Archive · 23 Jun 2025
IIIT Hyderabad, KIET Partner to Launch Smart City Lab
IIIT Hyderabad and KIET are teaming up to create a 'Smart City Living Lab' at KIET's campus.
This lab will be a place where students, researchers, and city officials can work together to find smart solutions for city problems.
They plan to test new technologies on the KIET campus first.
The goal is to bring these solutions to Kakinada, making the city smarter and more sustainable.
They will also share knowledge through workshops and offer training and internship opportunities.
The district collector is interested in using crowd monitoring solutions soon.
IIIT Hyderabad and KIET signed an MoU to establish a Smart City Living Lab.
The lab aims to support research, development, and deployment of smart city solutions.
The collaboration involves utilizing KIET campus as a testbed for smart city technologies.
Knowledge sharing through workshops, sessions, and training is planned.
The Kakinada District Collector expressed interest in crowd monitoring solutions.
- Who
- IIIT Hyderabad, KIET, and the Kakinada District Collector
- What
- IIIT Hyderabad and KIET signed an MoU to launch a Smart City Living Lab.
- When
- Recently
- Where
- At the KIET campus in Kakinada
- Why
- To bring cutting-edge research and urban solutions to the forefront in Kakinada.
- Partners
- IIIT Hyderabad & KIET
- Location
- Kakinada
- Objective
- Establish Smart City Living Lab
- Focus
- Smart City Solutions
- Key Activity
- Deploying technologies and knowledge sharing