HYDERABAD: With the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH) focusing on cutting-edge research since its inception, the cumulative funding for research and development (R&D) projects that it has received so far has crossed the Rs 1,000-crore mark.
The figure is about 30% to 40% higher than what the other second-generation IITs in the country have managed to garner.
A majority of this funding for IITH - about 72.5% - came through grant-in-aid. Of the remaining, 13.3% was through sponsored projects, 9.7% through consultancy projects, and 3% through internal projects, said institute officials.
He claimed that the institute is way ahead of other second-generation IITs where funding for R&D projects are about Rs 600 to Rs 700 crore.
In the last 15 years, the institute has taken up 3,550 projects, many of which are
interdisciplinary research
projects, with a funding of ₹1,012 crore. The largest win was the ₹75 crore project awarded to Kiran Kumar Kuchi from the electrical engineering department that was funded by the IIITB COMET Foundation.
The other big-ticket works, sanctioned in the last five years, included a ₹15 crore project of Renu John from biomedical engineering department by the Indian Council of Medical Research and ₹13 crore (approx) project of Kuchi by ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY). Kuchi is working on the development of indigenous 5G and 6G test beds, while John’s project is on clinical validation of
MedTech
products.
So, what’s IITH strongest traits: Yo ung faculty, interdisciplinary research, and aligning research with government initiatives such as Make in India, clean energy, and
Swachh Bharat
, say officials. “We have over 300 faculty and the average age is 38. The young faculty is keen on collaborating and solving bigger problems,” said Sharma and pointed out that the R&D has resulted in about 140 to150 startups to spring up, generating a revenue of ₹1,200 crore. He added that IITH invested hugely in R&D and has the capability to double this figure in the next five years or so.
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