IIITH’s dual degree student Vaibhav Gupta’s 2019: Looking Back In Wonder
Every year-end, with just a few days left in it, institutions, individuals, and various other entities typically undertake a review exercise – a reflective ‘looking back’ of sorts where they take stock of the highs and the lows that marked the year for them. Among students on campus, we found Vaibhav Gupta, a 5th year […]
How To Sample A Semester At IIITH
Have you ever eyed those awesome courses offered at IIITH and regretted missing the bus? Well, thou shall covet no more. A lateral entry programme is not the only way to land up at the esteemed campus. There’s a possibility of doing an entire semester at IIITH. Here’s how. A few weeks ago, when the […]
Natya Like A Man!
At first glance, 20-year-old ECD student Supreeth Karan can pass off as yet another nerd on campus, especially when he explains his unshaven, unkempt looks as an ‘offering’ for having been accepted at the Google Summer of Code. However, this Hyderabadi boy’s list of accomplishments in Bharatnatyam is atleast a few pages long: Limca Book […]
How This Frenchman Came About An Internship Chez Nous
It’s been raining international interns at IIITH lately. This time, we tracked down Marius Dufraisse for a tête-à-tête. Did you know he has quietly been working at the Machine Learning Lab for over 5 months? Well, now you do! ‘An Indian experience’ wasn’t entirely novel for 22-year-old Marius Dufraisse, having toured Kerala and Tamil Nadu […]
IIITH Researcher Wins Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2019
Divija Shwetha Gadiraju from the Signal Processing and Communication Research Centre was among 10 other winners chosen from a select list of Indian universities who received a 10 lakh financial award. On July 4th, 24-year-old PhD student from the Signal Processing and Communication Research Centre (SPCRC), Divija Shwetha Gadiraju received the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship award […]
IIIT-H Researcher Presents Paper at Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) 2019
The ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing recently held it’s 34th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) at Limassol, Cyprus. Part-Time PhD student Sai Anirudh Karre who is working under Prof. Y. Raghu Reddy presented his paper in the “software engineering” technical track of the main conference. Towards VR Practices Tracing his journey towards virtual […]
Nishtha Pandey Comes Full Circle
Going ‘back to school’ in your 30s requires a great deal of commitment and a certain je ne sais quoi. Juggling the demands of a student life along with those of a family can probably put a circus performer to shame. We caught up with a stellar student Nishtha Pandey who came back to campus […]
IIIT-H Student Sreeja Kamishetty Wins Memorial Scholarship Instituted By Google
21-year-old Sreeja Kamishetty’s self-confessed “passion for all things Google” has led to her keenly following all opportunity updates from the multinational tech giant, be it scholarships, resources or internships. The last time she was featured here was when she was selected as the only Indian to attend the EMEA Google Students Retreat 2018. This time, […]
Vinay Singh On The Sporting Habit He’ll Never Kick
IIITH-ians have learned not to bat an eyelid at the sight of Vinay Singh scorching the campus roads at 12 in the night. For this 24-year-old captain of the football club, it is a way of unwinding. In a free-wheeling conversation he tells us how sports is therapeutic and hopes physical activity is given a […]
Busting The Dual Degree Course Myths
For all ye fence-sitters who are debating the merits or otherwise of the Dual Degree programme, before you head to online forums in search of answers, find out what it takes. Straight from the horse’s mouth. In conversation with B.Tech, MS by Research student Dhruv Khattar. Dhruv Khattar’s grisly beard is in sharp contrast with […]