A team of three fourth‑semester BTech students from NITK Surathkal’s Electronics and Communication Engineering department has won first place in the Bharat AI SoC Student Challenge for a touchless hand‑gesture media‑control system built on the NVIDIA Jetson Nano and deployed at ARM Labs, Bengaluru.
Hyundai Motor and Kia have expanded their domestic research footprint by signing agreements with four leading Indian engineering institutes – joining three earlier IIT partners – to jointly develop next‑generation EV batteries, electrification systems, and AI‑driven mobility solutions across India.
Researchers at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, are building an indigenous high‑precision GPS system that locates objects within 5–7 inches, far surpassing standard GPS errors of 50–100 metres, and expects to file a patent once the prototype goes live.
IIM Ahmedabad, with NITI Aayog, Gates Foundation, and Gujarat government, hosts a workshop on SDG 5 to advance data‑driven, district‑level gender‑equality interventions.
IIT Madras’ “100 Startups a Year” mission has incubated 567 deep‑tech ventures, a quarter of which have women co‑founders, revealing a strong push toward diversity and inclusive entrepreneurship across India.
IIT Guwahati inaugurates the 44th Astronomical Society of India Annual Meeting, bringing over 600 astronomers, students, and science communicators together for five days of collaboration and outreach.
IIT Ropar’s AI‑powered ANNAM.AI platform helps farmers mitigate climate‑linked losses while building interdisciplinary expertise in agriculture, engineering, and artificial intelligence.
ScaNxt Scientific Technologies signs an agreement to commercialise India’s first indigenously developed 100% electric compact tractor, tailored for small and marginal farmers.
IIT Madras demonstrates a method to manufacture silicon carbide from simulated lunar soil and methane, enabling in‑situ production of electronics and structural materials on the Moon.
IIM Sambalpur, in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, launches the AI4Odisha initiative and a practical AI workshop to empower MSMEs and local entrepreneurs with artificial intelligence.
