IITs are a hotbed of innovation: Chris Houghton

Ericsson Innovation Awards were initiated last year in association with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) to recognise the spirit of innovation among students across seven IITs in Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. Projects from IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee were selected this year for the awards. “The rapidly rising ubiquity of mobile phones and broadband in India is fuelling innovation as never before,” Chris Houghton, head of India Region, Ericsson told Sudhir Chowdhary in a recent interaction.

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