IIT Madras

IIT Madras has announced the schedule and key changes for GATE 2027, including the introduction of a new paper in Robotics and Automation and the first major syllabus revision in five years

Funding led by Pravega Ventures and Shastra VC will support global expansion, strengthen AI capabilities and accelerate product development across defence and commercial maritime markets

The PPP project, being developed with Elevate Campuses, will accommodate more than 1,800 PhD students and project staff and is expected to be completed by mid-2028

V Anantha Nageswaran said businesses must prioritise resilience over efficiency as geopolitical tensions rise, while arguing that AI will increase, not reduce, human cognitive load

AI verification startup plans to use proceeds to train formalisation models, expand research team and scale operations across regulated sectors

GalaxEye founder Suyash Singh and his co-founders spent five years building Drishti, a satellite that sees through clouds even at night, and which was launched earlier this month on a SpaceX rocket

The move comes after several days of complaints over portal crashes, login failures, inaccessible links and payment errors

Dharmendra Pradhan urges India Inc to boost direct R&D investment, saying CSR-led spending is tokenistic and calling for stronger industry-academia collaboration

IIT Madras incubates 112 start-ups and files 431 patents in FY26, reinforcing its leadership in deep-tech innovation and entrepreneurship under its Startup Shatam mission

IIT Madras Zanzibar has opened 2026 admissions and plans to introduce PhD programmes and expand research infrastructure as it scales operations in East Africa

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chairs AI roundtable with edtech founders ahead of launch of IIT Madras-anchored Bharat Bodhan AI Foundation

The fund will look to build a portfolio of over 25 companies in IP-led, engineering-heavy startups in sectors such as robotics, spacetech, defencetech, semiconductors and medtech

Coromandel International signs MoU with IIT Madras to set up a corporate research centre, boosting agri innovation, sustainability, and industry-academia collaboration

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was speaking at the launch of IIT Madras Global and the inaugural session of the IIT Madras tech fest Shaastra

The IAF's Software Development Institute (SDI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT-Madras for the joint design and development of an indigenous digital communication system for airborne applications. This collaboration marks a significant step towards realising the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, fostering self-reliance in defence technology and enhancing India's strategic capabilities, an official release said on Monday. The MoU was signed by Air Vice Marshal R Guruhari, Commandant, SDI; Prof V Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras and Dr M J Shankar Raman, CEO, Pravartak Technologies Foundation. Through this partnership, the Indian Air Force (IAF) aims to develop advanced algorithms for networking and encryption in collaboration with IIT Madras, the release said. These systems are critical for secure, reliable, and high-performance data exchange in dynamic airborne environments, essential for modern military operations and networked warfare. By developing this ...

IIT Madras researchers say proton exchange membrane electrolysers can improve efficiency versus alkaline systems and that design choices can reshape lifecycle emissions and material needs for scale-up

Hedge funds and trading firms outpace start-ups in placement drives

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has signed an MoU with the Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-Madras) to promote technological innovation and collaborative research in education, officials said. The collaboration seeks to leverage cutting-edge technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), to improve access, inclusivity and quality across the educational ecosystem, they added. "This collaborative effort is important for realising the vision and goals of the new National Education Policy (NEP) and the new National Curriculum Framework. All the books need to be digital and made available in 22 scheduled languages to support education in children's mother tongue," said School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar. Kumar said that IIT Madras is one of the IT champions and increasingly content needs to be developed on gamification, animation, videos and extended reality, among others. "Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) .

IIT Madras and Hero MotoCorp have signed an MoU to collaborate on research, education and employee upskilling in areas like EV development, battery technology and AI

IIT Madras topped the NIRF 2025 rankings for the seventh year in a row, followed by IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay. A new category on sustainable development goals was introduced this year