20/04/2026
🌟 NIT Silchar at IInvenTiv 2026: A Proud Showcase of Innovation and Excellence 🌟
It is a matter of immense pride that NIT Silchar successfully participated in IInvenTiv 2026 (https://iinventiv.iitism.ac.in/), the flagship R&D Fair of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, held at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad during 6–7 April 2026.
With 11 innovations shortlisted — the highest among all NITs and the 2nd highest among all IITs, NITs, and other participating institutes, our students and faculty demonstrated exceptional research capabilities across diverse domains including Material Science, Artificial Intelligence, Earth Science, and Healthcare.
🔬 Showcased Innovations:
1. Intelligent Speech-to-Speech Translation with Lip-Syncing for Educational Domain
2. VivaPro: An Intelligent AI Based Oral Examination Platform
3. GCP-GraphRAG: A Multimodal and Multilingual Graph-Based Retrieval Augmented Generation Framework with Graph Context Pruning
4. Bio-Inspired Flagellate Underwater Robot for Efficient, Low-Disturbance Aquatic Locomotion
5. Multi-Axes Force and Torque Measurement System for Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing Process
6. Design and Development of a Nature-Inspired Autonomous Pollination Drone for Smart Agriculture Using Computer Vision
7. Automated Latent Overlapped Fingerprint Detector Using Deep Learning
8. SwarmID: Cryptographically Secured Drone Identity & Classification Framework Using 5G and AI for Large-Area Autonomous Swarm Surveillance
9. Design and Development of Low Power Wearable Non-Invasive Early Seizure Prediction System
10. Secure Voice-Activated Anomaly-Detecting Large Format FDM Rapid Prototyping System
11. Scalable Solar-Driven Thin Film Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Clean and Sustainable Hydrogen
👨🔬👩🔬 A dedicated team of around 20 members, including UG, PG, PhD students, and faculty, represented NIT Silchar, presenting innovative ideas and working prototypes to a national audience.
✨ This experience proved highly enriching for our students, enhancing their confidence, exposure, and real-world understanding.
We are pleased to note that few of our innovations attracted interest from collaborators for potential funding, while academicians expressed keen interest in collaborative research. Industry leaders also showed willingness to support the translation of these technologies from lab to land.
Our students greatly benefited from this exposure, gaining confidence, insights, and valuable experience, making the visit both enriching and memorable.
Building upon our successful participation at IInvenTiv 2025 at IIT Madras, NIT Silchar has once again made a strong mark at IInvenTiv 2026 at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, reaffirming its position in the national innovation ecosystem.
🙏 We sincerely thank the Ministry of Education, Government of India, for organizing this remarkable platform and empowering institutions to showcase their innovations.
Ministry of Education
PMO India
Prof. Dilip Kumar Baidya, Director, NIT Silchar
