human-values-the-baseline-of-digital-systems

IIIT-H’s Manthan towards a safer web

In an era where digital security is as critical as physical infrastructure, and as India’s digital ambitions accelerate at an unprecedented pace, the question is no longer whether systems are connected — but whether they are secure. At the centre of this conversation is Prof Sandeep K Shukla, Director of IIIT Hyderabad, who is steering the Cyber MANTHAN Centre, inaugurated in September 2025, towards addressing some of the country’s most pressing cyber vulnerabilities. Envisioned as a premier hub for research in cybersecurity, forensics, and trusted infrastructure, the centre brings together cutting-edge innovation while building strategic collaborations — including with law enforcement agencies like the Telangana Police to develop ‘Vyuha’-driven, future-ready solutions. With a strong focus on critical infrastructure protection, AI-led security systems, and capacity building, the centre aims to bridge the gap between research, policy, and real-world cyber defence.

DSAA – 2026 (6 to 9 October 2026)

The 13th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA-2026) will be held in New Delhi, India on 6 to 9 October 2026. It features its strong interdisciplinary synergy between statistics, computing and information/intelligence sciences, and cross-domain interactions between academia and business for data science and analytics. DSAA sets up a high standard for its organizing committee, keynote speeches, submissions to main conference and special sessions, and a competitive rate for paper acceptance. DSAA has been widely recognized as a dedicated flagship annual meeting in data science and analytics such as by the Google Metrics and China Computer Foundation. DSAA-2026 provides a premier forum that brings together researchers, industry and government practitioners, as well as developers and users of big data solutions for the exchange of the latest theoretical developments in Data Science and the best practice for a wide range of applications.

Date: 6 to 9 October 2026

Venue: New Delhi

Homepage: https://dsaa2026.dsaa.co/