by Prashant Kapadia/NHN
Part of a Dept of Telecommunications initiative, this lab will facilitate the development, experimentation of 5G applications in various socioeconomic verticals
MANDI, 27th October 2023: Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) has been selected by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, to host a 5G Use-case lab.
This lab will be set up by the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) at IIT Mandi and will facilitate the development, experimentation of 5G applications in various socioeconomic verticals.
The DoT officially awarded the 5G use case Lab to the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE), IIT Mandi on the 27th October 2023 at IMC 2023 in the Pragati Maidan, Delhi.
The objectives of the 5G Use-case lab will be to build competencies and engagement in 5G technologies in students and academic fraternity and to enable projects at UG and PG level for students using 5G environment.
Further, this facility will also encourage academia-industry engagement to ideate and develop 5G use cases, and will provide local access to 5G test setup for Startups and MSMEs around the institution – making Indian academia and startup ecosystem 6G ready.
The IIT Mandi 5G Use-case lab will explore applications of 5G technologies in areas spanning e-Healthcare, Smart Cities, and Next-generation Communication.
IIT Mandi telecasted the program in its North Campus auditorium, which was attended by around 600 students and faculty, students from nearby schools and Industrial training institutes (it is) along with key stakeholders from the start-up sector.
About IIT Mandi : IIT Mandi has nine Academic Schools and five major Research Centers. The Schools are the School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBBE), School of Chemical Sciences (SCS), School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SMSS), School of Physical Sciences (SPS), School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (SMME), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCENE), School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE), School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), and School of Management (SOM). The Centers are Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC), Centre for Design and Fabrication of Electrical Devices (C4DFED), BioX Centre, Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health Applications Centre (IKSMHA Centre) and Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
The Institute offers B.Tech. programs in seven different streams, one M.A. program, ten M.Tech. programs, nine Ph.D. programs, and one iPh.D. program. The unique, project-oriented B.Tech. curriculum is centered around its 4-year long Design and Innovation stream. Since the inception of the Institute, IIT Mandi faculty have been involved in over 275 Research and Development (R&D) projects worth more than Rs. 120 crores.
IIT Mandi established the IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation (iHub; a section-8 company) on its campus at Kamand with significant funding of INR 110 crores from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The iHub is planned to fuel research and technology development, skill development, startup and innovation, and collaborations in the HCI and allied AI/ML areas in India. IIT Mandi is the only second-generation IIT to be featured at rank 7 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
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