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CIE-IIIT Hyderabad Wins “Best Academic Incubator in Hyderabad” at TiE Hyderabad Awards
We are delighted to announce that CIE – IIIT Hyderabad has been awarded the prestigious “Best Academic Incubator in Hyderabad” by TiE Hyderabad. This recognition underscores CIE’s continued contribution to nurturing deep-tech innovation, supporting founders, and transforming ideas into scalable ventures.
The award ceremony was a grand showcase of Hyderabad’s thriving startup ecosystem, attended by founders, investors, mentors, and leading enablers from across the city. Adding to the pride and significance of the evening, the Hon’ble Chief Minister and IT Minister graced the inaugural ceremony, making the celebration even more memorable.
The event also celebrated successful startups, emerging entrepreneurs, program organizers, and ecosystem supporters who are collectively shaping Hyderabad into one of India’s strongest innovation hubs.
For CIE-IIITH, this award reinforces our mission of empowering deep-tech entrepreneurship and building impactful startups from campus to market. We look forward to enabling many more breakthrough journeys in the years ahead.
Call For Applications
T-health Cafe
We’re excited to host Mr. Amjad Khan Patan, Head of Business Development at Bosch India, as our speaker for the upcoming T-Health Café. With 20+ years of experience in MedTech and corporate–startup collaboration, he will share insights on “Corporate and Startup Synergies in Advancing Diagnostics in India.”
Founders, healthcare innovators, and startups working in diagnostics are invited to apply and be part of this session.
CV Labs 6th Edition
Build the future of Indian Language AI at IIIT-Hyderabad!
Join the 6th edition of CV Labs – Bhashini, a 2-week co-creation workshop for startups working on NLP and Speech tech in Indian languages.
Build the future of Indian Language AI at IIIT-Hyderabad! Join the 6th edition of CV Labs – Bhashini, a 2-week co-creation workshop for startups working on NLP and Speech tech in Indian languages.
Smart City Challenge
Turn your hardware or deeptech idea into a working prototype with access to makers labs, prototyping equipment, expert mentorship, and grants up to ₹10 lakhs. A 12-month program designed to help you build, validate, and accelerate your product.
CIE In News
Prof Deva Priyakumar appointed new Dean of R&D at IIIT Hyderabad:
The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad has appointed Prof U Deva Priyakumar as its new Dean of Research and Development, marking a leadership transition from Prof CV Jawahar, who served two consecutive terms.
TEC signs MoU with IIIT-Hyderabad:
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad) to undertake joint technical studies and collaborative research.
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad) to undertake joint technical studies and collaborative research.
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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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