New Delhi: IIIT Hyderabad’s annual R&D Showcase will be conducted on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The showcase will be available physically on the institute campus and on the metaverse for the very first time. NextMeetLive, one of CIE at IIIT Hyderabad’s Avishkar accelerator startups, will host the showcase on the metaverse. 

IIIT Hyderabad’s Annual R&D Showcase to be Presented in Metaverse for the First Time

This year’s IIIT Hyderabad R&D Showcase theme is ‘Tech-away-Accelerating the Future’, especially the technology orbitshifts stimulated by seminal life-altering emergency events such as the COVID pandemic in the metaverse. 

IIIT Hyderabad R&D Showcase 2022: Highlights

Event IIIT Hyderabad Annual R&D Showcase, 2022
Location -Physically on campus (IIIT Hyderabad) -Metaverse
Theme Technology Techaways from the COVID pandemic
Metaverse hosting authority NextMeetLive
Date March 12, 2022
Link rndshowcase.iiit.ac.in

The annual R&D showcase focuses on the spirit of Research and Development where both the faculty and students share their work with the interested visitors or students for the purpose of promoting applied research that contributes to the overall growth of the society. 

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This year’s showcase includes roundtable discussions on Quantum Science & Technology, Cyber Physical Convergence. Additionally, there will be discussions on the following topics: 

  • Research product possibilities
  • Research related startup demos
  • 600 research demos from IIIT Hyderabar’s 28 research centres
  • A summary showcase

The inaugural keynote speech will be given by Vinod K Nandicoori, Director, CCMB. His speech will focus on how research is integral to the present and future world.

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About IIIT Hyderabad

Established in 1998, the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT H) is an autonomous research institute focused on the areas of IT such as Computer Science, Electronics and Communications along with their applications in other domains through interdisciplinary research. 

At present, the institute has 1896 students and 96 faculty members. It offers UG, PG, Dual degrees and Doctoral programmes in the fields of Engineering, Science and IT. The institute is mostly known for its flagship programme B.Tech in AI and CSE. 

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