The IIT Hyderabad has created a niche for itself among the new IITs started in the country with focus on research. A recent study has revealed that IIT Hyderabad was the best in research rated nine on the h-index that measures the impact of a scientific research publication of an institution or individual. The assessment revealed that research from IIT-H had been cited 535 times. The institute now being housed in the Ordinance Factory in Yeddu Mailaram will soon move into its newly-built campus at Kandi, near Sangareddy. The Director of IIT-Hyderabad, U.B. Desai, tells RAHUL DEVULAPALLI that the progress of the institute is on the right path.
There is an argument that the standards of new IIT’s are not on par with the old ones like IIT- Bombay, IIT- Ahmedabad and others. What is your observation
I don’t believe in it. New IIT’s are doing good work and have good faculty. We need to give time to the new IIT’s to improve further. There are certain feelings attached to the old IIT’s but even they took a couple of decades to reach this stage. The fact is youngsters in India need excellent education.
Talk about IIT-Hyderabad and the infrastructure there
We have close to 1,600 students including 400 Ph.D students and the numbers reveal the importance given to research. In fact, IITs have to focus on research as they are not just institutions giving engineering degrees.
We have a good faculty and all the facilities.
We will shift to our new campus after the convocation in August.
Can you provide details regarding the research projects at IIT-Hyderabad
The faculty and students of the institute are involved in many projects including Rs. 90-crore sponsored research and Rs. 10 crore sponsored industrial research. One of the important projects is Cyber Physical Systems and others are in the field of healthcare and robotics. We are awaiting other mega projects too.
You are leading the Indian team of researchers in the Indo-Japanese project related to earthquakes and natural disasters. Was there any research done on Hyderabad region and if yes, any outcome of this work
Hyderabad is a very safe region as it is on the vegetative Deccan plateau. We have put sensors at certain points, but no major seismic activity was recorded.
There is an argument that the standards of new IIT’s are not on par with the old ones like IIT- Bombay, IIT- Ahmedabad and others. What is your observation
I don’t believe in it. New IIT’s are doing good work and have good faculty. We need to give time to the new IIT’s to improve further. There are certain feelings attached to the old IIT’s but even they took a couple of decades to reach this stage. The fact is youngsters in India need excellent education.
Talk about IIT-Hyderabad and the infrastructure there
We have close to 1,600 students including 400 Ph.D students and the numbers reveal the importance given to research. In fact, IITs have to focus on research as they are not just institutions giving engineering degrees.
We have a good faculty and all the facilities.
We will shift to our new campus after the convocation in August.
Can you provide details regarding the research projects at IIT-Hyderabad
The faculty and students of the institute are involved in many projects including Rs. 90-crore sponsored research and Rs. 10 crore sponsored industrial research. One of the important projects is Cyber Physical Systems and others are in the field of healthcare and robotics. We are awaiting other mega projects too.
You are leading the Indian team of researchers in the Indo-Japanese project related to earthquakes and natural disasters. Was there any research done on Hyderabad region and if yes, any outcome of this work
Hyderabad is a very safe region as it is on the vegetative Deccan plateau. We have put sensors at certain points, but no major seismic activity was recorded.
hyderabaddesk@thehindu.co.in
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We have close to 1,600 students including 400 Ph.D students and these numbers reveal the importance given to research in our institute
