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Truth Without Apology by Sri. Acharya Prashant (27 September 2025)

The Student Life Committee (SLC) in coordination with Outreach organised a special talk Truth Without Apology by renowned philosopher and author, Sri. Acharya Prashant b 27 September at KRB Auditorium.

Acharya Prashant is a globally renowned philosopher, social reformer, and national bestselling author of over 160 books. An IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, he has been honoured with prestigious awards for his contributions to philosophy, social reform, and environmentalism. With over 90 million followers worldwide, he is recognised as one of the most impactful spiritual voices of our time.

IIITH and Hexaware host innovation challenge on Agentic AI for Life Sciences

CIE@IIITH in collaboration with Hexaware Technologies, hosted the AI for Life Sciences Challenge Finale, a platform to reimagine the future of clinical trials with Agentic AI at 18 Sept. The challenge concluded with a full-day event at IIITH featuring startup pitches, mentor immersion, jury evaluations, and an industry plenary panel on “Building Agentic AI in Healthcare – Science & Commercialization.” The challenge received 130 applications, with 30 startups shortlisted, 17 advancing to Round 2, and 13 making it to the finale. Finalists presented innovations including CSR automation with co-drafting agents, clinical site management and data process automation, agentic AI lifecycle platforms, data harmonization with knowledge insights, and schema-bound CSR automation with auditability. The top five finalists were Astra AI, Ciberts AI, Pentacure, Optimum Data, and Microgrid. Ciberts AI was declared the winner, receiving a ₹8 Lakh PoC Grant and productization support from Hexaware.

Prof. Sandeep K Shukla highlights key challenges for India’s DeepTech on National Engineers Day

While celebrating National Engineers’ Day, experts emphasise the need for collaboration, risk-taking, and ethical frameworks to build a sustainable and responsible DeepTech ecosystem for India’s future. From a decade when “everyone wanted to be an engineer” to what is now being hailed as India’s Techade, the journey of engineering as a profession has seen a remarkable transformation. Today, it’s just as likely to mean algorithms, data models, or neural networks. Prof Sandeep K. Shukla says: “The problem in India that the DeepTech startups are facing today is not so much on the funding side, but on the side of acceptance of their products by the government entities, PSUs, and larger corporations in general. While there are enough programs and schemes from the government to incubate, there are no concomitant changes in the policy or incentivization in accepting DeepTech products in place of well-established products.”