The Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad (IIT-Dh), has bagged 149 research projects in various fields worth ₹71 crore through sponsored funding.
Addressing presspersons in Dharwad on Wednesday, Dean of Research and Development at IIT-Dh Pratyasa Bhui said that along with these projects, the institute has bagged consultancy projects worth ₹5 crore, ₹9.25 crore from CSR and ₹5 crore research initiation grants.
The social impact projects include precision agriculture to improve crop yields and assist management decisions using high-technology sensors and analysis tool.
Research is also being taken up in the field of agriculture drones, android applications for periodic crop health monitoring, market, forecasts and disease and pest detection.
Prof. Bhui said that IIT-Dh focuses on indoor drones for fire fighters. “A drone prototype has been developed to locate people stuck inside the building during a fire mishap. Now, work is on developing robots for monitoring power transmission lines and pipelines,” he said.
New programmes
Elaborating on the new programmes at the institute, N.S. Punekar stated that during the current academic year IIT-Dh will start three new programmes in M.Tech and two-year M.Sc and BS in Economics from the next academic year.
At present, the institute has 983 students studying B.Tech, 120 in M.Tech and MS and 201 research scholars. In all, there are 1,312 students on campus.
Published – July 16, 2025 06:49 pm IST
