It is heartening to note that a project proposed by a team of young students from IIT Palakkad -- Sai Neelima, Mahitha Sannala, Dilip Kalyani, Jayaprakash N, and  Suchitra Yechury -- has been adjudged to be one among 102 best ideas presented in the Young Innovation Program 2019-22, conducted by the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) and Kerala Startup Mission.

The innovative idea “Eye-movement based Speller System” proposed by IIT Palakkad Research Scholars, Praveen K Parashiva and Madhavanunni A N, has been selected as one among hundred best innovative ideas by Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) for the Young Innovation Programme, YIP 2019 – 2022. The project proposed by the research scholars mentored by Professor Vinod Prasad aims to develop an assistive communication device which will enable paralyzed patients to type letters on a monitor using a virtual keyboard controlled by eye movements.

Professor Vinod A Prasad, Electrical Engineering Dept., IIT Palakkad, has been appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE).