Overview
The NMICPS Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Foundation (TiHAN-IITH) at IIT Hyderabad invites proposals for the Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) Program. This initiative aims to support graduating students who aspire to pursue careers in entrepreneurship by providing fellowship support.
Category
Grant
Focus Areas
The program seeks proposals for translational technology research and development in the following areas:
- Autonomous and Intelligent Navigation Systems for ground, aerial, and water surface vehicles.
- Applications of autonomous navigation technologies in agriculture, infrastructure monitoring (power lines, constructions, pipelines, railway tracks, etc.), surveillance (maritime, air, terrestrial), and environmental monitoring (air, water, industrial pollutants, etc.).
Proposals should focus on the development of one or more technological aspects, including:
- AI/ML frameworks for autonomous navigation and multi-sensory data aggregation using UAVs, ROVs, etc.
- IoT and CPS architectures for UAVs, ROVs, etc., in the Indian context.
- Communications and networking for autonomous navigation, such as DSRC, CV2X, etc.
- Efficient edge computing architectures for multi-sensory information processing.
- Robotics related to autonomous systems.
- Design for smart mobility (aerial/terrestrial).
- Autonomous vehicle swarms and their applications.
- Control, power, and design aspects of UAVs, ROVs, etc.
- Connected unmanned aerial/terrestrial/underwater/underground systems.
Funding Information
Financial aid of up to INR 2 Lakhs is available for the accepted proposal. The duration of the fellowship is 6 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- The EIR applicant must be an Indian citizen, defined as having government-approved proof of nationality (e.g., valid passport, voter’s ID).
- Applicants should have completed or be pursuing formal full-time undergraduate, postgraduate, Ph.D., or Post-Doctoral Fellow education, with relevant experience.
- Applicants should present a scalable technology-based business idea in the prescribed format.
Additional Information
For more details, visit the TiHAN-IITH website.
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