For the sixth time in a row, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) retained the number one spot in the list of top educational institutions in India under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) announced by the Ministry of Education. IIT Madras also topped the list of engineering institutes, followed by IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, and… Continue reading "IIT Madras tops NIRF list for 6th time"
IIT Madras has received a donation of ₹228 crore from alumnus Dr Krishna Chivukula – the largest in its history and one of the largest ever for an educational instution in India. Kaviraj Nair, chief executive at the Office of Institutional Advancement at IIT Madras said, “We are profoundly grateful to Dr Krishna Chivukula for his extraordinary generosity and unwavering… Continue reading "Alumnus donates ₹228 crore to IIT-Madras"
IIT Madras is targeting the incubation of 100 startups in 2024, its Director Prof V Kamakoti said on Tuesday. “We are also seeing a lot of interesting technologies coming up through Hyperloop start-up, ePlane, Agnikul Cosmos and Mindgrove Technologies, all of which are IIT Madras-incubated startups. These startups will deliver products of great national importance,” he said. The institute has… Continue reading "IIT Madras aims to incubate 100 start-ups this year"
IIT Madras’ innovation arm IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation has launched a state-of-the-art lab for testing 5G networks and network security testing labs for domestic and global markets. Called ComNet Lab, the centre aims to accelerate indigenous 5G secure solution development suitable for the Indian environment. The lab has been set up for testing 5G Core network functions and 5G RAN… Continue reading "IIT-M launches facility to test 5G networks"
IIT Madras reported 26 positive cases of Covid on Thursday pushing the tally of IIT cluster cases to 171. Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan along with Greater Chennai Corporation officials visited the IIT Madras campus on Thursday and inspected the measures taken at Taramani guest house isolation centre and Ganga hostel isolation centre. Radhakrishnan said that all the cases are of… Continue reading "IIT Madras reports 26 more coronavirus cases"
Four deer died at IIT Madras in the last two days, the institute sent the samples to Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University. The test results revealed that one deer had the presence of Anthrax and three more samples’ tests were inconclusive. The management said that they will start vaccination against anthrax very soon. “We are analyzing all possibilities… Continue reading "IIT Madras to resume anti-anthrax vaccination for deers"