The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has taken a big step forward in space technology with the launch of the Shri S Ramakrishnan Centre of Excellence in Fluid and Thermal Science Research at IIT Madras. Inaugurated by ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, this new research hub is designed to tackle ...

IIT Madras, in partnership with Indian Railways, has inaugurated India’s first hyperloop test track, representing a significant advancement in high-speed transportation. This 422-meter-long facility, situated on the IIT Madras campus, aims to facilitate ultra-fast travel, potentially reducing ...

Indian Railways & IIT-Madras ink MoU for 5G testbed: The Ministry of Railways and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) signed a memorandum of understanding ((MoU) to establish the India 5G testbed at the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications ...

Prof. Thalappil Pradeep of IIT Madras won the international EniAward: Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has won the prestigious Eni Award 2023. Previous awardees include Nobel laureates, Sir Harold W. Kroto, Alan Heeger and Theodor ...

Preeti Aghalayam to become first woman director of IIT, to led IIT Zanzibar: IIT Madras is all set to open its first offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The campus will be led by Preeti Aghalayam, an alumna of IIT Madras and a professor in the Chemical Engineering department. Aghalayam is the ...

IIT Madras becomes first ever IIT to be set up outside India in Tanzania: Recently, the Ministry of External Affairs signed an MoU with the IIT Madras and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training Zanzibar (Tanzania) to set up the first-ever IIT campus outside India. Daily Current ...

IIT Madras to set up its first international campus in Tanzania: IIT Madras plans to open the first Indian Institute of Technology in Africa in Tanzania, with classes beginning in October. The planned campus in Zanzibar will be IIT Madras's first international campus. V Kamakoti, the institute’s ...

Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates IIT Madras initiative: Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru. M.K. Stalin today (5th April 2023) inaugurated an initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) to connect one lakh Government School students in Tamil Nadu studying in rural locations ...

IIT Madras Researchers develop a device to detect milk adulteration: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device. This device can detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds. The test could be even ...

ISRO plans to develop astronaut training module with IIT Madras: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): A training programme for the Indian Spaceflight Programme will be created by ISRO and IIT Madras using augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality (AR, VR, MR). ISRO aims to ...