PM Modi lays stone for IIT Madras' Rs 1,000-cr scientific discovery campus

The satellite campus will host standalone Research Centres, will have its own support infra such as hostels, common instrumentation labs, and conference facilities

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is setting up a Discovery Campus at a cost of around Rs 1,000 crore near Chennai. The institute aims to develoo the facility as a key destination for global scientific discovery.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Discovery Campus of IIT Madras, which will be located at Thaiyur near Chennai, to accommodate the growing research infrastructure requirements of students and faculty.

IIT Madras allotted 163 acres of land in 2017 at Thaiyur, which is located about 36 km from the main campus at Guindy.

This satellite campus of