New Delhi: The Department of Science and Technology (DST), under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), has sanctioned Rs. 7.25 crore to IIT Mandi to establish a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) at the Institute.
The major focus of the TIH at IIT Mandi will be on human-computer interaction (HCI) research, where projects will focus on design and development of computer technology (interfaces) and the study of interaction between humans (users) and computers.
The HCI is focused on the ways in which humans interact with computers and design technologies that let humans interact with computers in novel ways. As a field of research, HCI is situated at the intersection of computer science, behavioural sciences, design, and media studies among others.
Also, the TIH will focus on human resource and skill development, entrepreneurship and collaboration with other leading institutions, reports indiaeducationdiary.com.
Speaking about the short and long term objectives of the Technological Innovation Hub at IIT Mandi, Dr Varun Dutt, principal investigator, TIH, and Associate Professor, School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi, said, “The TIH provides exciting opportunities for IIT Mandi to become a world leader in HCI and allied areas, where national research has been nascent.”
The TIH will develop tools, education material, hands-on experiments with specialised tool kits, connecting with existing innovation ecosystems. It will inter-link with different stakeholders and connect with other initiatives of the Government of India by providing an innovation platform for schools, colleges and advanced technical training institutes in the targeted areas.
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