IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked No. 1 in both the Overall (All India) and South Zone categories in DataQuest’s Best T-School Survey 2026. In addition in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 for Computer Science, the institute has moved up from the 601–650 band last year to the 551–600 band this year.
Prof. Ashok Kumar Das has achieved a significant milestone in his research journey, with his Google Scholar profile reflecting an h-index of 100, over 31,550 citations, and an i10-index of 373. This accomplishment highlights the sustained impact, relevance, and wide recognition of his research contributions over the years.
Dr. Aftab M Hussain has been selected for the Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF) under the Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Dr. Nazia Akhtar’s short story “The Letter” has been shortlisted for the Hope Prize 2025, a prestigious global platform that celebrates stories of resilience, courage, and hope—grounded in the belief that storytelling can inspire empathy and meaningful action.
BITS Hyderabad Quiz Club organized BITS Pearl Quizmos on 21 and 22 February where IIIT-H teams secured top honors in the Travel, Lifestyle and Culture Quiz and the Sports Quiz. In the Travel, Lifestyle and Culture Quiz, Prabhav and Monish clinched first place, winning a cash prize of ₹6,000. The team of Ashwin, Pranay, and Prabhav achieved second place in the Sports Quiz, earning ₹4,000. Additionally, in the General Quiz, the team comprising Vinayak, Arush, and Prabhav received a Special Mention as the best-performing college team.

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 Football (Men) Winner: IIIT HyderabadRunner-up: Mahendra University Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by […]
Dr. Bhaktee Dongaonkar and her students Kunal Angadi, 4th year CSD; Maneesh Manoj, 4th year CSD and Hurshitha Vasudevan received the best presentation award for their paper on Relationship of Age, Cognition and Brain Structural Volume in Healthy Indian Adults at the International Conference on Clinical Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (I-CNCNC) held at NIMHANS, Bengaluru from 5 to 7 March.

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 Football (Men) Winner: IIIT HyderabadRunner-up: Mahendra University Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by […]
IIIT-H team Megalodon walked away with the first prize for developing a novel machine learning system to detect faulty code at the Student Data Science Challenge (SDC) competition held on 20 and 21 February along with Innovations in Software Engineering Conference (ISEC) 2026.

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 Football (Men) Winner: IIIT HyderabadRunner-up: Mahendra University Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by […]
IIIT-H teams were winners at Summit 2026 held at IIIT Hyderabad from 6 – 8 March 2026. Basketball-Men – Winner: IIIT-H; Basketball-Women – Runner-up: IIIT-H; Football-Men – Winner: IIIT-H

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 Football (Men) Winner: IIIT HyderabadRunner-up: Mahendra University Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by […]
Dr. Aakansha Natani and her student Sujal Deoda’s paper on the etymology of keywords in AI, piqued the curiosity of AI experts and social scientists and earned him an all-expenses paid trip to the 2nd annual conference of the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI) held in Paris from 24 – 25 February 2026.

Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by Lloyds Banking Group at the Lloyds Technology Centre in India. The two-day hackathon, held on 10 and 11 December, brought together 31 teams, including four teams from IIIT Hyderabad and 27 internal teams from Lloyds, to address real-world business challenges […]
IIIT Hyderabad’s basketball boys’ team secured the Runner-Up position at the Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament held on 12 and 13 February at Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIET), Bachupally.

Team Neural Nexus won first prize at the Lloyds IP and I Hackathon on Agentic AI, organised by Lloyds Banking Group at the Lloyds Technology Centre in India. The two-day hackathon, held on 10 and 11 December, brought together 31 teams, including four teams from IIIT Hyderabad and 27 internal teams from Lloyds, to address real-world business challenges […]