Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:   1 February 2026 | Category:  Research & Partnerships | Office:  Assam Academic and Health Innovation Initiative India’s maritime sector is expanding through new trade routes, inland waterways and defence modernisation. Long-term reliability depends not just on building vessels, but on the capacity to repair and maintain them at scale. Strong domestic repair systems reduce lifecycle costs and keep fleets operational as they grow.  A

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:   1 February 2026 | Category:  Research & Partnerships | Office:  Assam Academic and Health Innovation Initiative Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth to establish a 2-Megawatt solar power plant on the campus. The partnership aligns the technical expertise of the Institute with the philanthropic commitment of the ICICI Foundation to drive

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:   1 February 2026 | Category:  Research & Partnerships | Office:  Assam Academic and Health Innovation Initiative Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with Skyroot Aerospace, India's leading private space launch company. The partnership brings together two organisations with complementary and mutually reinforcing strengths — IIT Guwahati's advanced research capability in additive

Published : 28 February 2026  | Category : Research & Partnerships | Alumni and External Relations The recent visit of Mr HORII Iwao , State Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr ONO Keiichi , Ambassador of Japan, was a diplomatic milestone.  IIT Guwahati has long-term collaborations with Japanese institutions and is currently hosting over 10 honorary professors from Japan. In just two years, 70 Japanese students have participated in joint degree programmes. This partnership is

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published : 25 February 2026  | Category : Research & Partnerships | Alumni and External Relations Global Degrees for Local Impact The new strategic partnership between IIT Guwahati and Coventry University Group (CUG) is designed to turn academic research into "real-world change". At its core, the agreement introduces Joint Doctoral Programmes , allowing PhD candidates to work under dual supervision and earn dual-award degrees — opening a door

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:  18 February 2026 Category:  Community & Outreach Office:  Outreach Education Programme On 17 February 2026, IIT Guwahati hosted 37 youth delegates from 16 nations, including South Africa, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and the USA. Organised under the Know India Programme (KIP) —a flagship initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) —the visit introduced young members of the Indian diaspora to the cultural heritage and

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:  24 February 2026 Category:  Community & Outreach Office:  Department of Design When the Governor of Meghalaya inaugurated a design workshop in Shillong this February, more than 1,150 students, teachers, and parents were present in U Soso Tham Auditorium.  The event was a year in the making and marked the culmination of Abhilasha 2025-26, IIT Guwahati's Department of Design programme. The programme had travelled to six districts acro

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:  20 February 2026 Category:  Research & Partnerships Office:  Computer Science and Engineering In an era where both humans and Artificial Intelligence rely on Wikipedia as a primary source of truth, even minor errors can have massive downstream consequences. At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, researchers from IIT Guwahati showcased a method to identify and correct Surface Name Errors (SNEs) —the subtle typos or incorrect links that

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:   1 February 2026 | Category:  Research & Partnerships | Office:  Assam Advanced Healthcare Innovation Institute (AAHII) On 1 February 2026, in a landmark moment for healthcare innovation in the state, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, unveiled two prototypes developed at Assam Advanced Healthcare Innovation Institute (AAHII): an Indigenous Surgical Robotic Arm and a Low-Field Portable MRI Machine. The Assam A

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:  3 February 2026 Category:  Research & Partnerships Office:  Department of Mechanical Engineering Modern high-tech industries—from aerospace to nuclear power—rely on "High-Entropy Alloys" (HEAs) for their extreme strength and heat resistance. However, these materials often depend on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)  like tantalum and tungsten, which are difficult to mine, environmentally taxing, and subject to volatile global supply cha

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:  27 January 2026 Category:  Research and Partnerships Office:  Department of Civil Engineering As climate change accelerates glacial melting, water accumulates in mountain depressions to form new lakes. When these lakes burst—an event known as a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF)—the results are catastrophic. While previous models focused almost entirely on weather and temperature, the IIT Guwahati team, led by Prof. Ajay Dashora , r

Author : Yasaswini Sampathkumar Published:   4 February 2026 | Category:  Awards | Office:  Centre for Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems IIT Guwahati researcher Ankit Dwivedi has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research (PMFDR), a top-tier national honor that pairs the country’s brightest minds with industry giants to solve critical environmental challenges. PMFDR is India’s Most Prestigious Research Honour The Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctor