IIT Madras Pravartak Collabs With French University to Launch Aviation Safety Management Course
IIT Madras Pravartak Collabs With French University to Launch Aviation Safety Management Course...
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IIT Madras to launch first international centre in Dubai, focusing on AI and innovation...
CHENNAI, 22nd October 2024: Dr. Yann LeCun, Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, delivered Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ (IIT Madras) ‘Prof. Subra...
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
Iconic changemaker. A man of many innovations...
IIT Madras professor awarded highest recognition by International Construction Materials Body...
IIT Madras startup may give life to hyperloop dreams...
IIT Madras researchers develop AI-powered ultrasound scanner for sports injury diagnosis...
IIT Madras research group targets 1 GT in CO2 reduction by 2035...
Infosys to invest Rs 17 crore in IIT M-incubated spacetech startup GalaxEye...
IIT Madras launches Diabetes Research Centre with Distinguished Alumnus Funding in the presence of U.S. Consul General...
MeitY approves Mindgrove's proposal to develop second chip under DLI scheme...
IIT Madras and CERT Collaborate to Lead Global Innovation and Education Excellence Forward...
IIT Madras, Ford partner on road safety for young drivers post MoRTH study...
Airtel Africa Foundation unveils ‘Airtel Africa Fellowship Program’ to empower students at IIT Madras Zanzibar...
Code, IIT madras opens registration for certificate programme on emobility (Cpoem)-cohort 6...
IIT Madras partners with National Defence College to offer Executive MBA in ‘Strategic Leadership & Public Policy’...
IIT Madras Hosts SWAYAM Plus National Workshop – ‘SkillScape 2024’...
US govt to partner with IIT Madras Research Park for solar, green hydrogen...
IIT Madras, IIT Ropar partner to expand opportunities for Data Science students...
IIT Madras Welcomes Daere Akobo and Delegation from PANA Holdings for Strategic Discussions on Africa’s Energy Future...
IITM alumni-run GalaxEye plans to launch sat constellation next year...
CMC, IIT-Madras make physiotherapy robot for stroke survivors...
Titan Company, IITM Sign MoU to Drive Innovation and Social Impact...
IIT Madras announces winners of 'ideas to Impact' national eco-innovative contest...
Hyundai Motor India to establish Hydrogen Innovation Centre at IITM Thaiyur campus...
IIT Madras and Zero Accident Day Campaign: What's the plan?...
India-Israel join hands for new water technology centre at IIT Madras...
CMD, PFC Inaugurates Research Anatomy Laboratory at IIT Madras under CSR Initiative...
India’s first abrasive waterjet unveiled by IIT-M director...
Will IIT Madras's Hyperloop Research Revolutionize Transportation In The Country?...
IIT Madras conducts workshop for Karnataka police to improve road accident investigations...
IITM plans to set up quantum hub in Chennai...
IIT Madras Alumnus Donates ₹228 Crore for a Noble Cause...
CODE, IIT MADRAS OPENS REGISTRATION FOR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ON MOTORS & CONTROLLERS – COHORT 2...
IIT Madras partners with IDBI Bank to launch cybersecurity lab...
IIT Madras study proposes art-based therapies to boost employee performance...
Flexibility Ingrained In Engineering Solutions ...
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
IITM to Lead Comprehensive Drainage and Water Body Analysis in Chennai...
India must solve problems in a unique manner; then we can solve similar problems globally: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala...
Researchers at IIT Madras come up with climate model for Indian regions...
IIT-M Archive centre documents rich 65-year-old history...
Mr. Neeraj Mittal inaugurates CoE on ‘Classical and Quantum Communications for 6G’...
ISRO Chief Gets His PhD From IIT-Madras: "A Village Boy's Dream Fulfilled"...
IIT Madras holds 61st convocation, over 2,600 students graduate...
IIT-M is chasing the quantum realm with diamonds...
IIT-Madras partners with Tel Aviv University to offer water quality course...
"VR Wave is going to be bigger than AI/ML": Prof M Manivannan from IIT Madras...
What made IIT Madras the best technology institute in India...
SLASSCOM and IIT Madras Pravartak ink MoU to boost startup ecosystem in Sri Lanka...
IIT Madras partners with firms to offer employability-focused programs on ‘SWAYAM Plus’...
IIT Madras to conduct 'Sports Tech start Up Conclave' on July 12 and 13 in Delhi...
IIT Madras launches free course on creative thinking using math, apply by Aug 9...
TNPCB and IIT- Madras to implement AI technology to monitor landfill fires, lake quality...
What's the Hydrogen Valley Innovation Hub at IIT Madras?...
University of Leeds and IIT Madras to launch Joint Centre of Excellence in Sustainability...
IIT Madras Boosts Academic Flexibility and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Students...
Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep underwater...
Mr. Prem Watsa Donates $5 Million To IIT Madras For Brain Research Advancement...
IIT-Madras starts sports excellence-based admissions in UG programmes...
IIT-Madras launches BTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics; admissions through JEE...
IIT Madras develops universal battery charger for electric vehicles...
Astronauts' health focus of study on multidrug-resistant pathogens...
Digital devices to keep tabs on your pet’s oxygen level, heart rate...
IIT-M researchers show that natural minerals are broken by water droplets to form nanoparticles...
Over 25,000 applications received for IIT-M’s online BS data science programme...
CODE, IIT Madras opens registration for Certificate Program on Quantum Computing - cohort 2...
IIT-Madras partners with ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems...
IIT Madras Zanzibar Launches New MTech Course In Ocean Structures...
IIT-Madras incubated AgniKul launches world’s first 3D printed, semicryogenic rocket engine...
IIT Madras partners with SilTerra Malaysia for silicon photonic processor chips...
HealthTech Accelerator Launched at IIT Madras...
IIT Madras Launches SHELL IITM Centre for Energy Research...
IIT Madras joins hands with music maestro Illayaraja to set up Centre for Music Learning and Research...
Program Objectives This program is for students entering grade 11 or 12 in 2024. At this stage, students are looking at what kind of fields to pursue, keeping their strengths...
IIT Madras Places Over 80% of BTech/Dual Degree Students And More Than 75% of Master’s students...
IIT Madras, Birmingham University launch joint master's programme in sustainable energy...
IIT Madras to host SPIC MACAY’s 9th International Convention from 20-26 May 2024...
IIT Madras start-up develops first Aatmanirbhar Secure IoT Microprocessor...
IIT Madras and Sambalpur University, Odisha to collaborate for research on AI and green tech...
Cutting costs with green buildings...
IIT Madras raises 'historic' funding of ₹513 crore for FY-24, contributors include FedEx, Walmart...
Call for applications to the first batch is open and last date to register for the selection test on 7th July 2024, is 26th May 2024 Indian Institute of Technology...
Indian startup the ePlane to develop electric air taxi prototype by March 2025...
Inside India’s XR revolution...
Indian Ocean & Bay of Bengal Potential CO2 sinks: IIT Madras study...
IIT Madras unveils top 25 teams for Carbon Zero Challenge 4.0, advancing sustainability startups...
IIT Madras claims top slot in patents; count more than doubled in FY24...
IIT Madras Hosts Global Hyperloop Conference...
IIT Madras celebrates 65th Institute Day, felicitates alumni, faculty, and student achievers...
This course gives a comprehensive view of materials, characterisation, and how it is applied to battery and battery integration with vehicles....
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
After graduating from IIT Madras, he could have easily got a high-paying job in an MNC. However, he set his sights on clearing the highly-sought UPSC exam....
This collaboration seeks to bridge the skill gap among underprivileged students and support underserved youth, women, and job seekers from tier 2 & 3 cities. ...
The initiative boosts the United National Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-3), which calls for health and well-being for all....
IIT Madras Invites Applications From School Students For Stockholm Water Prize...
Planys secures Rs 43 cr funding led by ace investor Ashish Kacholia...
IIT Madras Launches Research Foundation to Drive Global Aspirations...
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
IIT Madras launches Mobility and Intelligent Transportation collaborative. ...
IIT-M provides ‘The Wellness Community Centre’ facility for students in campus...
India's homegrown microprocessors claim 'generation minus one' benchmarking...
French firm partners with IIT Madras to set up €100 million fund to support startups...
IIT Madras offers brain research platform Neuro Voyager...
AI can empower the poor: IIT Madras researchers...
IIT-M opens doors for Class XII students outside maths group for online BS data science programme...
Chennai Super Kings partners with IIT Madras...
IIT Madras Develops India's Most Customizable, Indigenously Developed Electric Standing Wheelchair...
From red mud to riches. . Turning bauxite residue into resource...
IIT Madras targets reaching 50,000 Govt Schools by 2026 through its Science Popularization Program in Vernacular Languages...
IIT Madras CODE in collaboration with Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras launches short-term certificate programs in the AI Domain...
LTIMindtree Fast-Tracks India’s Quantum Mission with IBM and IIT Madras...
“Let Youngsters Choose”: Preeti Aghalayam, Director-In-Charge, IIT Madras Zanzibar...
From Dream to Reality: IIT Professor Details Development of e200, India's First Flying Taxi...
IIT Madras partners with Vellon Space, an Indian start-up, to advance extra-terrestrial manufacturing R&D...
IIT Madras hosts All India Research Scholars' Summit to bring together Researchers from diverse disciplines across India...
IIT Madras CFI Open House showcases students’ strengths across multiple domains....
How IIT Madras Graduate Sridhar Ramaswamy Rose The Ranks To Lead Snowflake...
IIT Madras Develops Green Technology to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR)...
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
IIT Madras researchers develop AI model to determine the age of a foetus...
IIT-Madras researchers patent use of Indian spices to treat cancer; clinical trials to begin soon...
Education Minister Launches 'SWAYAM Plus' Platform For Enhanced Digital Learning...
Walmart launches Center for Tech Excellence at IIT Madras...
IIT Madras records 92% jump in Indian patents granted during 2023....
Former ESPN VP to head Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Analytics at IIT-M...
IIT Madras starts a 3D Printing Farm with 25+ FabMachines in its New Additive Manufacturing Lab...
IIT Madras hosts technology-led National CSR Summit...
IIT-Madras To Host 7th Edition Of Annual Fundraising Event To Back Early Stage Startups...
IIT Madras, Jharkhand University partners to boost deep-tech disciplines in Jharkhand...
IIT Madras Zanzibar calls for applications for its Second Batch...
IIT Madras & Redington Announce Strategic Alliance to Enhance Supply Chain Expertise through Visiting Chair Professorship...
IIT Madras, Internshala partners to offer hot in-demand skill trainings....
SBI General Insurance & IIT Madras Launch Affordable Breast Cancer Therapy Device...
All eligible BTech students at IIT Madras get financial aid to pursue studies, thanks to alumni and CSR partners...
IIT Madras introduces Sports Quota in UG programmes....
Center for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) of IITM coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras. Through various non-campus programs, IITM CODE facilitates the continuing education initiatives...
Focus should lie on excellence, not ranking: Directors of IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore at ThinkEdu 2024 ...
Forget Fingerprints or Face Recognition, Soon Your Breath Can Be Used To Unlock Smartphones...
IIT Madras receives endowment of Rs 110 crore from Sunil Wadhwani to establish Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI...
CPCL partners with IIT-Madras to produce green hydrogen....
IIT Madras Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre hosts 4th Annual Symposium...
HAL & IIT Madras signed an MoU for virtual/augmented reality aircraft training module for HAL’s Hindustan-228 aircraft....
What if Wiki & ChatGPT have a baby? Perplexed?...
NPTEL-IIT Madras calls for applications for 720 Online Certification Courses for January-April 2024 Semester...
'IIT-Madras' focus on deep tech startups has paid off.'...
IIT Madras' Centre of Excellence for Road Safety launches 'Sanjaya' location intelligence tool in Haryana...
IIT Madras partners with Altair to launch eMobility Simulation Lab...
This product can work on multiple pathological conditions to differentiate between control and disease conditions based on an entirely non-invasive environment Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) researchers have...
IIT-Madras unveils hybrid course to increase water literacy...
IIT Madras and Australia's Deakin University establish joint research academy...
Hyundai Motor India & IIT Madras sign MoU at Global Investors Meet to establish 'Hydrogen Valley Innovation Hub’...
IIT Madras alumnus Suresh Kumar assumes charge as chairman of DVC...
ArcelorMittal partners with IIT Madras to create Hyperloop facility in TN...
IIT Madras students hosts 25th edition of Shaastra, many events on new-age tech planned for silver jubilee celebrations...
IITs Madras, Kanpur find way to recycle waste material from iron ore mining....
IIT Madras Researchers Develop New Generation of Touchscreen Technology that lets user feel the Texture of Images...
IIT Madras researchers engineer plant cells to increase production of Camptothecin, used to cure cancer ...
IIT Madras' Centre of Excellence for Road Safety concludes national-level Hackathon to develop India-specific ADAS products...
IIT Madras develops 3D-Printed Face Implants for patients suffering from Black Fungus along with Zoriox Innovation Labs...
IIT Madras hosts Inter-IIT Tech Meet from 19-22 Dec 2023...
NPTEL-IIT Madras launches specialized Free Courses in Sports Science...
OnePlus launches ‘Never Settle Scholarship Programme’ in collaboration with IIT Madras...
IIT Madras hosts International Conference on Start-ups and Innovations, launches information platform for start-ups and investors to democratize entrepreneurship...
The core foundations of data science and AI come from basic concepts of mathematics, statistics, and computing....
With IIT Madras, Haryana Police to start pilot project in Panchkula for timely medical assistance to accident victims....
'Sparsh Bharati' - a new guide for visually impaired persons...
IIT Madras Review identifies Residential Houses as a major point source of Microplastics Pollution...
IIT Madras Energy Consortium hosts Energy Summit 2023...
The placement process was carried out with equity and inclusivity, with more than 55% of the placed students hailing from socially and economically challenging backgrounds....
This initiative, supported by a five-year grant from FedEx, aims to drive sustainability through digital intelligence, technological advancements, talent, and collaboration....
The three institutions are jointly licensing the 5G RAN technology to TEJAS NETWORKS who will play a vital role in leveraging it for further advancements and commercial applications....
IIT Madras establishes New Centre to provide career guidance services under one umbrella...
Kashi Tamil Sangamam Phase 2 to be held from 17th to 30th December 2023...
The next (r)evolution. Managing human-allied Artificial Intelligence...
IIT Madras enrols 30 candidates for first cricket analytics course...
IIT Madras’ internship drive was conducted in hybrid mode, with international offers coming from companies in the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and The Netherlands....
Envision 2023: IIT Madras Research Park-IESA gear up to host two-day energy conference...
IIT Madras partners with Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research to offer MD-PhD Dual Degree...
IIT-M to help improve monsoon prediction in the Indian subcontinent...
Some of our collective and common aspirations, say those set forth by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), are based on our conviction in the human capacity to bring about a positive change....
IIT Madras Researchers develop Mobile App for Inter-city Goods Logistics...
The conference provided a platform for exchange of knowledge and ideas along with offering opportunities for collaborations for future research and innovation....
Researchers are trying to find ways to cut CO2 emissions in cement, steel and chemical industries as it is easier than to capture CO2 emitted from vehicles....
IIT Madras NPTEL-GATE portal sees a significant increase in student participation to ace the exam...
IIT Madras Board of Governors appoints Ms. G. Thilakavathi IPS as 'Student Ombuds’...
IIT Madras CFI students conduct conclave to showcase cutting-edge technology...
IIT Madras Zanzibar Campus inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar...
Carbon Zero Challenge – IIT-Madras – ₹15L Grant...
IIT Madras conducts 'Sawera' socio-awareness fest to celebrate Happiness...
IIT Madras & Tel Aviv University Researchers develop effective Aerogel-adsorbents to remove trace contaminants from wastewater...
Cohort 2 will start on the 1st of April 2024 and registration is open now...
Suresh, who was reportedly the first Asian-born American to head the National Science Foundation of the US, began his academic journey with an engineering degree from IIT Madras....
CODE, IIT Madras offers a 6-month certificate programme on eMobility (CPoeM)...
IIT Madras partners with deep-tech venture studio, IndusDC to boost start-ups in decarbonisation technology...
Now, portable sterilisation system will allow dentists to treat more people in rural, remote areas...
Silicon Photonics Research Centre of Excellence launched at IIT Madras...
The sequence data from the "CoE on Cancer Genomics and Molecular Therapeutics" will help develop an India-specific cancer genome database, which is critical to identify and develop biomarkers for early detection and understanding the drug response....
IIT Madras Faculty Dr. KC Sivaramakrishnan has been conferred the 'SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award' recently....
IIT Madras is taking basic and advanced scientific and engineering concepts to rural schools of Tamil Nadu to provide hands-on learning of scientific concepts to the students....
The MoU is aimed to facilitate the digital transformation of the Indian judiciary, aligning it with the vision for a more efficient and technologically advanced legal ecosystem to improve access to justice....
IIT-M Research Park plans to go 90% renewable by year-end...
IIT Madras focuses on technology to help disabled...
IIT Madras Hosts Water Security and Climate Adaptation Conference...
IIT Madras organises cleanliness drive under 'Swachhta Hi Seva' campaign at Elliot's Beach...
The School of Sustainability seeks to address global issues while also targeting Indian challenges, emphasising human capacity building and industry partnerships for holistic solutions....
IIT Madras honoured twelve of its alumni in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who played a pivotal role in the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission....
The team, which won praise from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is close to testing the first prototype, the 400-metre-long tube, which is under construction at the moment....
The 'IGBC Green Campus' is a rating system and certification programme developed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to promote sustainable and environment-friendly practices in educational institutions and corporate campuses in India....
IIT Madras Pravartak partners with Simplilearn to train students on digital skills...
The Innovation Sutras | Impact creates impact! (Sutra 5): Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal...
IIT Madras develops user-friendly heavy metal detector for soil and water...
IIT Madras' Centre for Memory Studies launches 'MovingMemory' app...
M/s Solinas Integrity Private Limited, a private establishment, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have jointly provided a modern machine worth Rs 30 lakh for Madurai municipality....
To commemorate the occasion, a Symposium on Responsible AI for Networks of the Future was organized where leaders from Ericsson Research and IIT Madras participated to discuss the developments and advancements in the field of Responsible AI....
This is part of the 'Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster in Tamil Nadu' (HVIC-TN) initiative, which comprises nearly 30 companies working in the hydrogen sector, IIT Madras Research Park, Guidance Tamil Nadu and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) besides a few consulates....
India will become the global "Metaverse Corridor" thanks to efforts of eXperiential Technology Innovation Center (XTIC) of IIT Madras....
The campaign was inaugurated during the National Level Water Conclave - 2K23 held with the theme of Sustainable Agriculture with millet focus, water conservation and rainwater harvesting in Industrial sectors...
It has been developed by the engineers of the Centre for Excellence for Road Safety, Hyundai, and Isuzu and is equipped with features to quickly extract and transport victims from the site of accidents....
IIIT Hyderabad Appoints Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala as New Chairman...
IIT Madras trains Chennai traffic police on scientific crash investigation...
IIT-Madras establishes Chair to explore urban mining for sustainable, circular economy...
'Achievement is not linked to marks': IITM director, V Kamakoti on his journey from scoring poorly in his entrance test to becoming JEE chairperson...
IIT Madras' AMTDC partners with Fifth Generation Technologies to develop AI based Smart Manufacturing Solutions for small industries....
Pragyan rover finds sulphur on Moon. IIT professor, part of mission, explains how...
IIT Madras Students' Autonomous Surface Boat Finishes in the top three in the Global Njord Challenge 2023 in Norway...
Chandrayaan-3 Rover is Out: Scientists Behind ISRO Moon Mission and Their Educational Background...
The Innovation Sutras | Working at intersections brings synthesis (Sutra 4)...
IIT Madras & German scientists explore the interaction between two cyclones & predicts cyclone merging...
IIT Madras developing smart training solutions in bid to ‘help India bag at least 25 gold medals in next 10 years’...
Team Avishkar stands as the only non-European team to be nominated in several award categories in this competition....
IIT Madras along with one of its incubated startups has developed a new software solution aimed at protecting 5G telecom networks. The technology will scan for vulnerabilities in 5G telecom networks and reduce network downtime....
Hyderabad girl Panuganti Sai Bhargavi lived her IIT dream and explored the various opportunities offered by the institute, be it technical fests or being a part of the IIT Madras' pre-incubator Nirmaan....
The 'IITM Pravartak Datathon 2023 Grand Challenge' involved IIT Madras students competing with their peers on developing cutting-edge solutions to real-world problems....
The Zanzibar campus is expected to onboard 50 undergraduate and 20 post-graduate students in October for bachelor’s and master’s degrees in data science and AI. The academic offerings are expected to be expanded in 2024....
Agnikul's offices at the IIT Madras' satellite campus are going to be the 'Uber for satellites', offering easy access to space with ride-sharing options as a means to reduce costs....
Joint admission test for Masters (JAM) 2024 will be organized by Indian Institute of Technology Madras....
Chandrasekhar emphasized the government’s vision for DIR-V which currently aims to build a robust ecosystem for RISC-V with effective public-private partnership and collaborations with premiere academic institutions like IIT Madras....
This hybrid program combines web-enabled courses in Petroleum Engineering, Renewable energies and Hydrogen Energy, addressing industry requirements. With a rigorous academic curriculum and state-of-the-art research facilities, the program prepares students for success in the field....
This initiative by IIT-Madras's Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS), shall bring a more organized structure among the driver training institutes and schools and introduce a wide span of vocation and employment of more skilled trainers....
These teams were shortlisted from 25 teams from all over India that made it through the initial rounds and will receive start-up seed funding of up to Rs. 10 lakh each....
Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a computational approach called 'MultiCens' to understand interactions between genes responsible for inter-organ communication within the body....
The Chief Guest was Hon'ble Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras, presided over the Convocation in the presence of Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, faculty, staff and students....
Imagine a pod or compartment of passengers that runs inside a tube in partial vacuum and ferries them from Chennai to Bengaluru — a distance of around 350 km — in just 30 minutes....
Amid the scepticism around the metaverse taking off, immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are widely adopted for consumer and enterprise applications....
IIT Madras has implemented key features of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 through various initiatives including 'IIT Madras for All', BS Degree (Data Science and Applications) as well as through Inter-Disciplinary Dual Degree (IDDD) programs....
The students at Indian Institute of Madras brought laurels for their institution and India their Team Abhyuday participating at the Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, United States, saw their rocket soar into the sky. ...
In partnership with Titan, IIT-Madras has rolled out a first-of its-kind, six weeklong course titled 'Memory Studies in Industry Contexts' exclusively to senior and midlevel managers of the company....
Preethi Srinivasan, a PhD student of IIT-Madras, recently shone at an international conference hosted by Liverpool Hope University in the United Kingdom, where she presented her research paper....
For his contribution to the field of Cyber Security and to India's first indigenous computer 'Shakti'. Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University, NS Santhosh Kumar handed over the Sir JC Bose lifetime achievement....
Having taught at IIT-Madras for 25 years, Aghalayam is preparing to lead its new campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania, this October, as its director in-charge, becoming the first woman to head one of the prestigious IITs....
Prof. B Ravindran faculty at IIT Madras speaks to NDTV on the future of Robotics and AI...
IIT Madras scientists develop a prototype to use seawater for green hydrogen production....
IIT Madras hosted the 40th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2023) from 3rd to 9th July 2023....
IIT Madras Pravartak will skill engineering students with proven skilling programmes that bridge the gap between academia and industry....
The MoU entails a range of opportunities for both institutions, including student and faculty exchanges. Initially, the exchange program will facilitate the transfer of approximately 10 students and faculty members each year at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels....
IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies, Vidya Shakti to bring education to 100 villages in Varanasi with 'Online Classes & VR’....
Rupesh Nasre learnt the art of teaching from his students. The 43-year-old associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras was recently awarded the 'Srimathi Marti Annapurna Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching' at the 64th Institute Day....
The Industry Day hosted a Workshop that deliberated on the two key areas of 'Energy efficiency' and 'Carbon Trading.'...
The visit by the Tanzanian delegation aims to explore and learn from IIT Madras' experiences and best practices in fostering entrepreneurship, supporting the growth of startup ecosystems and addressing specific challenges....
IIT Madras researchers devise a mathematical model that promises equal benefits to both farmers & agri-firms...
IIT-M launches 'National Center for Assistive Health Technologies'...
10 award-winning women professors from IIT Madras and their remarkable achievements...
IIT Madras raises Rs 231 cr in funding from alumni, firms, donors in FY23...
V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, ponders on the thrust areas in engineering that are for the societal and country’s benefit....
Elaborating on the findings of the research, IIT-M professor Raghunathan Rengaswamy said that the mobile air quality sensors would find extensive use in both personal and public health initiatives....
Join IITMAA's Life-Saver Group Medical Insurance Scheme and avail the benefits as we celebrate our Fourteenth year of successful operation. Don't miss out, join by 30th June 2023!...
Through this program, the fundamentals of quantum computing will be introduced to a wider group of professionals and they will be equipped with the necessary tools required to become an active part of the emerging quantum ecosystem....
“Journey to Eminence” is a film made to mark the inauguration of the renovated Heritage Centre IIT Madras and the ‘81 theatre...
V Prem Watsa is an Indian businessman and a graduate of IIT Madras, who moved to Canada with next to nothing and worked his way to the top, becoming the richest Indian in Canada and one of the leading businessmen in the country....
Researchers from the Department of Physics at IIT-Madras have developed critical components for a highly efficient, cost-effective way to electrolyze seawater to generate hydrogen....
IIT Madras is organising a 'Demo Day' where JEE 2023 aspirants can visit and experience the campus for a special one-day experience....
The course is designed for working professionals who are looking to acquire basic exposure and awareness in eMobility....
The institute has bagged the first place in the 'overall' category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings for the fifth year in a row, and has also been placed first in the engineering category for the eighth year in a row....
In a feat without precedence in Indian Higher Education, IIT Madras held on its No. 1 ranking in the 'Overall' category for the Fifth Consecutive Year and in 'Engineering' Category for the Eight Consecutive Year, right from the first edition of the Rankings in 2016....
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is finalising guidelines for foreign universities to open their campuses in India. But why does the government want this, and what can we expect from the foreign varsities?...
The program focuses on building analytical foundations initially and then takes a deep dive in various practical applications, thereby offering a comprehensive perspective on most of the operations and supply chain problems faced by the industry today....
IIT Madras incubated deep tech startup TuTr Hyperloop is collaborating with the institute to develop Intellectual Property (IP) in hyperloop technology....
Launched in 2020, this Program has evolved as one of the top non-campus degree programs in India with more than 16,500 students currently enrolled....
Isolated and confined to her home, she wrote and cleared all her semesters remotely, with IIT-M extending a long helping hand to the gifted Afghani woman whose name means paradise....
The IoE Scheme was launched by the Government of India to empower Higher Educational Institutions to become world-class teaching and research institutions. It has established several research initiatives in diverse fields with funds from IoE grants....
IIT Madras has established a Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI), an interdisciplinary research centre, to ensure ethical and responsible development of AI-based solutions in the real world....
The Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE), IIT Madras, is launching a 6-month online certificate course on Construction Technology and Management for Industry Professionals. This course is expected to...
What’s after Class 12? It’s IIT-Madras for this Chennai Corporation girl who lost her father...
IIT Madras Researchers Develop Materials and Micro Device processing technologies for Underwater Acoustic Sensors...
IIT Madras launches the Department of Medical Sciences & Technology...
A key objective of this new centre would be to ensure the implementation of Israel's best technologies being practised in a tailor-made context for the Indian requirements and work on sustainable management solutions for the Indian water sector....
Being a mother is an arduous profession in itself that entails more than just the responsibility of a single woman; it often involves juggling multiple roles....
IIT Madras has established a Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI), an interdisciplinary research centre, to ensure ethical and responsible development of AI-based solutions in the real world....
Signal Processing Signals are used for communication of information about some behavior or nature of some physical phenomenon, such as temperature and pressure. In the mathematical form, it is a...
My IITM Story Most of all IIT Madras taught me to be courageous. To be bold enough to take the path less taken. Even though it's been 6 years since I...
42 Rites of Passage 42 What’s in a number? Well, 42 happens to be the answer to life, the universe, and everything, as Douglas Adams proclaimed in his novel “The...
Memories of IIT-M My fondest memory of IIT-Madras, surprisingly, had nothing to do with the curriculum. The memory that stands out among many is the Inter-Hostel Sports Competition. This annual...
Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE, formerly CCE) IIT Madras, which coordinates all non-campus academic & outreach activities from IIT Madras, has launched a series of certification programs in...
IIT-M Incubation Cell partners with the College of Engineering Trivandrum...
IIT Madras Researchers Develop Machine Learning Tool to detect Tumour in the Brain & Spinal Cord...
IIT Madras hosts National Workshop on Next Generation Laser Technologies...
Union Minister Shri. Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates IIT Madras state-of-the-art Research Facility at its Discovery Campus...
IIT Madras unlocks levels 3, 4 of free online maths course...
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon'ble Minister of State for Electronics & IT, inaugurates state-of-the-art Research Lab at IIT Madras...
Carbon sink. Supercritical carbon dioxide can flush out oil from depleting wells....
IIT-Madras researchers develop portable screening device to assess risk of cardiovascular diseases....
IIT Madras starts Wellness Session series for students...
IIT Madras Celebrates 64th Institute Day, felicitates Alumni, Faculty and Student Achievers...
How large language models are making ads more effective...
The Innovation Sutras | (Sutra 1) Innovation bridges the gap between ideas and practical implementation: Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal...
IIT Madras commercialises state-of-the-Art Software for Photoelastic Analysis and Simulation...
IIT Madras Researchers developing Virtual Reality-based Education Model for Rural Schools...
‘There’s more to engineering than IT jobs that offer the promise of a golden ticket’, writes IIT Madras professor....
World Solar Challenge: Bridgestone Collaborates With IIT-M To Develop Solar-EV Hybrid Car...
IIT Madras 'Entrepreneurship Summit 2023' to feature more than 800 Start-ups & 5000 students from across India...
Hon'ble TN CM Thiru. M.K. Stalin inaugurates IIT Madras initiative to connect 1 Lakh Govt. school students to Electronic Sciences...
IIT Madras BS Degree Program and NPTEL launch Data Science Contest on IPL Cricket Matches...
IIT Madras faculty to teach upper primary students in Varanasi...
IIT Madras Researchers to develop Eco-Friendly technology to upcycle Paddy Waste and manufacture supercapacitors...
IIT Madras developed paper test kit that instantly detects chemicals, and adulterants in milk, juices...
Student fests: Where future leaders are grown and citizenry informed: Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula...
IIT Madras researchers develop database on coronavirus antibodies...
IIT Madras to develop 'Extended Reality' (XR) centre for Steel Authority of India (SAIL)...
Inside IIT Madras: Institute may work on regional alternative to ChatGPT, says director V Kamakoti...
IIT Madras CFI Open House 2023 showcases 70 student-led Tech Projects...
M.Tech. M.Sc. & M.A. PROGRAMMES : The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is known globally for excellence in technical education, basic and applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and industrial consultancy. The...
IIT Madras working on AI solution for text to speech translation of Indian languages: V Kamakoti...
Driverless vehicle 'Bolt' to take you around IIT-Madras...
Centralised common research facilities to come up in IIT-M...
Researchers from IIT Madras, South African universities work to reuse construction debris in new structures...
IIT Madras' Centre of Excellence for Road Safety partners with SNS Foundation for unique, technology-driven Road Safety Research and Interventions...
Hon'ble Education Minister Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan launches IIT Madras four-year Bachelor of Science in Electronic Systems...
The responsibility to ensure better inclusion of women: Prof. Preeti Aghalayam of IIT-M speaks about greater inclusion of women in STEM fields...
IIT Madras to collaborate with Denmark on Next Generation Fuels and Energy Systems under Indo-Danish Green Strategic Partnership...
IIT Madras to host 50 Students from Tripura under 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' North East Yuva Sangam Initiative...
Hon'ble Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates new facility of the Centre for Innovation at IIT Madras...
IIT Madras, Jadavpur University & Northwestern University researchers show that controlling aerosolization of mucous & vaccination can help prevent serious outcomes of COVID-19 infection...
IIT Madras offers a 6-month certification course on eMobility and Electric Vehicle Engineering...
Meet Prabhakar Raghavan, IIT Madras distinguished alumnus spearheading Google's war with ChatGPT...
IIT Madras partners with General Insurance Corporation of India to develop a novel Urine-based Tuberculosis diagnosis technology...
IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Hari Balakrishnan [1993/BT/CS] was awarded the top honor within the field of communications technology: the 2023 Marconi Prize....
Learn Deep Learning and AI from Eminent IIT Madras Faculty: IITM Pravartak Launches Certificate Programme in DL and AI with Emeritus...
IIT-Madras startup helps space missions to cut costs...
IIT Madras Research Park hosts ‘Techno Central’ intelligence & creativity contests for 2,500 Kids...
Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Hon'ble MoS for Education, inaugurates Public Policy Workshop at IIT Madras...
IIT Madras Professor RI Sujith from India elected as an International Member of US National Academy of Engineering...
IIT Madras launches minor stream in 'Personal and Professional Development'...
IIT Madras calls upon Indo-Pacific countries to boost ties in space sector...
Combining fun of campus, with online courses; IIT Madras set ...
IIT Madras to develop astronaut training module using AR/VR/MR for Indian Space Flight Programs...
Leather Skill Council launches Virtual Reality Training, Signs MoU with IIT Madras...
IIT Madras was selected to receive a Grant of Rs. 242 Cr for undertaking research on Lab Grown Diamonds in Budget 2023...
Cargill announces Scholarship for IIT Madras BS Degree Students...
IIT Madras organizes G20 Conference on Digital Technologies in Education...
Union ministers test 'BharOS' operating system developed by IIT-Madras...
Life in an IIT: 'Organising fest to assisting professors, how IIT Madras is grooming me'; a BTech student's story...
IIT Madras 1972 Batch funds Parkinson's Therapeutics Lab...
IIT Madras hosts G20 University Connect Lecture Series...
IIT Madras-incubated Firm develops Indigenous Atmanirbhar Mobile Operating System...
Tata Steel sets up Centre for Innovation in Mobility at IIT Madras Research Park...
IIT-Madras researchers lend a new narrative to AngloIndian...
IIT Madras Hosts National Symposium For Children With Specific Learning Disabilities...
The objective was to generate ideas and debate on avenues to commercialise translational research and create socio-economic impact through deep-tech startups....
For Agnikul Cosmos, a Chennai-based space tech startup incubated at IIT-Madras, 2022 was a year full of standout landmarks. ...
Saarang 2023, IIT Madras' cultural extravaganza, in its 28th edition, is back in a full-fledged physical mode for the first time after the Covid-19 pandemic, with close to 100 events held from January 11 to 15....
IIT-Madras alumni builds Kolkata’s first 3D printed office...
Budget 2023: A Common Pool of Science Infra To Spur R&D...
IIT Madras researchers highlight extensive CO2 emissions due to buildings alone over the next two decades...
IIT Madras CoE working with DRDO on Advanced Defence Technologies including Combat Vehicle Technologies...
The meet, hosted by a different IIT every year, was not conducted for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the event is to give students a platform to display their skills by participating in a variety of events organised by different clubs at IITM....
Despite returning to this competition after a break of two years, our contingent showed why IIT Madras is, and will remain, one of the strongest teams at Inter IIT....
IIT Madras professor Thalappil Pradeep Padma Shri awardee has won the VinFuture Prize, one of the largest ever annual prizes globally, for his low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic from...
Mitsubishi Electric India Power Semiconductors has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras Research Park to support the institute’s programs for sustainable technology research and development....
IIT Madras Researchers have developed a statistical approach that can characterize subsurface rock structure and detect petroleum and hydrocarbon reserves....
IIT Madras announces top 30 Teams of Carbon Zero Challenge 2022 to develop Eco-Friendly Technology...
IIT Madras professor working on next gen sensor that can improve medical imaging technology...
Google grants $1 million to IIT-Madras AI research centre...
IIT Madras 1981 Class donates largest-ever Legacy Gift of Electric Bus fleet to the Institute...
With less than 100 documented cases worldwide, GNB1 Encephalopathy is a kind of brain disease or neurological disorder which affects individuals in the foetus stage....
The motorised wheelchair developed by NeoMotion is a completely indigenous 'made in India' device that has been designed factoring in the Indian conditions to be a high-quality yet affordable product....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has launched a new interdisciplinary dual degree (IDDD) program on ‘Quantitative Finance’ for B.Tech dual degree students....
IIT Madras organises 'Sports Carnival' for persons with disabilities...
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates National Center for Precision Medicine in Cancer set up with CSR Support from Karkinos Healthcare as well as the ‘CAMS IIT-M Fintech Innovation Lab’ established in partnership with Computer Age Management Services (CAMS) Limited...
Financiers now back renewable energy projects more, says study...
Taking a bet on the use of new-age tech in healthcare, Kauvery Hospital Group, has invested an undisclosed sum for a minority stake in IIT-Madras incubated startup MediSim VR...
Memorandum of Understanding signed with the prestigious IITM...
IIT Madras generates power from sea waves, aims to go commercial by 2024...
IIT-Madras institute has recorded the highest ever pre-placement offers this year, which is nearly 10 per cent higher than last year’s figure of 407....
The tailor-made online programme for qualified engineers from technology companies has already gained popularity with over 600 working professionals having already enrolled for the three-year course....
IIT Madras is trying to democratise IIT education, will open a campus in Tanzania, has consistently been ranked higher than all other IITs, and is doing research on rockets and hyperloop...
Built completely by students Team Raftar, the formula car 'RF23' is the result of a one-year-long process in which the team undertook the Design, Manufacturing, and Testing. ...
Professor V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, and Professor Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Birmingham, signed a collaborative Statement of Intent to explore study areas including data science, energy systems, and biomedical engineering....
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), in association with the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, has developed a continuous marine water quality monitoring station (CMWQMS) at the port....
IIT Madras has won the Best Patent Portfolio Academic Institution Award in CII IP Awards 2022. Earlier IIT Madras last month was granted the Intellectual Property Award 2021 and 2022 for being the top Academic Institution of India....
IIT Madras, Pravartak Technologies Foundation is organizing a two-week course on 'Advanced Quantum Computing' with hands-on training on IBM QISKIT....
The impact of the slowdown which is delaying the onboarding process of many engineering graduates in the state has not affected the pre-placement offers (PPOs) at IIT Madras, which recorded an increase of 44% in such offers as compared to the previous year....
Anaivarukkum IITM (IIT Madras for All) is an initiative for students from economically weaker sections of society....
IIT Madras is inviting applications for registration to its flagship Tech and Innovation (TIF) Fair, ‘Shaastra’. In this fair, the participants will get a chance to showcase their scientific creations and innovations. ...
IIT Madras has developed and operationalised a new regional climate model for Tamil Nadu that promises localised and accurate rainfall forecasts for an area as specific as Chennai corporation ward....
IIT Madras organised an annual festival called Samanvay 2022 under the theme, ‘Revolutionizing Management with AI:...
Sutherland, an experience-led digital transformation company, is partnering with IIT Madras to support the education of 10,000 students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds through their Corporate Citizens program, Sutherland's global corporate social responsibility initiative....
Those who graduate with a BS degree would be eligible to appear for GATE and pursue MTech in India or apply for postgraduate degrees offered by foreign universities....
This programme is expected to provide a platform for young and talented entrepreneurs to develop products/services in the marine space with financial support provided by CSL...
The two institutions will also be undertaking international cooperation in education and research in the areas of semiconductors and microelectronics....
The aim is to promote and motivate young students to solve real-world problems using critical thinking and innovation....
IIT Madras researchers jointly with a farmer’s NGO have developed a unique, efficient and cost-effective agricultural transportation system that addresses labour shortage, a major issue faced by Indian farmers....
IIT Madras generated over Rs. 1,000 crore in funding and revenue in a financial year for the first time in its history during 2021-22....
Sadham Usean Ramasamy, a PhD scholar student at IIT-Madras, has invented a machine that can safely rescue children fallen and trapped in borewells. He explains how the device works....
Being organized by the GoI as a part of "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" and to uphold the Spirit of "Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat", the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, will be a month-long program in which people from TN belonging to 12 different clusters will be taken on an educational tour to Varanasi as special guests....
Today, this course is offered to roughly 1,200 first-year students annually, both in person and online. ...
IIT Madras launched a campaign name ‘Punch the Plastic’ which deploys a new method to collect clean and dry plastic packaging for recycling on campus....
The researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, studying microwave inverse imaging, said the technique has wide applications in early breast cancer detection, medical imaging, non-destructive testing and evaluation, and concealed weapon detection at security checkpoints....
Keeping a packed audience of students at the Music Academy in thrall, the Swiss astronomer, who won the physics Nobel in 2019, said, "Bringing back rocks from Mars is very exciting and studying isotopes may reveal more about the Earth." ...
Now, you can touch the images on your screen and feel them by getting a sensation of their texture. This is not science fiction but a claim made by the researchers at the IIT Madras...
IIT Madras has been awarded the Intellectual Property Award 2021 and 2022 for being the top Academic Institution of India for a number of patents filing, grants and commercialization. The award was presented to the IIT Madras Director, Prof. V. Kamakoti by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal. ...
These projects are from diverse fields such as Telecommunications and Biotechnology to rehabilitative devices for the differently-abled. They are significant technological innovations that are poised to make a social impact on the community at large....
A video that shows a monkey riding on a deer's back inside the IIT Madras campus is going viral on social media. It has left netizens laughing out loud and may leave you grinning from ear to ear....
IIT Madras has offered 7 upskilling courses in Banking and Finance. The courses are available for candidates who have completed their bachelor's degree....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and US Consulate will host a three-day international conclave titled ‘Space Technology’ from October 15-18...
Indian Institute of Technology Madras hosted Shri Shashi Tharoor, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram Constituency, and Chairman of the Standing committee on Information Technology, for a fireside chat on 6th October 2022 with Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Alumni and Corporate Relations)....
The National Centre for Combustion Research & Development (NCCRD) has supported seven deeptech startups since 2016, including the likes of Agnikul Cosmos and The ePlane Company....
A diamond-like carbon coating from IIT-Madras promises to make the insides of gun barrels tough and friction-free. DRDO is developing special coatings to reduce friction heat in gun barrels...
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) researchers have developed an indigenous equipment to safely dismantle explosive shells and ammunition....
Satish Pai has been Managing Director of Hindalco Industries since 2016 and Chief Executive Officer of their Aluminium Business since 2013....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have shown that spike protein vaccines may be effective against several variants of SARS-CoV-2....
The process of drying of a little drop of fluid can tell scientists a whole story. For about two decades now, the 'coffee ring effect' has been known as when a drop of spilt coffee dries up, the outermost edge of the dried drop is a little darker than the centre, forming a darker ‘ring'....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras are studying mixing diesel with gasoline for better performance of diesel engines....
Specific areas of collaboration will include autonomous robotics systems, industrial Internet of Things, digital twins and advanced automotive technologies such as electric mobility services....
This is a unique model of alumni volunteering and engagement for societal impact, to achieve enhanced e-governance services across India....
Under the CSR initiative of Kotak Mahindra Bank, satellite centres would be set up at IIT Bombay, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Indore and IIT Ropar as well. The aim of this venture is to encourage the adoption of various energy conservation measures in the micro, small and medium enterprises sector....
The minister also visited the 5G Test Bed for a demonstration, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Development Centre, the Rocket Factory of IIT Madras-based start-up Agnikul Cosmos, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre and the IIT Madras Incubation Cell at the IIT Madras Research Park apart from other research facilities such as Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre and the 3D-printed house in the campus....
The Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE), IIT Madras, is launching a 6-month certificate course on eMobility and Electric Vehicle Engineering for Industry Professionals. This 9-module course, designed for working professionals is conceptualized to deliver a foundational understanding of eMobility and EVs, through a mix of academic excellence and industry insights....
The IIT held a 'Technology for Everyone' CSR conclave in Mumbai on Tuesday that highlighted scope of research at IIT-M as an eligible and valuable investment under CSR....
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence today announced the conclusion of the second edition of InQube, a national-level business quiz, business case and simulation competition organised by its School of Management and Entrepreneurship. ...
As a member of the network, IIT-Madras will get cloud-based access to IBM’s advanced quantum computing systems and quantum expertise to explore practical applications and advance quantum computing skills development and research in India....
In this partnership, researchers from both institutions will work as a team to develop research and advance technology in fields related to energy....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has started the application for the executive MBA degree programme for working professionals. The Executive MBA (EMBA) at IIT Madras has been designed specifically for mid-career working professionals....
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras, is collaborating with Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) to offer a remediation programme for children with dyslexia studying in Tamil medium....
The event at IIT Madras also saw the release of 'MemoryBytes,' the first AR-based mobile app capturing the history and life of the transnational Anglo-Indian community across 500 years....
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) to set up a technology epicenter to identify mid to long-term solutions necessary for the future of Mobility. ...
Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital in association with the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is developing an artificial intelligence-based software to help technicians red flag renal calculi (kidney stones) or to identify malignant tumours in breasts....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras researchers along with Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) in Bellary, Karnataka, are developing a cost-effective boxing analytics platform to increase India's boxing medal tally at the 2024 Olympics....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) alumni have launched 'AskIITM.com,' a website on which IIT Aspirants can directly reach out to IIT Madras Alumni and get answers to questions ranging from placements, faculty and academics to campus culture at IIT Madras....
Dr. Prasad Krishna is a recipient of Kirlosker Gold Medal and Sir M. Visvesvaraya memorial prize from the University of Mysore for securing the first rank in B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (1983) from the then Karnataka Regional Engineering College and now the NIT-K. He received his Master’s degree from IIT Madras and obtained his Doctoral Degree in Manufacturing from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Carbon Zero Challenge's (CZC) next edition is focusing on 'Resource Depletion and Pollution,' which has been accelerated by the crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss....
V O Chidambaranar Port Authority, the State-owned entity that runs the port at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, has mandated the Indian Institute of Technology Madras to build two artificial intelligence/machine learning-based functionalities - prediction and anomaly detection – to enhance ease of doing business and operational efficiency through data science and related technologies at the port....
The company should think about an IPO only in cases where the risks are mitigated to a great extent. Only if you have complete business visibility for three years – from a revenue and profitability perspective – should you venture into the IPO stage to invite retail investors. The best companies are public companies (that allow) everybody to participate in the wealth generation journey....
The vision of HTIC is to develop technologies that create, impact and drive innovation in healthcare and be a leader known for technical excellence and collaborative spirit. “Twin health” is one such incubation based on AI technology that is about reversal of diabetes in a very different way. It is more about listening to the body....
The class of 1978 from IIT Madras has donated Rs 3 crore to their alma mater for enhancing research capabilities. The funding will be utilised to create the "Prakash Endowment" in memory of Prakash Krishnaswamy, from the 1978 batch of the institute who later went to the Kansas State University in the United States of America (USA)....
IIT Madras’ Department of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched a Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems. The Centre will focus on thematic areas, such as mathematics and astronomy in India...
From invisibility cloaks to noise eaters, the world of magic promises to come alive with just the right 'engineering' of metamaterials. People turning invisible by cloaking themselves in a magic blanket has been the stuff of movies for long - from Indian classics like Maya Bazaar to global bestsellers like Harry Potter. But science is making such magic cloaks a reality....
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras, has introduced an online portal for GATE exam preparation, called - NPTEL GATE Portal....
The six-month full-time course comes with placement assurance. With the aim of building skills in engineering graduates, Pravartak Technologies of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has tied up with Sony India Software Centre to offer a skill training programme....
With a total of 1,199 job offers, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has recorded the highest ever number of offers received during campus placements in an academic year. The job offers included 45 international offers from 14 companies including Glean, Micron Technologies, Honda R&D, Cohesity, Da Vinci Derivatives, Accenture Japan, Hilabs Inc, Quantbox Research, MediaTek, Money Forward, Rubrik, Termgrid and Uber....
While IIT Madras has had differently-abled students participate in placement sessions held in previous years, 2021-22 was the first time the institute undertook a "targeted approach" to help them get their deserving job opportunities by compiling a comprehensive database of students with disabilities, mapping job profiles of their interests, and putting them across with to recruiters....
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have conducted a students council election using blockchain technology which is claimed to be the first of its kind to be used in the poll process....
This partnership is expected to result in the development of new collaborative teaching programmes and research in the areas of clinical research, molecular biology and in-vitro cell line studies and health system research besides in exchange of faculty members....
The new national education policy (NEP) released by the government of India in 2020 outlines a grand outlook for the future of education in India, presenting a sweeping vision for the higher education institutions (HEI) in India....
IIT Madras will collaborate with Tamil Nadu government to implement a scientific enforcement approach to road safety. A MoU for this collaboration was signed recently between TN's Special Task Force for Road Safety and IIT-M's Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS)....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras launched the ‘Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat’ to promote the state of Indian language technology with the intention to create a societal impact. This Centre, inaugurated by Nandan Nilekani, is being supported by Rohini and Nandan Nilekani with a grant of Rs 36 crore through Nilekani Philanthropies....
An offshore campus of IIT Madras in Tanzania is among the options on the government’s table as it works on a plan to ensure the country’s premier engineering institutes have a presence on the world map....
Agnikul Cosmos, a space startup incubated at IIT Madras, unveiled its rocket engine facility in Chennai. Chief executive officer of Agnikul Srinath Ravichandran said the company initially plans to fully 3D-print two rocket engines every week, and a total of eight engines per month, which will go into its in-house launch vehicle called Agnibaan....
Founded by IIT Madras professor Satya Chakravarthy, who also serves as the firm’s CTO, it plans to ferry Indians in the country’s first electric flying electric taxi by 2023. As per Chakravarthy, the taxis will make passenger and cargo transport up to 10x quicker....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has received a grant of ₹21 crore to “accelerate fundamental and applied research” in quantum computing. The grant was announced as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IIT Madras and Mphasis, a Bengaluru-based IT solutions company....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has come up with a launch of Smart Manufacturing and Digital Transformation Centre, SMDTC to accomplish world class and self-reliance in manufacturing. It will focus on various things such as Collaborative Research and End-to-End Innovation for Smart Process Intelligence, 5G enablement and Smart Manufacturing Supply Chain Collaboration....
The Chair was named in honour of V Balakrishnan, a former faculty of IIT Madras, and a distinguished Indian theoretical physicist whose expertise spans several fields and areas, including particle physics, many-body theory, and the mechanical behaviour of solids, dynamical systems, stochastic processes, and quantum dynamics....
IIT Madras retained its No. 1 ranking in the 'Overall' category for the Fourth Consecutive Year and in the 'Engineering' Category for the Seventh Consecutive Year....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed an indigenous lifecycle management system for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to reduce the cost of maintenance and rehabilitation of offshore oil platforms....
Dr Kothandaraman Ramanujam of the Department of Chemistry at IIT-Madras notes that "adopting VRFB into the energy distribution chain will ensure continuous power supply from wind and solar farms....
A total of 2,084 students graduated during the 59th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), which was held at the campus on 13th July 2022. As many as 2,620 degrees (including Joint and Dual Degrees) were awarded to the students on the occasion....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (GDC) has won an International award for 'Exemplary Practice in Technology Commercialisation....
India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading industry alliance focused on accelerating adoption of energy storage, e-mobility, green hydrogen & microgrids in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP), Chennai, to collaborate on activities that will foster and support innovations and entrepreneurship ecosystem at IITMRP....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is partnering with JK Fenner (India) Limited, a leading corporate in India, for the Research and Development of a biodegradable alternative to elastomers/rubber products used in the production of various utilitarian items. JK Fenner is providing support for this Research Project as part of its CSR Initiatives....
National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) organized a two-day Capacity Building and Skill Development Programme for Small Licensees....
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a joint initiative of IITs and IISc, has started enrollment for the July 2022 Semester through the SWAYAM platform. NPTEL offers certification courses, taught by the faculty from IITs and IISc and gives an opportunity for interested and motivated learners (students, faculty, working professionals or anyone) to study and get certified from the comfort of their homes....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool, 'PIVOT', that can predict cancer-causing genes in an individual. This tool will ultimately help in devising personalized cancer treatment strategies....
Institute is aiming at Indian Green Building Council certification. The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras would be going in for a green audit of its campus next month. The audit will be done by a third party and a tender has been called already....
Homegrown telecom equipment maker Tejas Networks said the company has appointed Bhaskar Ramamurthi and P. R. Ramesh as Independent (Additional) Directors, effective June 27....
Indian Institute of Technology- Madras (IIT-M) Department of Management Studies (DoMS) said on Monday that its students had recorded 100% campus placements this year for the academic year 2021-22, and the placement drive this year also saw the average salary (CTC) go up by 30.35% to Rs 16.66 lakh per annum....
In an important step towards technology maturation, locally designed and developed aviation high-speed Micro Turbo machines have gone to National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) for testing....
IIT-Madras will launch two-year MA degree programmes in economics, English studies and development studies in the 2023-24 academic year. The institute is already offering five-year integrated MA programmes in development studies and English studies, and it will be restructured into two-year degree programmes....
Strong Industry-Academia connect is one of the hallmarks of IITM’s technology development focus – one of the factors it has so successfully incubated over 100 Start-ups. Under Prof. Kamakoti this will be replicated in a range of new fields – for example in medical science and sports. Dr Kamakoti himself is an expert in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and a member of the National Security Advisory Council....
The Institute aims to provide a forum for the AYUSH scientists and researchers to hear from the experts in academia and industry and to get an overview of the expanding field of AYUSH sciences....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have identified the barriers to entry of rural communities into non-farming occupations. The researchers studied problems associated with the Indian rural economy. In particular, they analysed the reasons that farmers do not adopt non-farming jobs even when agriculture does not provide them with a reliable means of sustenance....
Despite all innovation in financial services sector and the reinvention of payment systems by way of UPI platform and other tech in recent years, India society is heterogeneous and still reels from fundamental financial inequities, a recent report from IIT - Madras research park (IITMRP) has shown....
IIT Madras is working on ways to use agri and construction waste in building concrete structures. Construction of buildings and the manner of living in them contribute greatly to carbon dioxide emissions....
Battery swapping for electric vehicles (EVs) should focus on higher-range vehicles, as lower availability of docks initially would force users to make detours for a swap, industrialists said....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras' 'HomoSEP,' a Robot developed by the Institute's Researchers to eliminate manual scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment. A total of ten units are planned to be deployed across Tamil Nadu with the Researchers already in touch with Sanitation Workers to identify locations. Locations in Gujarat and Maharashtra are also being considered....
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) is offering a course on 'Out of the Box Thinking' from July 2022. In its first-of-its-kind initiative, the institute is aiming to reach out to nearly one million school and college students, as well as working professionals and researchers....
Prof. Sudhir C Rajan IIT Madras researcher and an independent research scholar have suggested a normative framework to address cross-border migration due to climate change....
If one were to look through the sci-fi literary tradition over the last 50 years, it would be fair to say that Amazon's new Astro robot has come close to fulfilling a dream many have had - a robot with a cute face with the ability to follow us around and do useful tasks....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers are developing mechanically rechargeable zinc-air batteries as an alternative to Lithium-ion batteries which are used in Electric Vehicles....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras researchers have developed an algorithm-powered novel strategy to mitigate disruptions in critical networks such as air traffic control and power distribution during a targeted attack....
The unit, developed by IIT-M researchers at its National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD), can process up to one tonne of unsegregated municipal solid waste (MSW) per day....
Keeping employee wellbeing a priority, IIT-M Research Park has opted for the MediBuddy Gold subscription for comprehensive healthcare benefits for all their employees, including housekeeping & security personnel, and their families....
The partnership will see India Cements and Tvasta work together on R&D and exchange of technology to develop new raw material formulations used in 3D printing applications and offer mutual strategic support for key projects to bring in cost and time-effective dwelling solutions....
In addition to awarding the diplomas, the BSc students also organised the first cultural and technical fest titled 'Paradox 2022' that was held on the campus from May 20, 2022 to May 22, 2022. More than 2000 students from across the country attended the event, including several students who were pursuing this programme from foreign countries too, took part in the event....
Railways will collaborate with IIT Madras to develop hyperloop whose first commercial run is expected around 2030, said minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. After inspecting hyperloop research centre at New Academic Complex at IIT Madras on Thursday, he told reporters the railway ministry extended a Rs 8.3-crore grant for hyperloop development and it was handed over on Thursday....
Telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday visited the 5G test-bed at IIT Madras and successfully tested a 5G call on an indigenously-developed network. The test-bed had been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) in Madurai will carry out a stability study of the West Gate bastion, the last of the of the remnants of Nayak era fort in Madurai....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has raised an all-time high sum of Rs 131 crore from alumni, donors, and corporate firms during the financial year 2021-22 to further its philanthropic and socially relevant projects....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Students' Team Avishkar Hyperloop has received investment from global pure-play engineering services provider L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) to develop innovations in the Hyperloop landscape. LTTS is providing funding and technical support to Team Avishkar for their Hyperloop project....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) is establishing a new research centre that will test wastewater in a city for indicator organisms and chemicals and make the data available to the public. The facility will act as an intelligence unit to track and prevent a virus outbreak in its early stages....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, has established a research group to develop technologies for manufacturing products at extra-terrestrial locations and address the existing gaps in this sector in India....
Meritorious students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras coming from financially weak families will be eligible for scholarships from the Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID). The merit-cum-means scholarship programme will benefit students from low-income homes pursuing Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programmes....
Former IIT Madras director Bhaskar Ramamurthi has been appointed as the chairman of the JAB. The National Testing Agency (NTA) director general Vineet Joshi will be the member secretary. In addition, IIT, NIT directors, CBSE chairman are among the 17 members of the board....
In the past four decades, Dr. Mridula Nair, a research fellow at Eastman Kodak Company, and an Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) distinguished alumni, has experienced both challenges and rewards throughout her professional career....
Pfizer has set up a global drug development centre at the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai, India. The centre’s capabilities will include the development of both, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished dosage forms (FDFs) of differentiated products such as complex/value-added formulations, controlled-release dosage forms, device-combination products, lyophilised injections, powder-fill products, and ready-to-use formulations....
After years of research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) launched the beta version of HomeSEP, a robot for cleaning septic tanks....
Researchers with the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have developed a structured model to help in the production of bio-cement, which is an alternative sustainable process for cementation. The new model has the potential to reduce the production of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the future....
Sandith Thandasherry started NavAlt in 2013 to design boats and ships that could save fuel and spare the marine ecosystem from carbon dioxide emissions. He built India’s first solar ferry boat and is now working on the world's first green energy RORO....
Addressing the Institute Day Celebrations, Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Former Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technologies said, "IIT Madras has created innovative platforms like NPTEL that are benefiting the community. The Institute has also pioneered upskilling of virtual education and has introduced a virtual B Sc degree programme on Programming and Data Science....
The capital's R-value, which indicates the spread of Covid-19 infections, was recorded at 2.1 this week, implying that every person contracting the disease is infecting two others, according to an analysis by IIT-Madras....
Research at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras promises a new line of treatment for mild to moderate Covid infection. Trials designed by researchers at IIT-M have shown efficacy of Indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, in treating hospitalised mild and moderate Covid-19 patients....
The SmartNRP tool will be used for training the PHC health workers in Tamil Nadu under NHM to take the technologies forward...
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras organized the Industry Conclave 2022 on April 16 and 17 to showcase the research and innovations of the institute to the government, industry and corporate firms....
It is a necessity to bring a network to the country which is completely indigenous and aatmanirbhartha is very important in today's context....
The Indian Air Force (IAF) signed a memorandum of understanding with IIT-Madras to develop indigenous solutions to maintain various weapon systems....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is celebrating the Research Scholars Festival between 25th March and 25th April 2022. This is the 10th edition of the annual Research Scholars Fest, which is aimed at bringing together research scholars and encouraging the free exchange of ideas and research interests....
The last time you took an antibiotic course for a bacterial infection, you would likely not have known that you were consuming a number of biochemicals that are commonly referred to as ‘metabolites’....
In a bid to improve the quality of life of thousands of knee amputees, researchers from IIT Madras launched the country's first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee that can bend more, offers stability while walking and costs just one-fifth of imported devices....
The incubation cells at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) have come together to develop an ecosystem to identify and support financial technology start-ups in the country....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Monday launched international interdisciplinary Master's programmes in the presence of institute Director Professor V Kamakoti and Deepak Karanjikar, Chairman, Finance committee, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)....
While we have come a long way in understanding battery technology, electric vehicle (EV) companies need to better anticipate the environment in which their EVs will be operated, and test these in a real-world scenario instead of accelerated lab testing, says Aravind Kumar Chandiran, assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras....
IIT-M, Renault-Nissan will organise a hackathon called ‘Hackcidents’ to facilitate the development of low-cost technologies to prevent fatalities caused by public buses...
Whenever IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti lays back to rest awhile, his mind races back to the fields of Vishnupuram in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district. A farm boy at heart, Prof Kamakoti maintains the peculiarity of never having flown abroad for anything, preferring to “remain rooted” in India....
In an effort to take pressure off students by giving them an opportunity to secure admission to IIT Madras while in school, IIT Madras now permits students right from Class XI to apply for the qualifier process....
IIT Madras and US firm General Electric announced establishing an "Expanded Gas Turbine Combustor Testing Facility" at the National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) in the institute, saying this was the first such facility to come up in an academic institution globally....
In the present day, the effectiveness of the traditional lecture-based mode of teaching needs to be revisited. With the advent of online courses, which offer conveniences beyond imagination, pressure on college teachers is immense....
IIT Madras’ evaluation of the digital literacy-training programme to empower around 57,000 women and youth in Tamil Nadu reveals interesting facets. The training enabled them to use digital technologies to carry out their business/enterprises....
A small briefcase-sized tool that can detect traces of arsenic in drinking water is being developed as part of a collaborative project by faculty from IIT-M and University of Mexico....
IIT Madras’ newly appointed director Kamakoti Veezhinathan envisions that his tenure will see the institute jointly filing patents with Indian farmers....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to launch a web-based, user-friendly programme on “Industrial AI,” aimed at upskilling employees and incorporating AI applications to industrial concerns....
A team comprising researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Northwestern University in Illinois, USA have teamed up to create algorithms, which they claim will help add a layer of 3D depth atop standard video clips recorded through smartphones....
India has taken a huge step forward in brain mapping with the inauguration of the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras. The centre will focus on high resolution imaging of the whole human brain at 'cellular and connectivity level'....
IIT-Madras director V Kamakoti welcomed the announcement that the state government would fund undergraduate education of government school students if they join IITs. IIT-Madras will work closely with the Tamil Nadu government and government schools to see that maximum number of deserving students are benefited from this scheme....
The research could facilitate better diagnosis of diseases, detection of minute abnormalities and better real-time image-guided biopsy procedures and treatment monitoring applications....
Every 100 units of power consumed emit 90kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That means a building with an area of 10,000sft emits 100,000 kilos of carbon dioxide per year. Probably you are sitting in one such building while reading this....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Centre For Innovation's Annual 'Open House' event, which showcases students' innovative tech projects, returned to a physical mode this year. Opened to business and industry leaders, alumni, faculty and students, the CFI Open House 2022 was held on the campus, featuring over 60 projects....
IIT Madras has signed an MoU with Walmart Global Tech (WGT) to accelerate research in new areas of technology while focusing on training programs to upskill talents. This partnership will provide continuing education to Walmart associates and collaborate on corporate social responsibility projects for their India operations....
It was dream come true for 21 poor but academically-brilliant children of Government Higher Secondary Schools in the district as they travelled to Chennai by flight from Thoothukudi as part of their educational trip....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is among the Institutions selected nationwide by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to advance Women in STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics)....
While most coaching centres and ed-tech platforms charge students a fortune for their exam preparations, this Bengaluru based start-up has come up with an innovative idea of rewarding its users for learning on the app. IIT Madras alumnus-created app Melvano, not only offers free learning content for JEE and NEET but also rewards students with in-app currency for being avid learners....
The IITM Research Park (IITMRP) in association with IIT Madras and the IITM Alumni Association (IITMAA) has launched a book ‘ The IITM Nexus’, tracing the inspiring journey of 16 IIT-M entrepreneurs alumni spanning across five decades and their rise towards becoming some of India’s biggest entrepreneurial successes....
Digital healthcare platform MediBuddy has contributed Rs 14 crore to the Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Incubation Cell. Set up in 2013, the IIT-Madras Incubation cell is a leading deep-tech startup hub aimed at nurturing and overseeing innovation and entrepreneurship....
IIT Madras has launched an International Interdisciplinary Master's Program (I2MP) in nine areas. The two-year programs pave the way for international students from any engineering background to be a part of IIT Madras....
It has widely been touted that India’s greatest asset is its demographic dividend. With a median age of 25 years, the country holds great potential to harness the true potential of its citizenry. No other developed or developing country in the world of comparable size has this advantage and therefore, the growth potential over the next 25 years is great....
CryptoRelief has granted 1 million dollars to establish a wastewater-based epidemiology research facility at IIT Madras. The facility will act as an intelligence unit to track and prevent a virus outbreak in its early stages....
Digital Skills Academy, an initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras through its Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), is partnering with InFact Pro, a premier Finance Sector Certified trainer in Chennai, to launch an industry-relevant upskilling program called 'Premier Banker.'...
IIT Madras, through its Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI), is offering a fellowship in artificial intelligence and data science....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has inaugurated its largest students hostel, which can accommodate as many as 1,200 students called 'Mandakini,' the building was constructed after an older hostel building was demolished....
Corporate funding for start-ups in public institutions can catalyse social transformation. In 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the scope of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is being expanded to allow firms to support research and innovation by government-funded incubators, or agencies funded by central and state governments or public state utilities....
Uniphore Technologies, a start-up that builds conversational automation tools for enterprises, on Wednesday raised $400 million in its Series E funding round from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), March Capital and other existing investors. The new round values Uniphore at $2.5 billion, making it the latest start-up to breach...
The prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has launched ‘Venkataraman and Sita Srinivasan Chair' on Innovation and New Product Development. The Chair professorship was launched by Prof. V ‘Seenu’ Srinivasan, an alumnus of IIT-M, with a sum of $160,000....
Under the MoU, RITES and IIT-M will collaborate for providing engineering consultancy, enhancing technical cooperation and knowledge sharing for the development of marine infrastructure works....
A digital book called 'Developments in Photoelasticity - A Renaissance,' has been written by faculty member Prof. K. Ramesh and has been based on decades of research by the Professor and his students at the Institute....
Saint-Gobain India and the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Research Park have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 100 per cent renewable energy, research park....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is establishing a new interdisciplinary water management and policy centre called 'AquaMAP' to solve water problems in India....
Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan the newly-appointed director of IIT-Madras said humanities and languages will play a major role in technology-oriented fields....
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) have entered into an MoU for research collaboration in the areas of ‘propellants, explosives and related technologies.’...
IIT Madras alumnus Prof Jagadesh Kumar presently Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been appointed as the next Chairman of the University Grants Commission( UGC)....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Faculty Balkrishna C Rao has developed 'Frugal Manufacturing' for Sustainable Development in Smart Factories. Frugal manufacturing aims at producing sustainably all kinds of products which includes frugal ones as well...
Defence and aerospace electronics major Data Patterns (India) Ltd has become a member of the consortium of space sector companies incubated by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)...
IIT Madras invites applications for the BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science program. The programme is open to anyone who has passed Class XII. This unique offering provides access to a world-class curriculum in data science which is in huge demand for skilled professionals. For students from disadvantaged backgrounds, up to 75% fee waivers are also available....
Director V Kamakoti wants to expand the institute's online BSc and on-campus masters' courses. Every year about 1.5 million students take the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for getting into one or the other of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology in the country, but only 15,000 get admission. "What are we going to do for the other 1.485 million students?...
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu congratulated IIT Madras for bringing out the science and technology magazine 'Shaastra', saying it will benefit those keen on knowing the latest developments in the world of science and innovation....
Prof RS Verma presently serving as a professor in the department of biotechnology of Indian Institute of Technology Madras appointed as the new director of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) - Allahabad...
Artificial Intelligence influences almost all aspects of our everyday lives - in our mobile phones, social media sites, self-driving cars & even our washing machines! But what exactly is AI?...
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) announced its partnership with IIT Madras for collaborative research in the field of 5G. Through this collaboration, LTI and IIT Madras aim to innovate in the emerging 5G space and enable 5G frameworks validation, low frequency RF deployments and use case testing with 5G test bed....
The findings of a study, jointly conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Krea University in Chennai, on the drug delivery system in some of the more populated Indian states may help boost medical deliveries, the institute said in a statement....
V. Kamakoti, who recently took over as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is a true-blue Chennai lad. In this interaction, he explains his focus areas for the institute....
Ohmium International has partnered with IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to accelerate Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer performance enhancements. Both the entities have announced a R&D partnership, which will accelerate the production implementation of PEM electrolyzer technology enhancements....
IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation and Megam Solutions are jointly offering a six-month online, instructor-led long-term certification course on 'Next Generation Mobile Wireless Networks.'...
Kamal Kanta Nayak, a youth from Odisha, completed a 213-km run on his manual wheelchair at Bhubaneswar by using NeoFly wheelchair....
Globally, the impact of the pandemic on youth has been systemic, deep and disproportionate. With educational institutions closed, many young people have been experiencing persistent sadness. Now more than ever every student needs much more than book-learning and assessments for holistic development....
Global warming is a major challenge all over the world today. If the world fails to act fast, the earth will be in serious trouble over the next 20-25 years....
IIT Madras alumnus Dr. Somanth is also a key figure in the development of a much-awaited programme that is expected to give ISRO a leg-up in carrying out small satellite launches for private firms, educational institutions and developing countries....
The ePlane Company, which was incubated at the IIT-Madras, has won the backing of marquee investors like as renowned tech evangelist Naval Ravikant and a consortium of deep-tech and EV venture fund groups to raise USD 5 million in its pre-series A funding....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) has appointed Prof. V. Kamakoti as the new director of the institute. He will be succeeding Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, who is stepping down after completing two terms....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers is studying the impact of Algorithmic Traders (ATs) on the stock market. This research is the first-of-its-kind to investigate the impact of Proprietary Algorithmic Traders' (PATs') and Buy-side Algorithmic Traders' (BATs)' trading on market quality and vice versa....
India's R-naught value which indicates the spread of COVID-19 was recorded at 4 this week, suggesting a very high infection transmission rate, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras predicting the peak of the third wave between February 1-15....
Indian 3D printing industry witnessed a significant milestone with the virtual inauguration of India’s First 3D printed house in Chennai by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India, Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions, an IIT Madras Alumni Startup, created, designed, and 3D printed the house....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras students have launched a social campaign called 'UnMute' focused on Menstrual Hygiene Management and Self-defence against Sexual Harassment. Through this initiative, the students aim to help women speak up on these issues and also conduct awareness campaigns....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras witnessed major developments in the year 2021. Here are the top 10 highlights of the year....
Often used to wrap sushi and flavor soups, seaweed has much greater potential -- both as a food and for use in a wide range of products from cosmetics and textiles to biodegradable packaging and even biofuel....
IIT-Madras and IIM Ahmedabad-incubated edtech startup GUVI is partnering with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to offer Python and AI upskilling courses free of charge to more than one million socially and economically disadvantaged youngsters....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has launched the 'Surendra and Dorothie Shah Chair' for furthering cutting-edge research in the field of Civil Engineering materials. This assumes huge significance due to the immense amount of construction work undertaken every year in India, with the volumes and expenditures continually increasing....
As the demand for newer technologies and solutions scaled up post-pandemic, so has the demand for fresh talent. The hiring by startups at the IIT Madras campus has almost doubled in 2021 compared to 2019....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras hosted a round-table conference in Mumbai to study the emerging trends in technology to drive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives...
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a class of fast and efficient "motion planning" algorithms which can think like human beings and enable autonomous aerial, ground or surface vehicles to navigate obstacle-cluttered environments....
Government of India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, IIT Madras, and MapmyIndia today signed an MoU for collaboration on driver and road safety technologies, and jointly launched India’s best and FREE-TO-USE navigation app service for all 130+ crore Indians....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been judged as 'The Most Innovative Institute of the Year' for its disruptive innovations by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This award is one of the categories in CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2020 and was bestowed during the '26th DST-CII Technology Summit' held virtually on 9th December 2020....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras hosted an Energy Summit from December 14 to 16 with a goal to achieve the global transformation to a low-carbon future through industry and academic collaboration....
They are the ‘Five-Man Army’ from the portals of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) with a mission to revolutionise the imaging services with their advanced earth observation satellites....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras researchers use a combination of deep learning techniques and traditional machine learning to develop a tool that can diagnose cancer by looking at whole slide images of the tumour....
IIT Madras-incubated start-up NeoMotion has managed to provide customised wheelchairs to at least 163 differently-abled persons. With an aim to impact one lakh lives per year by 2025, it was three independent CSR projects that helped NeoMotion achieve this milestone....
Samunnati Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of agritech enterprise Samunnati Finance, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras' Incubation Cell (IITMIC) to develop innovation in agriculture and help support agritech startups in their goals....
From a startup aiming to make hybrid aerial vehicles to the ones working on converting waste to crude oil and efficient water transport solutions, faculty members at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras founded at least 94 enterprises having a combined valuation of over Rs 1,400 crore....
An integrated avionics system for drones, home solution for blood cell counting, and FM RDS Utilities are some of the most innovative technologies produced by Indian start-ups and students this year to win the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's "Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge"....
Tata Power and IIT Madras have inked pact to collaborate on R&D, consultancy, advocacy, training and technology solutions. According to a statement, the two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate this collaboration....
IIT-Madras Researchers have developed a distinctive technology in the wearable devices segment that would facilitate people with hearing impaired and motor disabilities to communicate independently....
Indian cancer researchers are striving hard to bring about evidence-based and research backed potential treatment solutions that are mainly India-specific, accessible, and affordable....
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are witnessing an increasing number of trading firms, led by high-frequency players that use complex computer programs to trade, visiting their campuses to hire top talent....
The director of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th edition of the CII-CONNECT Awards, instituted by the Confederation of India Industry, jointly with the State Government....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras and TVS Credit Services Limited are set to conduct research together. IIT Madras will provide technology solutions in the field of financial technology and data science. Both organisations will work together on innovative programmes and provide training to young professionals....
Affine in association with IIT Madras centre AMTDC are taking a big leap to explore new avenues of research in the manufacturing sector....
Anand Mahindra tweeted his support for IIT Madras' unique wheelchair creation that can be converted into a vehicle with a top speed of 25 kmph and a range of 25 km through the attached Lithium-ion battery, which charges in four hours....
A total of 1,962 students graduated during the 58th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, which was held virtually on (20th November 2021). As many as 2,425 degrees (including Joint and Dual Degrees) were awarded to students on the occasion. ...
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have launched an initiative to boost start-ups and businesses working on sustainability. The aim is to achieve five of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDG)....
US Consulate General Chennai in association with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), and the U.S.-based Forum on Education Abroad (FEA) organised a workshop for educational institutions and non-governmental organisations in South India to promote the region as a foreign study destination for U.S. students....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have identified the possible molecular mechanisms in water flow through a new nanopore geometry for desalination techniques to convert seawater to drinking water....
The programme aims to guide scholars to discover entrepreneurial opportunities in deep tech sectors and help establish start-ups through the IIT Madras ecosystem....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed an alternative method for accurate detection and picking of the first waves in earthquake signals, which provides a small lead time and enables measures to save lives....
Pursuing a course in Virtual Reality (VR) has attached a lot of significance in the post-pandemic world where the online teaching-learning process has become a norm....
Considering the inordinate amount of rainfall Chennai has been receiving over the last few days, a flood risk map for the Greater Chennai region has been revived. This is expected to help understand the impact of the rains and floods, as well as suggest remedial measures to the government....
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and online internships, the pre-placement offers (PPOs) received by students at IIT-Madras increased 20% this year compared to the previous year....
Over the last few years, IITs have been making a major push to tap into their alumni networks to raise funds for research, development and expansion....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Professor RI Sujith has been awarded the Distinguished Fellowship of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV). He is the first Indian to be awarded this fellowship....
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has joined hands with Indian Institutes of Technology ((IITs)) to establish “ICMR at IITs" by setting-up Centres of Excellence (CoE) for Make-in-India product development and their commercialisation in medical devices and diagnostics space ....
GUVI, an authorised Google for Education Partner, has come up with exciting offers for all IT job aspirants or anyone who wishes to upskill with relevant and in-demand job-oriented skills....
The incubation cell the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is modelled on the Stanford University’s system and aims at getting its best tech brains to handhold start-ups. Over the last ten years, the cell has incubated more than 240 start-ups, with its stake in them conservatively valued at more than Rs 11,400 crore....
KLA Corporation announced the opening of two important facilities in Chennai, India, supporting the company's investment in innovative research and talent development. KLA's Artificial Intelligence-Advanced Computing Lab (AI-ACL)—operated in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras—will serve as a center of excellence for AI-focused research and development....
Debojyoti Ray Chawdhury (presently a PhD Physics Student at IIT Madras) has set 2 world records awarded by International Book of Records and Exclusive World Records respectively as well as one national record awarded by India Book of Records. ...
Prof B. Ravindran, Head, Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and AI (RBC-DSAI) from IIT - Madras said “We’re very excited to be playing a part in this initiative for the Tamil Nadu Covid War Room. RBC-DSAI, our pre-eminent interdisciplinary research Centre for Data Science and AI has been at the forefront of leveraging data science and AI, providing insights to make actionable, reliable, and impactful decisions for adoption in engineering, finance and healthcare domains....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras ‘Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence’ has proposed to launch an industrial consortium to provide information resources support on cutting-edge technologies to industries working on artificial intelligence....
At IIT Madras, Shaik Faruque Ali, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, is working on a project, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, to produce ‘energy harvesting trees’ — their leaves generate electricity as they tremble in the wind....
Writing a scientific article from scratch may appear a scary task to young researchers. But the process can be simplified by good groundwork while preparing and executing the research project. Based on these preparations, a systematic approach to writing paves the way for a compelling research story....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras will soon offer an advanced diploma programme in virtual reality which will be offered in both online and offline mode. The course would be open for anyone with an engineering background including students currently enrolled in engineering degrees anywhere in India....
Dr. Krishna Venkataswamy[1979/BT/CH] has been awarded the American Chemical Society Rubber Division: TPE Award...
Premier academic and research institute IIT Madras has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with media publication ‘The CSR Journal’ for a long-term partnership. As a part of this MoU, IIT Madras will be the official Knowledge Partner for the upcoming ‘The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2021’. ...
Tvasta is an IIT-Madras incubate, started in the 3D printed home segment. As the 3D printed construction market grows, start-ups and non-profits alike are beginning to leverage advances in concrete 3D printing technology to address the affordable housing crisis....
A research team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has synthesized a white light emitting crystal in the laboratory that can be used for energy saving and long-lasting LED (light emitting diode) lights and display....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers are developing data-driven strategies to enhance road Safety in Tamil Nadu. Towards this, a one-day workshop on developing an action plan was organized by Center of Excellence for Human Factors and Safety Science @ RBG Labs, IIT Madras, in coordination with the National Health Mission....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) in association with the US Consulate General will be organising a virtual workshop to help build the capacity of South Indian educational institutions to host American students. Candidates can register now on https://ge.iitm.ac.in/Workshops/US_StudyAbroad.html...
Since educated girls and women empowerment go hand in hand, their education merits sustained efforts. A UNICEF survey showed that around 60% of the girls in developing countries do not go to schools....
Horticulture farmers spend hours or even days to sell their produce after laboratory tests. In a bid to address this issue, two young IIT-M alumni have come up with a “lab-in-a-pocket” solution that can perform the work of a laboratory within seconds and deliver results that shows the quality of a produce....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have found that the waters of River Cauvery are polluted by a range of emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will be offering two diploma programmes in programming and data science. The courses would be delivered through a comprehensive learning delivery model that competes with a classroom learning experience. The courses include lecture videos, lecture-based activity questions, practice assignments, graded assignments, and mini-projects that reinforce problem-solving skills....
“In an attempt to provide a holistic restoration solution, we have come up with a nature-based treatment system,” said M Nisha Priya of Nature Conservancy Centre, which has taken up the restoration along with Care Earth Trust aided by experts from IIT-Madras and FINISH consortia....
According to Ravichandran, their rocket engines are 100 per cent 3D-printed, that too in a single shot. "This allows us to directly assemble what comes out of the 3D printer in our launch vehicle. The big advantage of this is the ability to provide and enable rapid launch access and, at the same time, make customisable launch vehicles,". He formed the startup with Moin SPM within IIT-Madras with a seed funding of Rs 3 crore, with an aim to develop and launch its first rocket in 2021 and subsequently develop ability to provide launch service for satellites....
"The IIT-Madras test bed will be operational and open soon for the industry to use it for 5G testing purposes," a senior DoT official said, adding that the telecom operators have already started field trials across the country, and the outcome is likely to be reviewed by the department. ...
The need for India to grow out of lithium for energy storage is well recognised. Lithium is scarce, less safe, and lithium-ion has energy limitations. As such, India needs to leapfrog lithium into something way better - like metal-air batteries, which have been in focus for some years now, because they pack more power....
IIT Madras, through its Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI), is once again accepting applications for the Post Baccalaureate Fellowship, which is a research internship in artificial intelligence and data science. The RBCDSAI Post Baccalaureate Fellowships are open to exceptional recent graduates, who are desirous of pursuing a 1 to 2 year research internship in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence at RBCDSAI, IIT Madras....
The IIT-Madras alumnus Sunith Reddy says that initially, his friend Shaurya Chandra and five others became members. They started identifying 10 acres of abandoned land in Hyderabad to begin their project. “The aim was to restore the land, and farming was not the main focus. The community worked on small patches and saw results. Motivated by the initial successes, we pursued farming. Eventually, more people joined, and within a year, our numbers grew,” he says, adding that they christened the initiative ‘BeForest’....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has announced a partnership with Taylor & Francis Group, its publishing partnership with the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI). The RBCDSAI is one of India's preeminent interdisciplinary research centers for Data Science and AI, with twenty-eight faculty spanning ten departments....
Healthcare AI startup Endimension has raised Rs 2.3 crore in a seed funding round from Inflection Point Ventures, one of India’s largest angel investment platforms. The funds raised will be utilised to acquire talent for new product development, R&D and for ramping-up the sales team to fuel further growth....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has called for applications for its Executive MBA (EMBA) degree program designed specifically for mid-career working professionals. The application process has begun and the last date to apply is October 19. Interested candidates can apply online at – doms.iitm.ac.in/emba ...
Ten students from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, had a virtual study tour of IIT Madras between September 6 and 17, during which they learned engineering English and yoga. Under the study tour programme, Japanese students would come to IIT Madras twice a year....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras inaugurated a new three-storey addition to its Department of Computer Science and Engineering on 16th September 2021. The construction of this expansion was made possible due to the generous funding support to the tune of US$ 1.51 million by IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Mr. Subramonian Shankar (B.Tech, 1971 Batch), Founder and President, AmZetta Technologies....
India's leading technical university, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), joins the Hedera Governing Council to expand its research footprint in distributed ledger technology. Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Hedera Hashgraph, the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralised economy, announced the newest member of its Governing Council....
Indian Sign language (ISL) is set to receive a boost as an Indian sign language dictionary of 10,000 words was recently released by PM Modi. “The Dictionary along with NCERT textbooks in ISL accessible teaching-learning resources will benefit special needs students, their teachers, parents and even the general population who would like to learn a new language like ISL....
Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director, IIT Madras, shares how Covid-19 has changed the classroom, the initiatives IIT Madras has been taking towards internationalisation, and why rankings are important but should not be the end-goal. We were able to anticipate and implement in advance many of the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP)....
The Greater Chennai Corporation has entered into an agreement with IIT-Madras to implement the National Clean Air Programme in Chennai under which the latter would provide technical assistance to the civic body....
Dr. M. Manivannan is a professor of Biomedical Engineering in IIT Madras, Department of Applied Mechanics. He received post-doctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. He was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston, and a visiting faculty in the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore....
The Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan revealed the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking today. IIT Madras has retained its number 1 position while IISc Bangalore is at number 2 and IIT-Bombay is at number 3....
IIT Madras Alumnus, Amit Srivastava and Ankit Chauhan, well know that if a bad quality of consignment (fruits or vegetables) is accepted at the initial stage of the supply chain, it deteriorates further by the time it reaches the consumer and becomes unsellable resulting in GIGO or Garbage In and Garbage Out. Realizing the need to eliminate this gap and provide quality assurance of fruits and vegetables to benefit all stakeholders in the food safety and supply chain, the duo launched InfyU Labs in 2019....
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have grown human brain tissues called ‘organoids’ with the help of a 3D-printed bioreactor that they developed....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Cauvery Hostel, the first-ever to be constructed on the campus, has been renovated at a cost of Rs. 2.5 Crore. The renovation was made possible with the generous support from Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Krishna Chivukula (M.Tech. 1970 Batch), Founder and Chairman, INDO-MIM Pvt Limited. ...
A team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT) has done the unfathomable by using deep learning AI techniques to diagnose cancer accurately and quickly. The histopathology tissue analysis is the most common way to identify cancer and these scientists may have just changed the game by making WSI detection easier....
Three years ago, a bunch of highly motivated students, branding themselves as Team Avishkar at the Centre for Innovation, IIT Madras, embarked on an ambitious journey to develop Hyperloop, a high-speed train that travels in a near-vacuum tube clocking speeds of over 1,000 km/h....
Reducing tax and providing subsidies to the regulated recycling sector can help reduce lead pollution from lead-acid battery recycling, a study by researchers from Indian Institutes of Technology Madras and Kanpur has found. Researchers from the two institutes have come together to look collectively at the problem of lead recycling in India as lead pollution can harm the mental and physical health of people and can contaminate the environment....
Researchers at the IIT, Madras have claimed to have developed an efficient technique for the identification of pollution deposit level in the power transmission network. "An elegant solution based on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) has been developed by the research groups of Prof Sarathi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Prof N J Vasa, Department of Engineering Design."...
Sixty-seven countries have active 5G networks, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence report and this group is rapidly expanding. India, however, is likely to take a while to get there....
E-waste is one of the pressing issues in India, with the country being the world's third largest producer. Between 2019 and 2020, Indians generated 38 per cent more e-waste. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is developing an innovative model to tackle electronic waste (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy....
Tanmai Gopal, a techie geek and startup enthusiast, started Hasura in 2018 as a platform that helps developers build, develop, and scale their apps....
IBM Corp will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to support their online BSc degree programme and augment select courses on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) platform....
Tooli.qa, a deep tech startup, built on the pillars of computer vision, deep learning, and 3-D has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Aditya Raj and Dipak Singh, both of whom have successfully built, scaled and recently exited a tech-based research business (strategic acquisition by Schlesinger Group in 2020). ...
Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed India's first indigenous motorized wheelchair vehicle that can be used not only on roads but even on uneven terrains. Called 'NeoBolt', it has a maximum speed of 25 kmph and travels up to 25 km per charge....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) has helped establish a common facility centre to help potters in a Tamil Nadu village meet modern consumer demands such as microwaveable cooking utensils. These products have higher market value and will help sustain the traditional potters....
A MoRTH Chair is being created at IIT Madras to focus on R&D, teaching and training in traffic and highway engineering. The chair professor will act as a strategic advisor to MoRTH. This includes research on novel pavement materials and technologies, hydrogen cell transportation, automatic vehicle classification, novel toll systems, incident management systems, traveller information systems, FastTAG data analytics and traffic simulations besides transportation safety....
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson of Biocon, while being conferred with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biotechnology at Bennett University’s annual convocation, had said recently that while the first two decades of this century belonged to Information Technology, the world is now entering an era of Biology and Computational Science....
As of March 31 this year, the total number of patents filed in India was 1,204 and the total number of international patents filed was 529. Of these, 155 patent applications were filed in the US. IIT-Madras bears 70 per cent of the cost of filing foreign patents with the inventor bearing the rest....
In a ceremony held at IIT Madras to mark India’s 75th Independence Day, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras hoisted the National Flag & addressed the audience....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai, have collaborated with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), the UK, to develop India-centric air sanitisation technologies and guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus and tuberculosis (TB). The system is aimed at deployment in confined indoor places such as offices and hospitals....
Venkat Viswanathan says regional aircraft can be fully electrified with known battery tech, while narrow body requires work. Batteries may not work for wide body aircraft, he adds....
India’s thrust for electric vehicles got a leg up with an unit inside IIT Madras developing motors and sub-assemblies indigenously and signing agreements with manufacturers for commercial usage. The first of the motors with design details will be delivered on August 15....
Shri T.T Jagannathan, chairman of TTK Prestige and Distinguished alumnus has contributed Rs 10 Crore to IIT Madras to establish an endowment, which will be used for further research. The interest from the endowment will be used to support new research pursuits by IIT Madras students and faculty....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the 79th episode of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the 79th episode of his monthly radio...
In this episode of Deep Takes, Dr. Karthik Raman discusses the advancements awaited in biotechnology. He also talks about how data driven science like genomics will change the face of biotech. Dr. Karthik Raman is Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras....
Launched by IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Shrikumar Suryanarayanan bengaluru startup Sea6 Energy have bagged a $9 million investment for their award-winning innovation that turns seaweed into sustainable products...
Venkataramani Fellowship in Clean Energy and Green Mobility was established at IIT-Madras on Wednesday to encourage and motivate graduate students to undertake research in the areas of clean energy and green mobility. The endowment is being set up by the family of late N Venkataramani, who was the chairman and managing director of India Pistons and was a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers....
IIT Madras has launched its first consortium for Virtual Reality. The consortium has been named Consortium for VR/AR/MR Engineering Mission in India, or CAVE. The main objective behind launching it is to create and promote advanced technology....
Chennai: The New Education Policy was announced a year ago to re-boot India’s education system and enable India’s burgeoning youth to prepare themselves for what is widely touted as India’s...
The technology developed from this collaboration with be transferred to a suitable Industrial partner The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) is collaborating with the Cancer Institute (WIA) at Adyar...
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): emids, a leader in digital engineering and transformation solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry announced its partnership with the Indian Institute of...
The book titled, ‘Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Trajectory of the Indian Start-up Ecosystem’, provides a comprehensive narrative on innovation and venturing in India, gives insights on current trends and practices...
Cement manufacturers ACC and Ambuja Cements have partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) to develop green and sustainable building solutions....
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) is inviting applications for a free online course on ‘Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy’. The course is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is open to students and professionals....
Indian Institute of Technology, IIIT Madras researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based Mathematical Model. The model intends to identify Cancer-causing alterations in cells. A relatively unexplored technique of leveraging DNA composition has been used to pinpoint genetic alterations responsible for cancer....
In-line with the vision that the essence of circular economy is to redefine the way we consider growth, Cygni Energy has now joined hands with Attero, a leader in responsible recycling, for their Lithium battery recycling. The Li-Ion battery in energy storage and EV market in India is expected to be in excess of 50GWh in the next 5 years. The company aims at creating awareness amongst the users and encourage them...
Students of IIT Madras have developed the prototype of a Hyperloop pod - a futuristic high-speed mode of long-distance transport - as part of their submit at a global contest in Spain. A team of 40 students worked online and offline amid the Covid pandemic to improvise on the model they had developed two years ago for another competition in the US....
IIT Madras has invited applications for a free online course called “Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy” on the SWAYAM NPTEL platform. The participants of the 12-week long course will receive an understanding of the fundamentals of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Renewable Energy, especially in the Indian context. The AICTE approved FDP course also carries three credit points, which could be beneficial for students....
In a bid to deepen its management bench at a time it is preparing close a billion-dollar fund raise, food delivery platform Swiggy has elevated Phani Kishan Addepalli, its vice-president for strategy and investments, to a co-founder's role. This will make Phani the third Swiggy co-founder, joining the original co-founders Sriharsha Majety and Nandan Reddy. Another co-founder Rahul Jaimini had quit in May 2020 to start up Pesto Tech....
Professor Balaraman Ravindran is the Mindtree Faculty Fellow and the Head of Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science & AI (RBCDSAI), IIT Madras. In an exclusive interview with Analytics India Magazine, Prof. B Ravindran spoke about IIT Madras’ contributions to the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence and machine learning in India....
Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, and Capgemini, an IT firm are hosting a competition together. The aim of the competition is to come up with new innovative ideas in "Engineering Technologies." It intends to derive innovative ideas from the students of Polytechnic colleges in Tamil Nadu....
Forty IIT-Madras students worked from their homes to upgrade and manufacture a hyperloop pod prototype that has now qualified for the European Hyperloop Week to be held in Valencia, Spain, from July 19 to 25....
Prof. George received his BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1974, his MS from Stony Brook University in 1975, and his PhD from Stanford University in 1979, all in electrical engineering. He is currently a Principal Investigator with MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), where he co-directs the Computational Physiology and Clinical Inference Group....
The IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF) is collaborating with Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd. to conduct a National hackathon called ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’ to inspire citizens to solve India-specific problems of societal interest using IoT sensor board....
Throwing light on some of their existing mechanisms, Vignesh Muthuvijayan, associate professor, IIT Madras and Faculty Coordinator of NPTEL said, “We have lab courses for certification wherein we are showing detailed, step-wise demos of every aspect, the equipment and principles are explained, the kind of data generated is also shown. And we give data analysis as assignments.” ...
IIT Madras is accepting applications from students, professionals, and anyone who is interested for a free online course called Python for Data Science on the SWAYAM NPTEL platform. The course aims at enabling participants to be able to use python programming for solving data science problems....
Global technology company Altair on Monday said that it is collaborating with Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) to add the Shakti processor to the support portfolio of Altair Embed. According to the software computing firm, the industrial grade Shakti processors are for embedded applications, robotic controllers, and IoT boards....
The Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre is intended to work as an enabling platform that incentivizes, bundles and magnifies further joint action in higher education, research, technology and knowledge transfer. The Centre is being led by Professor SA Sannasiraj, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras....
Detect is an industrial AI and SaaS enterprise whose proprietary technology helps increase overall industrial productivity through real-time intelligent monitoring, decreased equipment failure, and through predictive maintenance and automation, among others....
Hon’ble Vice President Shri M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday visited India's first 3D printed house built at an area of about 600 square feet at the campus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M). Constructed by Tvasta, a deep tech start-up founded by IIT-M alumni, the 'Concrete 3D Printing' technology is expected to serve as a major boost to affordable construction in India as it significantly reduces, cost, time and utilizes eco-friendly materials....
A Solar operated OXYGEN Concentrator has been developed by Basil Energetics Private Limited, Chennai, a company promoted by Dr R. Ramarathnam, Alumnus of IITM (1967 EE B.Tech)....
IIT Madras has invited applications for a free online course called Introduction to Machine Learning on the NPTEL platform. The course, which is AICTE FDP approved, can be taken by senior undergraduate or postgraduate students pursuing their BE, MS, ME or even PhD....
The objective of the ‘IITM Research Initiatives Spotlight’ (IRIS) webinar series is to highlight the Institute’s major research projects over the next 5 years that place IITM on the global map in several emerging areas. The webinars will showcase several research projects belonging to 21 identified technology clusters that have been initiated with support from the Government of India as an ‘Institute of Eminence’ (IoE) scheme....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed algorithms for drones to help study how fire behaves in space stations, shuttles and satellites. According to the team, a multirotor microgravity platform can also simulate reduced-gravity environments similar to Moon and Mars, thereby recreating those conditions on Earth for experiments....
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), has launched a Centre for Research on Start-Ups and Risk Financing (CREST) to kick off research in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and risk capital, particularly in the startup sector of India....
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ (IIT Madras) BSc in data science allows a student to earn an IIT degree without going through the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) route. While candidates are spared the intense preparation and competition for qualifying the JEE Main for engineering and then the JEE Advanced for the IITs, completing the programme is still far from easy....
The start-ups incubated by IIT-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) have generated a revenue of Rs 433 Crore during financial year 2019-2020. The IITMIC has incubated 240 start-ups so far, which are together valued at over Rs 11,000 crore based on external investment raised from angel/VCs....
While the Centre has invited an expression of interest for unmanned aerial vehicles, a few state governments are also set to start trials with UAVs for supply of medical supplies and vaccines to remote areas...
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has launched the Indian network for memory studies (INMS). The institute claims it to be the nation’s first formal national network in the field of memory studies in India....
Annavarapu completed his B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He also holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management....
IIT Madras received ten oxygen concentrators through Prof. Wei-Chung Wang, Director of the Program Office for Taiwan Education Center in India, National Tsing Hua University. The generous donor who made...
Malladi did B.Tech from IIT Madras, and then did a PhD from the University of California in adaptive signal processing. He joined qualcomm immediately after. Over the past 24 years, he has headed many departments. He is now on the business side, but technology, he says, remains his first love....
An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras research has called for greater government investment in public healthcare to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the elderly. The current pandemic poses a greater risk of social isolation among the elderly, which may lead to greater adverse health impact....
A start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has developed portable hospitals, the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government said on Sunday....
The Department of Environment of Tamil Nadu, along with IIT-Madras and Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, spent five years saving the Vaan island in the Gulf of Mannar from disappearing into the ocean...
IIT-Madras researchers are developing an indigenous Vessel Traffic Software (VTS) to monitor maritime traffic....
With climate change posing challenges in various sectors and daily life, researchers from across the States under the aegis of Department of Science and Technology ( DST) are tracing the impact of global warming on the country, finding new ways to track the global problem, improving the projection of climate, its impact as well as vulnerability to prepare for the future....
IIT Madras alumni donated USD 2 million for Covid-19 relief efforts in India. A portion of this money was used to hand over 200 oxygen concentrators of 10 litres capacity each to Chennai Corporation. Here are the other steps taken by IIT Madras against Covid-19....
Getting into an IIT is a dream of many students. Every year, lakhs of students attempt JEE Main, but only a few make it to an IIT. Keeping such students in mind, the NPTEL project was launched in 2003....
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras’ Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI (RBCDSAI) collaborated with TalentSprint to launch a PG Level Advanced Program in Applied Data Science and Machine Intelligence. ...
Partnerships between engineering institutes and industry have played a substantial role in building strong tech ecosystems in many countries. Stanford's role in making Silicon Valley is widely recognised....
The team is working on building an efficient smart satellite constellation providing a completely new dataset at a high cadence and resolution. ...
Block Track is a system that encrypts personal healthcare information of an individual digitally, by decentralising the control and ownership of a patient’s data through a blockchain-based innovation....
The quality of groundwater in localities closer to the beach in Chennai like Injambakkam and Besant Nagar is poor, while the quality in core areas like Adyar, Choolaimedu and suburbs like Ramapuram was found to be excellent. This was revealed by an IIT-Madras team....
IITM alumni association have been involved in verifying the leads for oxygen cylinders, hospital beds and necessary medicines. In these unprecedented times, alumni groups and associations of various universities and colleges across India lent a helping hand....
VO Chidambaranar Port Trust (VOC Port Trust), Tuticorin, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Technology Centre for Ports Waterways & Coasts (NTCPWC), IIT Madras, for Operation, Manning and Maintenance of Vessel Traffic System & Development of Indigenous Vessel Traffic Software (VTS) at VOC Port Trust....
IIT Madras launches Shaastra. The aim of this magazine is to articulate trends in Science and Tech developments from not only in India but all over the world. Digital version can be accessed on shaastramag.org....
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is planning to rope in experts from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, for preserving the 1,300-year-old Kailasnathar temple, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu....
Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Centre for Memory Studies recently hosted virtually Asia’s first International Memory Studies Workshop....
Sun Pharma has announced appointment of Pawan Goenka, former MD of Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), and management consultant Rama Bijapurkar as additional independent directors of the company with effect from May 21...
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), organised 13th Lecture on the theme of Electric Vehicles in India: On-Road Safety, Operations & Maintenance, on a virtual platform....
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise in several parts of the country, various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are helping students financially to tide through medical emergencies....
The UGC has recently asked all universities and colleges to address the challenges of COVID-19 and ensure the physical and mental health, the safety of all the stakeholders...
The Centre had allocated Rs 1,500 crore in the Budget to help drive the adoption of digital payments. MPFI is working to identify innovations on three levels: human behaviour and adoption, technology (design and safeguards), and policy (a data-centric view)....
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras along with Rice University, US have developed an algorithm for lensless, miniature cameras supported with augmented reality or virtual reality, security, smart wearables and robotics where cost, form-factor and weight are major constraints....
The government of India took an initiative in the form of SWAYAM that works on three cardinal principles of education - quality, equity, and access - allowing students to take the preferred courses....
Last month, the Indian government announced COVID-19 vaccinations would be available for citizens above 18 from May 1. The announcement came as a huge relief for the country struggling with the pandemic....
Indian Institute of Technology- Madras has launched the world’s first ever online degree (B.Sc) and diploma courses in programming and date science.Anyone who has passed class 12th examination can enrol...
IIT-Madras was ranked number one engineering institute in the country for the fifth time in a row in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 rankings released on Thursday. It has also secured number one ranking in the overall category for the second straight year....
Little is known about differences between different strains of Bifidobacterium genus and their individual commercial uses A study by IIT Madras researchers of 36 strains of gut bacteria commonly found...
'Aditya', representing Asia in the Gustave Trouvé Awards event, is from Kerala. India’s first solar-powered ferry, Aditya, which became an icon on the Vaikom-Thavanakadavu route in Kerala, is among 12...
This free a C Programming and Assembly Language is an advanced level course. Coming directly from IIT Madras, students who have completed their BE/BTech in computer science or electrical engineering...
While the number of women aspiring to make a career in STEM is on the rise, we are yet to see equal representation in college classrooms, especially at coveted institutes...
Rajinikanth had this famous dialogue in his blockbuster Annamalai – Naan solrathaiyum seiven, sollathathiyum seiven (I’ll do what I say, I’ll also do what I don’t say). 44-year-old Vijay Kandasamy...
IIT-M researchers show role of microRNA in growth and spread of tongue cancer cells Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have identified a specific microRNA (miRNAs) called ‘miR-155’...
Google has announced that it has appointed Prabhakar Raghavan as the head of Search and Assistant. ...
The Indian Institute of Technology - Madras has partnered with the industry to develop a touchless sanitizer dispenser...
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) - IIT Madras has begun enrolment for more than 400 online courses...
GUVI, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras start-up, and co-host of RPA Skill-A-Thon 2020, helps students develop...