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Wells Fargo to support the establishment of an ...

Wells Fargo to support the establishment of an Instructional Laboratory and M. Tech. scholarships for women students

We are pleased to announce that Wells Fargo International Solutions Private Limited is supporting the establishment of an Instructional Laboratory for Secure and Intelligent Computer Systems at the Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA), as well as two fellowships for women M.Tech. students in the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS). The funding is part of Wells Fargo’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment.

The Instructional Laboratory at CSA aims to train graduate students in acquiring hands-on experience with state-of-the-art computing environments, on cutting-edge topics such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, software engineering, operating systems, computer architecture, and systems security. The facility is expected to directly benefit students pursuing courses related to cyber security, computer systems and intelligent systems, and aid research in these emerging areas.

The M.Tech. fellowships at CDS are aimed at encouraging more women students to pursue careers in engineering and technology, in order to address the gender inequality in these areas. They include a monthly scholarship for the entire course period, as well as an unrestricted research grant including travel expenses, purchase of laptops and other consumables. The fellowships will be awarded to M.Tech. students in the upcoming August 2021 academic year.

We are grateful to Wells Fargo for choosing IISc as a partner and providing these CSR funds for promoting diversity and inclusion in the higher education space.

Sony India Software Centre funds M. Tech. schol...

Sony India Software Centre funds M. Tech. scholarships for IISc women students

Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd. has established five fellowships in the broad area of Computing Sciences for women M. Tech. students at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment. The initiative aims to encourage women students seeking to pursue careers in the technology sector.

“We are happy to partner with IISc and take the first few small steps towards achieving our goal of empowering women through education. I hope we can grow this partnership and have many more women opting for sciences and this in turn contributes to improving gender diversity in organizations,” said Masayuki Toriumi, MD of Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd.

The fellowships will be awarded to students pursuing M. Tech. in the following programmes:
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computational and Data Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. The
fellowship will include a monthly scholarship for the entire course period, as well as an unrestricted research grant including travel expenses, purchase of laptops and other
consumables.

The goal of these fellowships is to encourage more women candidates to pursue higher studies at IISc, especially in the areas of engineering and technology, in order to address the gender inequality in these areas, and increase the number of women students. Women students are admitted to IISc’s M. Tech. programmes through a highly competitive process, based on GATE score and/or interviews. Some of the brightest women students and researchers from all over
India are admitted into IISc.

Prof. Phaneendra Yalavarthy, Chair of the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs (ODAA), Indian Institute of Science, said, “I am glad that Sony India has chosen to support women candidates in these flagship M. Tech. programmes under CSR. This sponsorship is very timely as this support provided a much needed push for gender equality especially in the higher education space. We are thankful to Sony India for choosing IISc as its partner. I am sure this is only a starting point and we will see many such impactful contributions from Sony India.”

The fellowships will be awarded to M. Tech. students starting in the August 2021 academic year.

About IISc

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership between the industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Mysore Royal Family, and the Government of India. Over the 111 years since its establishment, IISc has become the premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education in India. Since its inception, the Institute has laid a balanced emphasis on the pursuit of basic knowledge in science and engineering, as well as on the application of its research findings for industrial and social benefit.

About Sony

Sony India Software Centre (SISC) was setup as a subsidiary of Sony India in the year 1997. In 2012, this organization was established as a separate legal entity as Sony India Software Centre Private Limited (SISCPL). SISC is a high-quality service delivery center in the areas of embedded software development, enterprise applications development and support, information security services. Since inception, this organization has evolved into a very mature Global Capability Centre providing end-to-end technology solutions and high value services for global business organizations of Sony.

For more information, visit: https://www.sonyindiasoftware.co.in/

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Wipro GE Healthcare and IISc partner to set up ...

Wipro GE Healthcare and IISc partner to set up a Healthcare Innovation Lab

This industry-academia collaboration aims to solve some of the toughest healthcare challenges using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Wipro GE Healthcare today announced the inauguration of an advanced center for innovation and research at the IISc campus in Bangalore- ‘WIPRO GE Healthcare – Computational and Data Sciences Collaborative Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical and Healthcare Imaging’. The facility, located at the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) of IISc, Bangalore, will work on the next level of healthcare diagnostics with deep learning technology, artificial intelligence and future-ready digital interfaces, to provide highly sophisticated diagnostic and medical image-reconstruction techniques and protocols for faster and better imaging. To start with, this facility will work with over fifty students and three faculty members of IISc. The thrust of this collaborative laboratory will be to work closely with clinicians as well as Wipro GE Healthcare to integrate these computational models into clinical workflows to help doctors improve patient outcomes.

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/wipro-ge-healthcare-and-indian-institute-of-science-partner-to-set-up-a-healthcare-innovation-lab/

 

 

Inauguration of HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre

Inauguration of HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre

The Defence Minister of India, Shri. Rajnath Singh, inaugurated the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre (SDC) on 13 August 2020, in the presence of Shri. Raj Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production; Shri. R. Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Prof. G. Rangarajan, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Also present at the occasion were the Director (HR), Director (Operations), Executive Director (HR), Executive Director (Planning) and General Manager (HR-CSR&FM) from HAL, as well as the Chair of the Challakere Empowered Committee, IISc, and representatives from the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, IISc

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/inauguration-of-hal-iisc-skill-development-centre/

Inauguration of MITR Labs for COVID-19 testing

Inauguration of MITR Labs for COVID-19 testing

An end-to-end COVID-19 testing solution called Mobile Infection Testing and Reporting (MITR) Labs has been developed by faculty members at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with an IISc-incubated startup called ShanMukha Innovations.

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/inauguration-of-mitr-labs-for-covid-19-testing/

Prof. Govindan Rangarajan appointed new Directo...

Prof. Govindan Rangarajan appointed new Director of IISc

On 31 July 2020, Prof. Anurag Kumar will superannuate from his service at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and thereby complete his term as the Director of the Institute. Prof. Govindan Rangarajan has been formally appointed by the Governing Council of the Institute as the next Director of IISc with effect from 1 August 2020, after obtaining approval from the Visitor, the Honourable President of India.

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/prof-govindan-rangarajan-appointed-new-director-of-the-indian-institute-of-science-iisc/

BPCL Ladies hostel Block Inaugurated

BPCL Ladies hostel Block Inaugurated

A new women’s hostel block supported by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been constructed at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). It was inaugurated on February 5, 2020 at 1 pm by Shri. Jayesh Shah, Executive Director (HRS), BPCL and Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc. Dignitaries from BPCL as well as senior faculty members, staff and students of IISc were present during the occasion.

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/bpcl-ladies-hostel-block-inaugurated/

Inauguration of the New Dr. Sitaram Jindal Ladi...

Inauguration of the New Dr. Sitaram Jindal Ladies hostel Block and Mess Hall at IISc

The ladies hostel block and the mess hall were inaugurated on 19th September 2019 at 11.45AM by Shri A.S Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman, ISRO and former Secretary, DOS, Government of India and currently member of the council, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

The dignitaries from M/S Jindal Aluminium Ltd., were present on the occasion besides the Director of IISc and other senior faculty members, staff and students.

Read more at: https://www.iisc.ac.in/events/inauguration-of-hal-iisc-skill-development-centre/

Digital Flora of Peninsula India launched by CES

Digital Flora of Peninsula India launched by CES

The Digital Flora of Peninsular India, developed by IISc’s Centre for Ecological Sciences, was launched on Mar 2, 2019. It provides free access to peer-reviewed information on over 10,000 species of plants from peninsular India.

The website was launched on 2 March 2019 by Lakshmi Narayanan, former VC and CEO of Cognizant Technologies, and Kameswara Rao, retired chair of the Department of Botany and Sericulture, Bangalore University. The duo have been instrumental in promoting this initiative: Narayanan, recently, made a personal contribution to this cause and  Kameswara Rao chaired the database’s peer-reviewing committee.

Read more at: https://iisc.ac.in/events/iisc-launches-online-database-of-plants-in-peninsular-india/

IISc announces new M.Tech. programme in AI

IISc announces new M.Tech. programme in AI

The Institute is excited to announce a new M. Tech. program in Artificial Intelligence, to be offered jointly by 4 departments in the EECS Division at IISc, starting August 2019.

More details at: https://eecs.iisc.ac.in/mtechai/

CIDR-Infosys Wing inaugurated by Mrs. Sudha Murty

CIDR-Infosys Wing inaugurated by Mrs. Sudha Murty

The “Centre for Infectious Diseases Research – Infosys Wing” was recently inaugurated at IISc by Mrs Sudha Murty, Chair, Infosys Foundation. It is supported by a CSR grant from the Foundation aimed at boosting research & awareness of diseases such as malaria & TB.

Prof. Rohini Godbole (CHEP) receives Padma Shri

Prof. Rohini Godbole (CHEP) receives Padma Shri

Prof. Rohini Godbole, Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP), has received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the country, in the field of Science & Engineering-Nuclear.

Four receive IISc Distinguished Alumnus Awards

Four receive IISc Distinguished Alumnus Awards

The following alumni have been selected to receive the IISc Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2018:

  1. Prof. Narendra Ahuja (1974 ME ECE)
  2. Prof. Dipankar Banerjee (1979 PhD Metallurgy)
  3. Dr. P S Goel (1970 ME EE)
  4. Dr. K Sivan (1982 ME Aerospace Engineering)

The awardees were honoured at a ceremony held on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at the JN Tata Auditorium, IISc campus, as part of the IISc Annual Alumni Reunion 2018 event.

IISc accorded Institution of Eminence status

IISc accorded Institution of Eminence status

This prestigious recognition accorded by the MHRD will provide academic autonomy and additional funds to the institute to realize its vision of becoming a global top 100 university.

IISc ranked as #1 institute in MHRD NIRF rankings

IISc ranked as #1 institute in MHRD NIRF rankings

IISc has been ranked once again as India’s #1 institution overall, and #1 university in the latest MHRD NIRF rankings.

The institute retains its top position in the overall category for the second year in a row.

The national rankings, first released in 2016, are based on broad parameters such as Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research & Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach & Inclusivity, and Perception.

Alumnus Dr. K. Sivan appointed ISRO Chair

Alumnus Dr. K. Sivan appointed ISRO Chair

Dr. K. Sivan (ME, Aerospace Engineering, 1982) has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. Dr. Sivan has made significant contributions to the design of PSLV, GSLV and GSLV Mk-III vehicle. Notably, he has been credited for the development of the record-breaking PSLV rocket carrying 104 satellites, which was launched last year.

Dr. Sivan succeeds the current Chairman, Shri AS Kiran Kumar, who is also an IISc alumnus (M Tech, Physical Engg, 1975).

Alumnus Vikas Sathaye wins technical Academy Award

Alumnus Vikas Sathaye wins technical Academy Award

Alumnus Vikas Vinay Sathaye (M. Tech. Instrumentation, 1996) has received the Scientific and Engineering Award 2018 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, USA, for his contribution to developing an innovative aerial camera system used in filming several Hollywood blockbusters.

He shares the award with former colleagues John Coyle, Brad Hurndell and Shane Buckham at Shotover Camera Systems, a Queenstown, New Zealand-based company.The four received the prestigious award for the concept, design, engineering and implementation of the Shotover K1 Camera System. “This innovative six-axis stabilized aerial camera mount, with its enhanced ability to frame shots while looking straight down, enables greater creative freedom while allowing pilots to fly more effectively and safely,” states the Academy citation.

After completing a diploma in instrumentation from VPM’s polytechnic, Thane, and a bachelor’s degree in electronics from VIT Pune, Sathaye joined IISc for his M. Tech. degree in Instrumentation in 1994, where he worked on a project on Crystallization Robots. Following his graduation in 1996, he briefly taught at Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune.

While on a trip to Italy for a project with Fiat, he became fascinated with the automation technology used in car manufacture and decided to enter the field of embedded software technology. After working at a few organizations, he eventually joined a newly established company called Shotover Camera Systems in Queenstown, New Zealand, which was developing a state-of-the-art aerial filming camera mount. The mount, also called a gimbal, is attached to the base of the helicopter that carries the camera and lens. Its primary function is to eliminate vibration to enable a steady, jitter-free footage, and also move the camera head in any desired direction.

“Traditionally gimbals used to have analog control system and our objective was to design the control system which will be based on digital technology,” says Sathaye. “As a software and control system engineer, my primary job was to stabilize the camera platform and move the gimbal head in the desired direction based on the joystick commands issued by the camera operator. Besides this, I was responsible for driving the servo-lens system and to display all the camera and gimbal-related parameters as overlay on the LCD monitor.”

Starting with a single axis mount for 2D filming, the team eventually developed a 6-axis 3D gimbal that can be used with a wide range of cameras and lenses. Their first 3D prototype, called the Shotover K1, was used in shooting the film Walking with Dinosaurs. Since then, Shotover K1 has been used in over a hundred different films, including The Hobbit, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Spectre, Deepwater Horizon, Spiderman: Homecoming and Dunkirk.

The team received the academy plaques in a ceremony held at Beverly Wilshire, Los Angeles, USA, on 10th February, 2018. “I would like to thank my family, my teachers, friends and colleagues who have loved me and supported me always,” says Sathaye.

Alumnus Dr. Brij Seth funds UG scholarships

Alumnus Dr. Brij Seth funds UG scholarships

Alumnus Dr. Brij Seth (B.E. Metallurgy 1960) has made a substantial contribution to establish an endowment at IISc that will support scholarships for UG students in the department of Materials Engineering. 

After completing his BE from IISc in 1960, he graduated from University of Toronto with an M.A.Sc. and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering. He has served in several engineering and leadership positions in various organizations including Atlas Steels Co., Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Siemens Corporation. Dr. Seth has a 40-year record of consistent technical leadership solving product problems and developing new and unusual materials, processes, inspection and repair techniques for use in power generation equipment.  He has served as a role model and mentor to many current and aspiring engineers. He also has several patents and publications, and has served on boards of various communities and councils.

His endowment will start supporting UG scholarships from 2017. At the end of four years, 4 students will start receiving scholarships each year from this endowment.

Alumna Prof. Yamuna Krishnan wins Infosys Prize

Alumna Prof. Yamuna Krishnan wins Infosys Prize

Prof. Yamuna Krishnan, alumna of IISc (PhD in 2002), has received the Infosys Prize 2017 in Physical Sciences for her pioneering work in DNA nanodevices.

Prof. Yamuna Krishnan has carried out ground-breaking work in the emerging field of architecture of the building blocks of life—the DNA. She has pioneered the use of synthetic DNA in developing dynamic DNA nanodevices for functional bio-imaging in vivo; making rigid DNA nanodevices that can deliver bio-imaging components in a cell-specific manner; discovering a new non-Watson-Crick base-paired DNA motif called i-motif; and showing the microRNA cluster folds into a well-defined structure that can act as transporter of specific cargo held within this rigid structure. These structures can then be taken to test their functional impact on either material or biological system, thus bridging material science and biology.

Krishnan was the first to recognize the functionality of the designer DNA and has exploited this finding in making nanodevices that work in living systems. She designed a dynamic DNA nanodevice that functioned as pH-triggered molecular switch enabling measurement of the acidity inside a living cell. This work has been expanded to obtain chemical maps of chloride inside the cell.

The impact of Krishnan’s work is enormous: it ranges from the constructing probes of biological processes in living cells and organisms, use of the functionality of the designer DNA devices in living systems, and development of DNA devices to selectively transport proteins to specific targets. Overall, such technology will improve medicine, biology, and material science.

Source: http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/yamuna-krishnan.asp

http://krishnanlab.uchicago.edu/

IISc alumnus enables Jindal Aluminium contribution

IISc alumnus enables Jindal Aluminium contribution

Alumnus Mr. K.R. Raghunath (’67 B.E. Metallurgy), Vice Chairman, Jindal Aluminium, has enabled a generous contribution from the Jindal Aluminium Group, to support the construction of a new women’s hostel block on IISc Bangalore campus. Mr. Raghunath was primarily responsible for establishing this partnership between IISc and Jindal Aluminium Group and obtaining the funding for the new women’s hostel block.

On July 25, 2017, an MoU was signed at IISc by Mr. Pragun Jindal Khaitan, MD, Jindal Aluminium Limited, and the Registrar, IISc, in the presence of Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc. Also present at the signing were Mr. Raghunath and senior administrators from IISc.

Jindal Aluminium Limited is a national leader in aluminium extrusions, and also exports its products to several countries all over the world. The company also runs many charitable trusts/social  organizations through which it liberally donates to organizations across the country.

IISc is keen on encouraging more women students to pursue research programs at the institute. The number of women students joining the Institute has increased in recent years, and IISc plans to expand and modernize the accommodation available for them, to enable them to gain maximum benefit from the campus academic infrastructure.

To support IISc’s aspirations, Jindal Aluminium Limited came forward with a generous contribution to support the construction of a modern women’s hostel block. The new block, estimated to be constructed at Rs. 20 crores, will be named after Mr. Sitaram Jindal, Founder, Jindal Aluminium Limited, upon completion.

Low-cost CO sensor developed by IISc team

Low-cost CO sensor developed by IISc team

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a highly sensitive, low-cost nanosensor that can quickly detect minute changes in carbon monoxide (CO) levels, with potential applications in environmental pollution monitoring.

The team used a novel fabrication technique that leaves out lithography — a time-consuming and expensive process — to construct a honeycomb-like nanostructure made up of zinc oxide. The sensor was able to detect a difference in CO level as low as 500 parts per billion and selectively respond to CO even in the presence of other gases. The lithography-less technique also significantly cuts down the time and cost involved in making nanostructured gas sensors.

The study was carried out by Chandra Shekhar Prajapati, postdoctoral fellow, and Navakanta Bhat, Chair & Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, along with researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

“The size of the sensor itself is less than 1 mm,” says Bhat. “If you combine it with the rest of the signal processing electronics and a small display, it may not be more than a couple of cm. This can be integrated with a cell phone, or imagine a small device at every traffic signal which can transmit the data to your cell phone through Bluetooth.”

Conventional micro-machined CO sensors have a flat layer of zinc oxide, a metal oxide semiconductor, through which current flows. When exposed to CO, the resistance of the layer changes, affecting the amount of current flowing through. How much the resistance changes can be mapped to how much CO there is. Creating nanostructures on flat zinc oxide improves the sensitivity, as the area available for gas interaction increases. However, making these nanosensors using traditional lithography — a multi-step process where metal oxide templates are etched on a light-sensitive material — requires sophisticated equipment and is time-consuming.

Instead, the researchers used tiny beads of polystyrene that arrange themselves into a closely packed layer when spread on an oxidized silicon surface. When zinc oxide is added, it settles into the hexagonal gaps  between the beads. When the beads are then “lifted off”, what remains is a 3D honeycomb of zinc oxide, with a much larger surface area available for gas interaction than a flat plate.

The technique could cost significantly less than lithography-based methods, the researchers say. “You can buy a packet of these micron-sized polystyrene beads in the market for Rs. 4000-5000, which can be used to create nanostructures on thousands of sensors. This results in significant cost reduction compared to traditional lithography-based techniques to form such honeycombs,” says Prajapati. In addition, the process only takes a few minutes, while lithography-based multi-step methods can take a few hours, he adds.

For environmental applications, gas sensors need to be both highly sensitive (detect very low levels) and selective (detect a specific gas in the presence of other gases). The researchers developed sensors with varying honeycomb wall width, and found that the one with the smallest width (~100 nm) was able to detect a change of even 500 parts per billion in CO concentration. When tested with a mixture of gases, the sensor also showed a distinctly greater response for CO.

The polystyrene-based method can be used to develop similar honeycomb nanostructures for other metal oxides to detect other gases, the researchers say. “What we have is a generic platform. You can do the same nano-structuring for different metal oxide semiconductor sensors,” says Bhat.

Bhat and his team have been working on developing miniature sensors for air quality monitoring for several years. They previously developed a hybrid sensor array to detect four different gases simultaneously.

IISc ranked #1 institute overall in MHRD rankings

IISc ranked #1 institute overall in MHRD rankings

IISc has been ranked as India’s best institution for higher education overall in the second edition of the MHRD’s National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings. The Institute also retained its top position in the universities category.

The national rankings, introduced last year, are based on broad parameters such as Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception.

https://www.nirfindia.org/OverallRanking.html

http://www.livemint.com/Education/0he1w87ZJmXfeUf2Sk8RHP/Seven-IITs-among-Indias-best-10-educational-institutions-I.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nirf-ranking-2017-iis-tops-jnu-bags-6th-position/articleshow/57989132.cms

Current on the edge: new electrical conductor

Current on the edge: new electrical conductor

IISc researchers have, for the first time, experimentally accessed a new type of electrical conductor which was theoretically predicted to exist at the edge of graphene nearly 20 years ago.

Since 2004, many groups over the world have remained unsuccessful in accessing these edges because when current flows through graphene, it flows through both the edge and the bulk. IISc scientists succeeded by keeping the graphene edges very clean and narrowing down the width of graphene to less than 10 nm.

The finding could incentivize development of new chemical methods to make high-quality graphene nanoribbons or nanostrips with clean edges. This can lead to realizing power-efficient electronics and to quantum information transfer, even at room temperature.

Sonata Software announces CSR grant to CSA

Sonata Software announces CSR grant to CSA

Sonata Software Limited, a global IT services company, is supporting scientific research, education outreach and infrastructure development at the Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

“We gratefully acknowledge the extremely generous support from Sonata Software under the CSR scheme,” said Prof. Jayant Haritsa, Chairman, CSA. “This will enable us to vigorously pursue new research initiatives at the frontiers, to effectively transmit the excitement of computer science research through targeted student outreach programs, and to materially upgrade our pedagogical infrastructure, resulting in potent learning environments. This industry-academia collaboration represents a welcome new initiative that can take the higher education enterprise to the next level of excellence.”

The 3-year project, funded to the tune of Rs. 1.07 crores, will focus on boosting research activities in cutting-edge areas of computer science that are of contemporary relevance to both industry and academia. The programs are aimed at benefiting students from all over the country to look at research and ideation at IISc. The program would support research activities and other outreach programs such as Summer School, Student Internship programs and Swagatam to encourage the best of undergraduate students to pursue PhD programs in computer science and engineering in the country.

Mr. Srikar Reddy, CEO, Sonata Software said, “We’re proud to be associated with the reputed CSA department of IISc. It’s aligned to our vision as a technology firm that investments in research activities in new age technologies are immensely important to applying new technologies to solve complex real life problems, also to ingrain a culture of innovation in our own organization with our association with a reputed institute like IISc.”

Founded in 1969, the CSA department is ranked among the top 100 CS departments in the world, according to recent Times Higher Education rankings. CSA researchers contribute to cutting-edge research in topical areas of computer science and are actively engaged in many high impact collaborative projects.

CSR at Sonata:

Sonata’s CSR Vision is to ‘Make a Deep Impact and Transform Lives’. CSR at Sonata has primarily focused on multiple themes like traditional arts, textile and handicrafts, technology incubation and entrepreneurship, education and environment, and preservation of our cultural heritage. Our successful projects/initiatives in these areas over the years have been hugely effective and beneficial to the end users.

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