CENTER FOR INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AT IIIT HYDERABAD
Fostering DeepTech Innovation
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Bridging the Skill Gap: How Startups Can Make India Employable
India’s skill gap isn’t just a problem — it’s a challenge that has persisted for too long. At Dakshin Dialogues, panelists Sharath Bachegowda ( MLA -Karnataka & Chairmen — Keonics ),P.J. Narayanan (Director — IIITH ), and moderator Ramesh Loganathan (Professor — IIITH )made it clear: our graduates are walking out of universities with degrees but without the skills industries need today. We can’t ignore this any longer.
Happenings @ CIE
Founders Round Table
CIE-IIITH, in collaboration with Headstart Telangana, organized a Founder’s Round Table event on Capital Crunch.
Idea Validation BootcampCIE hosted an Idea Validation Bootcamp, offering insights into effective idea validation and market research. Participants gained valuable knowledge to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey.
Call For Applications
ROOT NODE
Are you a startup looking to solve real-world challenges with cutting-edge research? Join Root Node, a 3-month initiative that connects innovative startups with IIIT Hyderabad's top research experts.
SISFSEntrepreneurs, ready to soar? If your startup fits the bill, apply for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme! Get up to Rs. 30 Lakhs to fuel your journey.
CV LabsJoin us for a 2-week hands-on program on Speech & Chat Systems: Unlocking the Power of Speech-to-Text. This unique program offers you the opportunity to collaborate with leading experts, validate your ideas and work closely with our esteemed faculty and research teams..
CORP Corner
CIE & T-HUB’s AI/ML Workshop with Medtronic Engineers
CIE In News
IIIT Hyderabad launches online course on AI for medical professionals
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been put into play by researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH), to demonstrate how information can be quickly mined from documents.
GenAI Tech by IIITH team enhances accessibility for Indian e-tailers
While democratising AI has been the goal of many research groups and startups in India, the government-led effort of creating GenAI for and by Bharat has taken a step closer with the formal launch of BharatGen, a desi version of tools like ChatGPT and Gemini.
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Startup Research engagement
CIE at IIIT Hyderabad is a technology incubator with rich experience in seeding, nurturing, and growing deep-tech startups in emerging segments like med-tech, tech4social, visual informatics, data engineering, and machine learning, language technologies, gaming, and robotics. CIE IIITH, with a research-led innovation as its primary mandate, focuses on amplifying technology through research collaboration and co-creation models for startups to work with research groups at IIITH.
Under the CIE umbrella, there are 3 active incubators: deeptech incubator (Avishkar), the Medtech incubator (Ojas) & the social incubator (AIC). CIE also includes enabling labs like a well-equipped Maker Lab, a medical electronics calibration lab, and a AR/VR lab. IIIT Hyderabad also has Product Labs to seed new products from research, a pre-incubation program to seed startups from research.
In the past 15 years we have grown to be the largest academic incubator in the country, have housed over 450+ startups that have raised about 250+Cr funding, and created over 2500+ jobs. Today there are very active programs focused on emerging technology startups, research-based startups, medical technologies, and social technology startups.
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