Vineeth Bhat, B.Tech (Honours) in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) was awarded the IIITH gold medal in recognition of his outstanding academic performance. Revanth Kumar Gundam, (B.Tech in Computer Science and Master of Science in Computational Linguistics by Research dual degree) was awarded Best All-rounder for his notable contributions in academics, extra-curricular activities and IIITH services. Pradeep Kumar Pal (PhD in Computational Natural Sciences) received the Banyan Award for consistent voluntary efforts relating to student affairs.
Commending the graduating students, Prof. P J Narayanan, Director, IIITH said, “The graduating students of 2025 are joining the professional world formally today, out to chart their own paths in this increasingly competitive and complicated world. I am confident you possess highly useful skills in your area and immense creativity to apply those to different problems. Above all, I urge you to travel your life’s journey with deep concern and caring toward the society around you. We expect the best from you in the coming years and are confident you will exceed our expectations”.
Prof P J Narayanan also announced that he soon will be stepping down as the Director of the institute, after an amazing tenure of over 12 years, and will continue as a faculty member at the institute. Prof. Sandeep Shukla of IIT Kanpur will be the next Director, starting this August.
A senior professor at IIT Kanpur and an IEEE Fellow, Prof. Sandeep K. Shukla is known for his work in cybersecurity, formal methods, and embedded systems. He earned his Ph.D. from SUNY Albany and previously taught at Virginia Tech. At IITK, he directed the C3i Centre for cybersecurity and led national blockchain initiatives. He has published over 300 papers and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Embedded Systems. His honors include the US PECASE Award and the Humboldt Bessel Award.
“As Sandeep steps in as director to lead IIITH, it is poised to take up greater challenges to serve the nation and prepare its students to make more significant contribution to the society”, said Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Chairman, Governing Council of IIIT Hyderabad, who admitted students to their degrees.
Chief guest Ms Debjani Ghosh Distinguished Fellow, NITI Ayog, and former president of Nasscom congratulated the graduating students and wished them well for their future endeavours.
Highlights:
The team of faculty, research students, research staff, and undergraduate students produced approximately 610 papers in top journals and conferences during the academic year 2024-25. In total, 41 of our Ph.D. students hold external competitive fellowships from the DST, Google, TCS, Microsoft, UGC, CSIR, various iHubs at IIIT-H, and from other organizations. This has resulted in the publication of high-quality research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
IIITH’s executive education programs are being delivered in a hybrid model and have produced over 4,500 plus professionals in about 8 years. 24 batches of the AI&ML program, 10 batches of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, and 7 batches of Software Engineering for Data Science have been completed so far and currently 25th batch of AIML is underway.
The estimated existing alumni strength of the institute is 7756. The alumni have raised ₹4.83 crores since 2006 to help students on a pay-it-forward basis. To date, 73 students (UG, PG, DD) have been supported by them and 40 have already paid it forward, while 11 students are currently receiving the aid.
