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IIIT Hyerabad’s Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT) won a best paper award and a best paper runner-up award at Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference 2026. Dual degree graduate Kunal Bhosikar received the best paper runner-up award for research on simplifying AI-generated 3D models. Master’s graduate Darshan Singh won the best paper award for developing a method that improves how AI understands videos using structured descriptions instead of massive datasets.

This impressive double victory reflects the students’ dedication, discipline, and strong teamwork, along with the invaluable guidance and support of their coaches. IIIT-H teams winners at Summit 2026 held at IIIT Hyderabad from 6 – 8 March 2026. The details are:Basketball (Men) Winner: IIIT Hyderabad Runner-up: BITS Hyderabad Basketball (Women) Winner: BVRIT NarasapurRunner-up: IIIT Hyderabad […]

Mohammad Rehan Akhtar has won the Ritesh Tiwari Outstanding MS Thesis Award for his Master’s thesis – Integrated Standard Cell Characterization and Complex Circuit Analysis in CMOS/FinFET Digital Circuit Design that integrates three traditionally separate domains of integrated circuit design: device-level physics, machine learning-based modeling, and circuit-level characterization. The award was conferred on him at the annual convocation held on 11 July 2026.

This impressive double victory reflects the students’ dedication, discipline, and strong teamwork, along with the invaluable guidance and support of their coaches. IIIT-H teams winners at Summit 2026 held at IIIT Hyderabad from 6 – 8 March 2026. The details are:Basketball (Men) Winner: IIIT Hyderabad Runner-up: BITS Hyderabad Basketball (Women) Winner: BVRIT NarasapurRunner-up: IIIT Hyderabad […]

IIIT Hyderabad Opens Applications for Cohort 3 of Certificate Program on Engineering Agentic AI Systems

IIIT Hyderabad’s Division of Flexible Learning (DFL) announced that applications are open for Cohort 3 of its 12-week certificate program, “Agentic AI: From Concepts to Practice”. This executive education program is suitable both for early careers as well as experienced working professionals and will transform them from being AI users to AI engineers. It will teach them how to design, build, deploy and operate production-ready agentic AI systems. This intensive 12-week programme, requiring approximately 12 hours of learning per week, is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Agentic AI systems. The programme combines live online interactive classes, recorded lectures, hands-on labs and practical projects, culminating in a planned campus immersion at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad towards the end of the programme.

Team India sweeps Gold and multiple awards at International Linguistics Olympiad at Romania

India’s contingent at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) 2026 in Romania has bagged one gold medal, three bronze medals and an honourable mention, continuing the country’s record of winning medals at the international competition for pre-university students, IIIT Hyderabad said in a statement. Shrilakshmi Venkatraman won the gold medal, while Aarav Anil Rao, Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan and Advay Misra secured bronze medals. Soham Amit Pednekar received an honourable mention. The competition brings together school students from more than 40 countries and tests their ability to identify patterns in unfamiliar languages using logic and analytical reasoning. According to the Panini Linguistics Olympiad (PLO), at IIIT Hyderabad, the Indian contingent has so far won 37 medals: six Gold, nine Silver and 22 Bronze, along with nine ‘best solution’ awards, 19 honourable mentions and other team-level honours.

Team India sweeps Gold and multiple awards at International Linguistics Olympiad at Romania

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Keynote: Learning to Understand Meaningful Gestures by Prof Andrew Zisserman (8 August 2026)

Twenty-five years ago, CVIT at IIIT Hyderabad was founded to advance the frontiers of computer vision and Al. Today, it stands among India’s leading research centres, with globally recognized innovations and an outstanding alumni network shaping academia, industry, and startups worldwide. As we launch Silver CVIT to celebrate this milestone, join us for a keynote by one of the world’s foremost computer vision researchers.

Date: 8 August 2026
Time: 10.00 am
Location: KRB Auditorium

CIE at IIIT Hyderabad Selects Five Deep-Tech Startups for Avishkar Venture Studio Summer Cohort 2026

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad has selected five deep-tech start-ups from more than 110 applications for its six-month Avishkar Venture Studio Summer Cohort 2026. They will receive research support, mentoring, investor access and seed funding of up to Rs 10 lakh. The programme began on July 31 after 20 start-ups in deeptech, medtech, mobility and mediatech pitched before faculty, investors, entrepreneurs and industry experts. Entries were assessed on innovation, market potential, scalability, execution capability and founder strength. The ventures were Comply Ark Solution Private Limited, L2 Aero, Mimansa Play, SentraAuth Technologies and Stylique AI Private Limited, known as Yoko Styles. Their work covers DPDPA compliance, subsurface detection, speech development for children, behavioural biometric authentication and AI-based fashion design.