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IIT-Madras creates space fuel; may help convert CO2 into energy source

Clathrate hydrates are molecules like methane, carbon dioxide, etc, trapped in well-defined cages of water molecules forming crystalline solids

Woman PhD scholar from Jharkhand commits suicide at IIT Madras

According to a student, the scholar locked herself up in her room in Sabarmati hostel two days ago

IIT-M partners Thales group to design processor for sensitive equipment

The ultimate objective is to improve the security and dependability of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, embedded systems and machine learning implementations

Mess at IIT-Madras: Posters for separate entry for veg, non-veg students

While pictures of the posters bearing the name of a local caterer and pasted near the doors of the mess were circulated by some students on the social media, an official pleaded ignorance about them

Job offers on the rise? Placements at IIT Madras see a 30% uptick

During the academic year 2017-18, 106 companies made 526 offers at the end of day three

IIT-M students allege harassment during room checks, Dean denies charges

An informal report initiated by the students last year, had alleged rampant 'moral policing' by security personnel, non-academic staff, faculty personnel, non-academic staff

326 companies register for first phase of IIT Madras's recruitment season

Even as the placement season for the IITs for the year 2018-19 is to begin on December 1, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has seen 326 companies registered till Monday for more than 490 job profiles for Phase I recruitment. This is 20.7 per cent higher than the 270 companies visited the campus in the whole during 2017-18.The first phase of campus recruitment for 2018-19 will be held between December 1 and 8, with a break of one day on December 5, 2018.Manu Santhanam, advisor, Training and Placement, IIT Madras, said, "The number of recruiters coming to campus has seen an upswing this year, which is clearly an indicator of the growing perception about the quality of students coming from IIT Madras, in addition to our consistently top rank in NIRF."About 34 percent of the recruiters are from Core Engineering / Research and Development sector, 32 percent from the IT sector and 21 percent from Finance / Analytics / Consulting sectors while the rest is from other sectors. .

IIT-Madras researchers design first indigenously-developed microprocessor

Researchers in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has designed and booted up a microprocessor, India's first indigenously-developed one, that can be used in mobile computing devices, embedded low power wireless systems and networking systems. This microprocessor will be helpful in reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in Communications and Defence Sectors and is on par with International Standards.The microprocessor, developed under the project 'Shakti' was fabricated at Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) of Indian Space Research Organizations (Isro) in Chandigarh, making it the first 'RISC V Microprocessor' to be completely designed and made in India. The processors developed under Shakti are based on an open, free programming language ISA (Instruction Set Architecture), called RISC-V ISA, which provides software and hardware freedom for future developments, it said.The indigenous design, development and fabricating approach reduces the risk of deploying systems .

IIT Madras-incubated Startup launches indigenously made Smart Air Purifier

Vistar has a coverage of 550 sq ft and a life of one year, twice that of air purifiers currently available in the market; It is priced at Rs 20,000, half that of existing products

IIT Madras Incubation Cell sees surge in number of start-ups at 18% in FY18

IITMIC claims the start up mortality rate in the incubators are lowest

IIT Madras joins hands with AAI for research on air navigation systems

The MoU signed on Wedne provides for transfer of knowledge and skill by the IIT Madras experts in the areas essential to carry out research, including mathematical, analytical, artificial intelligence

Strategic plan helps IIT-M to win hatrick as best engineering college

The institute also retained its second position in the overall category as the second best institution in the country

IIT-M develops algorithm for first Indian wearable health monitoring device

Vital signs such as pulse rate, blood pressure recorded on this device are accessible to health care providers

IIT-M becomes top ranked engineering institution for 2nd consecutive year

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been selected as the Top Ranked Engineering Institution in the country for the second consecutive year as per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD, Government of India. It has also emerged as the second-best Institute in the Country, under the 'Overall Category introduced this year, in the NIRF Rankings.The institute has marked its achievements in R&D, academic activities, innovations, and startups during the year. In 2017,three famous alumni of IIT Madras - Sparta Group Chairman Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, treasurer Jaishree Deshpande and Infosys co-founder S Kris Gopalakrishnan - jointly launched an entrepreneurship centre at IIT Madras similar to the Deshpande Centres at MIT and elsewhere. It will get a funding of $500,000 per year over the next 5 years to support its activities.The institute also signed an MoU with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) to set up the Robert Bosch Centre for ..

IIT-M ties up with four companies for new industry-academia initiative

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has announced a new initiative to facilitate Industry-Academia talks on research in collaboration with four companies under the name as Research Connect. The companies it tied up include the leading chip manufacturer Intel Corporation, Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi, ABB, a Swedish high-tech engineering multinational corporation and the Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment company Huawei.The Research Connect aims to link the Industrial R&D experts, IIT Madras Research Scholars and Faculty to augment the existing research initiatives of IIT Madras such as Research Park, Incubation Cell, Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR) by bringing the industrial research fraternity to the research scholars at IIT Madras to have a result oriented discussion on how research done by the varied labs at IIT Madras can be focused to deliver solutions that the industry needs.IIT-M, with 16 academic .

IIT Madras targets to have 100 foreign faculties in three years

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) is planning to attract more foreign nationals as its faculty, targeting a total of 100 foreign faculty in the institute in three years. The institute, which has received an increased fund of Rs 750 crore in the budget for the year, is also looking at increasing its industry-institute collaboration and more funds from the industry in future, said the senior officials from IITM.The institutes' board in a meeting has approved a plan to increase its foreign faculty level to 100 in next three years and to maintain in that level for future, said Pawan Goenka, chairman of the Governing Board of IITM and managing director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd."The scheme to attract foreign faculty was presented in the board meeting today and it has been approved. Initially the target is to appoint 25 foreign nationals as faculty members," he said. Even the numbers reaches 50-70, it would be beneficial for the institute. He said that one of the major ...

IIT Madras websites hacked, institute says 'examining' issue

Institute said it runs main website and auxiliary sites and were maintained by different entities

60% IIT Madras students hired in first phase of campus placements

728 students have been placed in various companies so far

143 companies hands out 714 job offers in IIT-Madras in the first week of placement

A total of 1327 students registered for placements during the academic session out of which 625 students have already been placed

89 offer letters on first half of Day 2 recruitment in IIT Madras

On the first day, 25 companies made 137 offers