IIT-Hyderabad aims for $15 million research funding in coming two years

The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad is looking forward to attracting up to $15 million of sponsored research funding in the coming two years, because of a new strength that it is putting into its R&D activities, said IITH Director U B Desai.

Ever since it began functioning in August 2008, the institute has bagged USD 20 million of sponsored research projects.

"We are already working on several large proposals in the realm of Rs two crore to Rs 30 crore. In two years, we should hit the USD 30 million mark; we may reach a target of USD 35 million in two years," Desai was quoted saying.

"We want to be looked upon as a research institution," he said, adding, IITH wants to contribute significantly in the area of fifth-generation (5G) broadband technology, digital fabrication including 3D printing, internet of things (IoT) and storage of clean storage.

"We want to do a lot of work in 5G. We want to get some of our ideas and patents in 5G standards," he said, noting, that 5G is expected to be rolled out commercially from 2019-2020.

Talking of digital fabrication and 3D printing, Desai said that the institute would like to push both these issues from an academic point of view while also contributing in terms of technology.

"In the area of IoT, we want to make major contribution. We have several projects in R&D that's working on it," he said.

IITH already has some of its faculty members already working on it in terms of energy storage in the area of clean energy and distributed grid, having filed 30 patents so far, with 30 more expected in the coming two years.

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