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Kick the Butt

IIT Hyderabad and Elan 2012 joined hands to organize and promote an anti-smoking event among students....


Interview with IITH Director

Sakshi
19th January 2012

Interview with IITH Director....


IIT-H makes beeline for CAT

The Times of India
15th January 2012

After bagging jobs with pay packages ranging from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 12 lakh per annum, about 50 students out of a batch of 111 belonging to the state's premier technical institute, Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H), had appeared for CAT and many returned with good scores and a call from one of the 13 Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) in the country....


Temporary Campus but excellent facilities

Hindustan Times
10th January 2012

Launched in 2008, IIT-Hyderabad was officially inaugurated by Sonia Gandhi on February 27, 2009. The campus is currently located in a quiet, residential colony on the Ordnance Factory campus at Yeddumailram in Medak district, and is far out from civilisation...


Temporary Campus but excellent facilities

Hindustan Times
28th December 2011

The institute is located for away from the city centre, but it is working towards become a leader in R&D...


IIT-H grads snap up hefty pay packs

The Times Of India
30th December 2011

The first batch of B Tech students of the city's new tech institute, IIT-Hyderabad that will pass out in 2012, has bagged some of the heftiest pay packages offered to IITians this year.....


Out of the Shadows and into the sun

iSSUU
11th December 2011

The coming of age of the new IITs....


Wearing The IIT Tag

Hindustan Times
4th December 2011

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), IIT Hyderabad’s temporary 40-acre campus is located next to the Ordnance Factory, a gigantic defence department workshop responsible for rolling out tanks for the Indian army....


IITH to offer fractional credits

The Hindu
5th December 2011

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), located at Kandi in Medak district, has taken up a new initiative that would benefit the students immensely. The students would be exposed to cutting edge issues that would be helpful for them in their carrier....


LS passes bill to provide IIT status to 8 institutes, BHU

The Times Of India
12th March 2011

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha passed a bill to provide status of IIT to eight new institutes and upgrade BHU's institute of technology into IIT with government asserting that steps were being taken to address shortage of faculty and quality of higher education......



Kalam stresses need to review nuclear energy plants

The Hindu
Thursday, Mar 31, 2011

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India, has said that there was a need to review the nuclear energy establishments in India in view of the natural catastrophe that shook Japan....



Call for disaster management in multiple sectors ('Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery' project - INNDMR)

The Hindu
19th July 2010

HYDERABAD: Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan has called for application of disaster management techniques using information network to extend beyond natural calamities......



India, Japan launch pilot project to monitor natural disasters

Business Line
19th July 2010

India and Japan have begun a pilot project to test the procedures and systems to evolve a Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery or DISANET.....



IIT Hyderabad in expansion mode

The Hindu
5th May 2010

Hyderabad: Just two years into existence, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad is enhancing the charisma associated with the IITs by expanding its academic activities to M.Tech and Ph.D programmes....



Medice in IITs: Health ministry to meet today

The Times of India 16th February 2010

NEW DELHI: Will Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) soon start producing doctors? The health ministry is meeting on Tuesday to decide...



Students of IIT Hyderabad raised Rs.7,000 for flood relief victims in Andhra Pradesh.

Students of IIT Hyderabad took a big initiative on their campus and raised Rs.7,000 for the flood relief victims in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There were collection boxes placed in the Institute premises during office hours for all faculty, staff and students to donate money and also a collection box was in the boys' hostel after hours for the same purpose. The collection drive was held from October 12-26. The money collected will be given to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.



IITH Students win awards at Shaastra 2009

IITH students had won both winner and runner up prizes for "Green Circuit Design Challenge for shaastra competition" held at IIT Madras....



IIT-Hyderabad : A Space To Explore

SiliconIndia Magazine
October 2009

Today, academic institutions have to be competitive globally, it is just not enough to be competitive locally.Perhaps, the only way to be ahead of others in this competition ....



IITH faculty Dr. P. Rajalakshmi wins IETE Best paper award

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) has selected the paper of Dr. P. Rajalakshmi, Asst Prof, Dept of EE, titled "Analytical Performance Computation for all Optical Networks with wavelength conversion", for IETE-M N SAHA MEMORIAL AWARD for the best application oriented paper. The award ceremony programme was on 27 September 2009 at Mumbai.



MD and MBBS from the Indian Institute of Technology

Indian Express
30th July 2009

Not just budding engineers, the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad, one of the six new IITs established last year, may soon be home to future doctors as well....



IIT Hyderabad to design inter-disciplinary courses

The Business Standard
15 June 2009

The new director of IITH, U B Desai, will encourage more interplay between various streams to give an edge to the students....



We would like to establish a global IIT

The Financial Express
08 June 2009

Professor Uday B. Desai started his tenure a few days ago as the director of IIT, Hyderabad, moving from IIT, Bombay, where he was faculty in the department of electrical engineering....



Japan to participate in formation of IIT Hyderabad

The Times of India
28 February 2009

The government of Japan will participate in the formation of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad through academic, technical and financial collaboration....



Sonia Gandhi lays Foundation Stone

The Hindu
27 February 2009

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday laid the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district....