IIT-H must lead 4th industrial revolution: President Kovind

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad has to remain relevant to the fourth industrial revolution that will write the script of the 21st century, said the President of India, Ramnath Kovind, at the 7th convocation ceremony of the institute on Sunday.

“This IIT has been set up in a city and in a metropolitan area where several elements for such an ecosystem already exist. IIT Hyderabad is not envisaged as just an add-on to this ecosystem. Rather, it needs to be the hub of the ecosystem. It must be the connecting tissue and catalyst for a greater synergy. This is IIT Hyderabad’s mandate,” said President Kovind

He noted that in Hyderabad there were as many as 19 research facilities and laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Biotechnology, the Department of Atomic Energy, the Defence Research and Development



Organisation and the Indian Space Research Organisation.

The President said that individually, many of these entities were doing excellent work but there was a need for cross-pollination.

“IIT Hyderabad is not envisaged as just an add-on to this ecosystem. Rather, it needs to be the hub of this ecosystem. It must be the connecting tissue and the catalyst for a greater synergy.”

Kovind urged IIT Hyderabad to break out of silos and to encourage others to break out of silos. He said that India will judge the success of IIT Hyderabad by the vitality and the output it can ensure for not just itself but for the entire Hyderabad knowledge ecosystem.

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Irrigation Minister Harish Rao and others attended the convocation.