Hyderabad - Focus Merit

September 18, 2020

The Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD) has jointly released the 2020 Smart City Index.
Indian City, Hyderabad was placed at the 85th Position, New Delhi was placed at 86th Rank, Mumbai was ranked at 93rd Place and Bengaluru was at 95th Position.
The Index was topped by Singapore, followed by Helsinki and Zurich in the second and the third place respectively.

September 1, 2020

At the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’, the GMR led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) awarded with the ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards.

August 31, 2020

The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, has launched a novel respirator mask in the country.

August 5, 2020

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in coordination with Asian Development Bank (ADB), has provided a state-of-the-art Thermal Scanner, to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, to simplify operations and minimize handling.

July 11, 2020

The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) has collaborated with NVIDIA, a US-based multinational technology company, to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’(NVAITC) to accelerate research on Artificial Intelligence and its commercial adoption.
The centre will focus on advancing AI research in the areas of Agriculture and Smart Cities besides Language Understanding, increasing crop yield, support safer transportation systems and better ways of managing traffic, among others.

June 16, 2020

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy started GermiBAN at AIC ALEAP We-Hub, here, on 14th June.
The device begun has UV C and other B, C, D components, the patenting technology that destroys surface and air microbes at 99.9 percent, useful for quarantine wards, hospitals for killing viruses like Corona.

June 10, 2020

In a bid to assist and empower women against domestic violence and abuse, the Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) in association with Hyderabad City Police has started the ‘STREE’ programme. The name shows the vision – “She Triumphs through Respect, Equality, and Empowerment” (STREE).

June 6, 2020

GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport got the highest Platinum Recognition in the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2020 in the 15-35 million travelers per annum (MPPA) category.

March 15, 2020

On March 13, 2020, Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad (Telangana), has emerged a cost-effective ‘solar receiver tube technology’ that absorbs solar radiation and transforms it into heat for the targeted applications, especially in industries.
ARCI has filed 2 patent applications for this technology, and also signed an MoU(Memorandum of understanding) with Greenera Energy India Private Limited for technology transfer, that aims to develop the solar receiver tube for wider market absorption.

March 15, 2020

A 4 day (March 12-15) biennial event WINGS INDIA 2020 themed as ‘Flying For All’ is an International Exhibition & Conference on Civil Aviation sector held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, is planned by Ministry of Civil Aviation & Airports Authority of India(AAI) & Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
The purpose of the event is to give assistance to the quickly changing dynamics of the sector & focus on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity.

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