Hyderabad, Sept. 2 -- As International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) enters the 25th year since its founding in 1998, the institute launched its silver jubilee celebrations with a Distinguished Lecture series that featured an inaugural session by Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao, founder of the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) who spoke on "Institution Building - Some Lessons and Reflections".

Dr Rao commended IIITH for being a true public institute, and for research and innovation for being part of its DNA, which helped it reach where it is today. Quoting Albert Einstein he said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge". He mentioned that India is a country of disparities that doesn't allow many opportunities, a...