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IIT Madras opens offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania

IIT Madras launches Zanzibar campus; 50 students admitted. 8 Indian students join PG programme. 22 UG students from Africa, 40% women. IIT to invest in knowledge, Zanzibar govt to bear expenses. 5 new programmes planned in 5 yrs. Banks to facilitate loans for Indian students. Permanent campus to be built…

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IIT Madras to hold a social-awareness festival this weekend

IIT Madras to host 'Sawera' fest to celebrate happiness; events include run, jam session, donation drive, art therapy workshop, and more. Fest aims to motivate students to make positive changes to society.

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Body of IIT Madras student found near railway tracks close to A.P. border

IIT-M student found dead near Chennai railway tracks; Institute extends cooperation to investigating authorities and expresses condolences to family. IIT-M mourns loss of student, requests respect for family's privacy at this difficult time.

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IIT Madras ties up with Ericsson for research in responsible AI

IIT Madras partners with Ericsson Research for 5 yrs to develop cutting-edge methods to enhance trust & explainability in AI algorithms for public good. Key projects include large-language models in healthcare, participatory AI & generative AI models based on attention mechanisms.

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IIT Madras professor wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for scientific research

IIT-M faculty Rajnish Kumar wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his contributions to understanding of nucleation & growth of clathrate hydrates, CO2 sequestration & methane recovery from marine gas hydrates. IIT-Madras Director V. Kamakoti lauds Kumar's exceptional research & pursuit of excellence. Kumar credits award to hard work of students…

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches books on science and technology written by IIT Madras faculty, alumnus

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched books authored by IIT Madras faculty and alumnus on July 30 at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

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IIT-M to hold meet on India’s future in electronics and computers

IIT Madras to host symposium on future of India's electronics and computers. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti to address students. Free registration and participation. Open standard collaboration to enable processor design innovation.

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Governor presents honorary doctorate to A.V.S. Murthy and H.S. Shetty at VTU convocation

VTU conferred honorary doctorate on seer, A.V.S. Murthy and industrialist H.S. Shetty at 23rd convocation. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot awarded gold medals and certificates to rank-holders. IIT Madras professor V. Kamakoti gave convocation address. 42,545 students awarded BE, B.Tech degrees, 1,003 B. Architecture degrees, 578 Ph.Ds and more. Vice-Chancellor S. Vidyashankar…

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VTU to confer honorary doctorate on seer, two others

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will award honorary doctorates to Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swami, seer of the Sri Adichunchanagiri Math in Mandya district, and two other dignitaries on the occasion of its 23rd annual convocation in Belagavi on August 1.

The Hindu

T.N. Governor urges varsities and colleges to harness alumni potential

Gov. R.N. Ravi urges universities to engage alumni for student welfare. He suggests meaningful exchanges, inviting alumni to visit, and investing in research. He also encourages STEM programmes and creating Scopus indexed journals to spread language richness. 20 institutions, incl. IIT Madras & NIT Tiruchi, were felicitated.

The Hindu

Women still minority at IITs, efforts on to achieve gender parity, says IIT director Preeti Aghalayam

IIT-Madras, set up in 1959, has become the first IIT in the country to launch an international campus

The Hindu

PM Mod iconcludes 'productive' UAE visit, departs for India

PM Modi concludes \'productive\' UAE visit, departs for India

The Times of India

Diversity, equality, inclusivity make higher education comprehensive: President Murmu

A two-day visitor’s conference, hosted by President Droupadi Murmu and visitors of about 160 Centrally sponsored educational institutions, discussed diversity, equality, inclusivity and wellness in higher education institutions in the country.

The Hindu

IIT Madras records 64% rise in donations, nets ₹231 crore in 2022-23

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has raised ₹231 crore from its alumni, corporate houses and donors in the financial year 2022-23

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India keen to reduce import dependence on assistive technologies, ICMR DG

The Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Rajiv Bahl, on Saturday said that the Centre was keen on reducing the country’s dependence on import and provide high quality, affordable assistive technologies to every person in need

The Hindu

Explained | How are universities assessed under the National Institutional Ranking Framework?

The Hindu explains the takeaways from this year’s NIRF rankings, the methodology used to rank Indian universities, colleges and other higher education institutes, and why it faces criticism from some quarters

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IIT Madras to introduce BS (Electronic System) online course

IIT Madras is introducing a new course ‘BS (Electronic System)’ a four-year integrated online course with multiple exit options from the academic year 2023-23.

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IIT Madras, Waycool Foods join hands to bring regenerative agriculture tech stack to farmers

WayCool Foods, a food and agri-tech platform has entered into a partnership with IIT - Madras (IIT-M) to expand the offerings for farmers under IIT-M’s RASA (Regenerative Agriculture Sustainable Architecture) tech stack.

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Chennai-based The ePlane Company becomes first Indian electric aircraft firm to receive Design Organisation Approval from DGCA

The ePlane Company, a developer of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircrafts has received Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The DOA is a crucial first step in the aircraft certification process, and it paves the way for ePlane to begin commercial production…

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IIT Madras, Defence Research and Development Organisation develop sensor technology for underwater communications

The indigenous technology will enable the fabrication of devices at a relatively lower cost as compared to international foundries, where not only is the cost of fabrication high but also the number of foundries is limited.

The Hindu

IIT Madras partners with L&T Edutech to train engineering, science students

The Indian Institute of Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation and L&T EduTech will offer industry skilling programmes for engineering and science students in the country

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Second-year B.Tech students dies by suicide at IIT-Madras, fourth case this year

A second-year B Tech student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras died by suicide on campus, police said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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IIT-Madras PhD student dies by suicide, third case this year

A PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, died by suicide in his room in Tamil Nadu's Velachery. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Stress, dropouts, suicides: Unravelling IIT’s casteism problem

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IIT-Madras student dies by suicide, second incident in a month

A third-year B Tech student of IIT Madras died by suicide on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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