U. B. Desai
director@iith.ac.in
IIT HYDERABAD: A SPACE TO EXPLORE
VISION
AND MISSION
Vision and Mission of IITH
 Vision
IIT-H will be the cradle for
inventions and innovations. It will
advance knowledge and
scholarship to students in science,
technology and liberal arts, and
equip them to handle the
challenges of the nation and the
world in 21st century
 Mission
To be recognized as ideators and
leaders in higher education and
research, and to develop human
power with creativity, technology
and passion for the betterment of
India and humankind
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Thrust at IITH
 Inventions and Innovations
 In Technology development
 In Science
 In Teaching
 In Entrepreneurship
 In all our activities
Ambience for Uninhibited Thinking:
A place where the mind is set free
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Create
 High quality scalable and flexible education and
research environs for growth of the nation
 Human resource for the country
 New Eco-system for Inventions and Innovations
 Inclusiveness
 Collaboration with colleges and institutes in the locale of IITH
 Avenues for greater industrial presence on IITH campus
 S & T for rural India
 Entrepreneurs
 Vehicle for social change
 World class green infrastructure for teaching and
Research
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New, Contemporary and Encompassing
Academic Structure
 Schools as cluster of similar
departments
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Promotes confluence
between disciplines
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graduates
 Challenges for innovations
resides at the intersection of
disciplines
Some Depts. could straddle
more than one school
 Some Schools
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Bio-X
Electrical & Information
Technologies
Mechanics & Thermal
Technologies
Chemical Science & Material
Technologies
Physical Sciences and
Mathematics
Green Technologies
Design
Management & Tech. Policy
Liberal Arts
Flexible Academic Structure
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Some Differentiators
 Medical School
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In the early days, offering only postgraduate degrees
 Energy Systems
 School of Design
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Media Design
Industrial Design
Architecture (overlap with Civil Engrg.)
 School of Liberal Arts
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Economics, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Language and Literature,
Contemporary studies
 Fine Arts
 Media Arts
 Center for Technology policy
 Community extension center: Technology Playground
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Hub and Spoke Approach
Neighborhood
Industries
Neighborhood
Research Labs
Hub:
IITH
Tech. Societies
Neighborhood
Colleges
Neighborhood
Institutes of Excellence
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Entrepreneurship: A vehicle for
social change
 Policies to facilitate entrepreneurship at IITH
 Entrepreneurship Incubator at IITH
 Development of a seed-fund to support angle investment in
start-ups
 Setting up and S and T park on IITH campus
 e-Cell
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A Student wing
National and International Biz-Plan competition
Ideas Competition
Executive development program
Lecture series – by budding and established entrepreneurs
Tie-up with national and international students’ entrepreneurship
bodies
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IITH-JAPAN
COLLABORATION
IITH-Japan Collaboration
 A Unique Win-Win Opportunity
 ODA Loan for construction of smart and state of the art
infrastructure for specific buildings on IITH campus
 Faculty and student exchanges with Japanese universities
e.g. Univ. of Tokyo, Keio Univ., Osaka Univ, etc.
 Joint Ph.D. / Masters guidance
 Bidding for joint projects
 Establishment of Research centers in cutting edge areas
 Presences of Japanese faculty, even for short term, is a
great value add
 Modules on specialized topics (if not in person) thru High
Definition interactive video conferencing
 Collaboration with Japanese industries (e.g. Hitachi, Nissan,
and others)
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IITH-Japan Collaboration …
 Research Project on Information
Networks for Natural Disaster
Mitigation and Recovery
 Visits by IITH Faculty and
students to Japanese
Universities and Industries
 Collaboration in process on
research in
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Technologies
Energy and Environment
Nano-Technology
Urban Safety and Planning
Design and Manufacturing
 Todai – IIT Scholarship Program,
JENESYS Scholarship
 Hitachi – IITH Lecture Series
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Master Plan
 For 20,000 students
 Post Graduate (Ph.D. and M.Techs.) ~
 Undergraduates
 Visiting Students (International
12,000
8,000
and National)
 Post Graduate
 Undergraduate
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2,800
1,200
Faculty (Regular)
Visiting Professors and Postdocs
Project Staff
Permanent Staff
1,500
1,000
4,000
1,500
IITH Campus will house at least 32,000 people
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MASTER PLAN
Master Plan
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Zoning
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BRIEF PROFILE
Foundation Stone for IITH:
Feb. 27, 2009
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Brief Profile
 Students:
 340 B.Tech. students in 3
departments
 100 M.Tech. students in
6 departments
 70 Ph.D. students in 11
departments
 Faculty:
 50 faculty in 11
departments
 State of the art
innovations hub being
set up in several
discipilines
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UG:PG Ratio at IITH
Year
B.Tech
M.Tech
Ph.D
M.Sc
Total
2008-09
111
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7
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118
2009-10
112
+8
preparatory
32
29
181
118
2010-11
Total
(+ 7 preparatory
at IITMadras)
349
60
92
43
79
10
231
10
530
(+7 prep at
IITM)
Welcome Batch of 2010
03/08/2010
UG:PG
111:7
120:61
118:113
349:181
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Research a fundamental pillar at
IITH
 All aspects of
Engineering, Sciences,
and Design
 Largely governed by
the faculty we hire
 Incumbent on all
faculty to submit
proposals for
sponsored research
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Innovations Hub / New Labs at IITH
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X-Material Innovations Hub
Nano-X Innovations Hub
Cyber Physical Innovations Hub
High performance computing
Fluid mechanics lab
Solid mechanics lab
Computer Aided Engineering lab
Thermal engineering lab
Turbo machinery lab
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Innovations Hub / New Labs at IITH …
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Mechatronics
Speech and Image Processing Lab
Soft Computing Lab
Disaster Mitigation and Recovery lab
Systems Security lab
VLSI lab
Device simulation lab
Drug Delivery Lab
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State of the Art Equipment
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Large Number of
Sponsored Projects
 http://www.iith.ac.in/research/projects_list.ht
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Possible modes for collaborations
with universities overseas
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Student exchange
Summer Internship
Faculty exchange
Honorary Chair Professorship at IITH
Adjunct Faculty
Offering of highly specialized modules
Bidding for joint projects
Establishment of Research Centers in cutting edge areas
Co-Guiding of Ph.D. students
Any other avenues which could lead to a Win-Win
situation
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Expectations from Faculty at IITH
 High quality paper publications
 Patents (Generating IPR)
 Setting up state of the art research program
 Setting up state of the art research labs in
cutting edge areas
 Sponsored research
 Developing new courses in emerging areas
 Guiding Ph.D., M.Tech. and B.Tech. students
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Riccardo Giacconi, a Nobel Laureate in Physics:
“A scientist is like a painter. Michelangelo became a great artist, because he
had been given a wall to paint”
IITH must offer this wall to all its faculty and
students
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