Technology and manufacturing company Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS) announces that it will build a new artificial intelligence research center in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.
The research center will develop solutions for future technological challenges using artificial intelligence. Honeywell has already built a lab worth Rs 1 crore that is equipped with high-end machines as a part of this joint venture.
The Union Education Minister of India, Dharmendra Pradhan, said, “IITH is the first institute in the country to offer full-fledged BTech in AI in line with the recommendation of NEP 2020. With the recommendation of NEP 2020, such collaboration would become more common.”
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Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the lab through a virtual event held on 18th August 2021. According to the President of Honeywell, Samuel Pratap, the research conducted in the lab will mainly focus on fields like aerospace, smart city development, building materials, and many more.
The research lab will also train students of IIT-H and a few Honeywell employees in areas like remote project monitoring, industry-specific training, hackathons, engineering certification courses, and training workshops to develop critical skills that the industry requires to increase their employability.
Pratap said, “Our vast pool of talented industrial application engineers will support this endeavor with their knowledge and experience in AI and emerging technologies to help solve real-world problems.”
He further mentioned that the research laboratory would blend experiences between fundamental research and applied research. With this new development, the faculty members and students of IIT-H are geared up to make the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad feature in the top 500 Universities in the world list.
According to IIT-H professor BS Murty, this research lab would help students gain immense industry exposure.
