IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation
Education Management - Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation Employees
IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation Details
A Technology Innovation Hub in human-computer interaction (IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation or iHub) has been set up at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi under India's National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems. The iHub is planned to make India a leader in human-computer interaction (HCI) research in the world.iHub (a section-8 company) was created under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems with INR 110 crores funding support through the Science and Engineering Research Board, DST.The vision is to be an internationally recognized hub that nurtures human- computer interaction (HCI) research, technology translation, and skill development., and collaborations.A sub-goal of the TIH would be studying how people use technology/computer systems in different domains (environment, healthcare, information technology, and defense & security). The iHub is also planning to follow the Knowledge-Development-Translation- Commercialization approach to create a start-up ecosystem with IIT Mandi Catalyst, the first TBI housed on the IIT Mandi campus and set up in Himachal Pradesh state.
