PM Modi inaugurates India's first 5G testbed The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras The Hindu · May 17, 2022
Pfizer opens global drug development centre on IIT-M Research Park campus This is the company’s first such facility in Asia The Hindu · May 4, 2022
Tamil Nadu reports 47 fresh COVID-19 cases Only one infection reported from the IIT Madras cluster The Hindu · May 1, 2022
IIT-Madras cluster tally rises to 171 Saturation testing to be completed, discharge of patients from today The Hindu · Apr 28, 2022
9 fresh Covid cases take IIT-Madras cluster to 12 CHENNAI: Nine students in various hostels of IIT-Madras tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the fresh cluster tally on the campus to 12 over the past three days. With this, fresh cases in Tamil Nadu touched 39 on Thursday, up from 31 on Wednesday. The Times of India · Apr 22, 2022
12 test positive for COVID-19 in IIT Madras The authorities have begun saturation testing by collecting samples from around 2,000 persons on the campus to identify the cases. Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan says adequate containment measures have been put in place keeping a facility with 60 rooms available for isolation. The Hindu · Apr 21, 2022
Diverse group of students in online UG programme, says IIT Madras Institution to train government and aided school students to enrol for the programme The Hindu · Apr 12, 2022
Prosthetic limb by IIT Madras brings relief to users It has been developed by Mobility India in partnership with IIT M The Hindu · Apr 8, 2022
IIT Madras launches Master’s course for international students Focus is on enrolling candidates from Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal The Hindu · Apr 4, 2022
Transformation of College of Engineering Survey School, which was started with just eight students, has become College of Engineering, Guindy The Hindu · Mar 24, 2022
Death of deer: test reports show no trace of anthrax The deaths were initially suspected to be due to anthrax The Hindu · Mar 23, 2022
IIT-Madras sets up centre to study human brain Institute’s students to be trained at the centre on cutting edge brain data The Hindu · Mar 21, 2022
IIT Madras chosen for project to assess gender climate on campuses DST project aims to improve involvement of women in STEM The Hindu · Mar 7, 2022
Inclusion of professors from other institutions in inspection panels upsets faculty of Madras University The varsity’s V-C had nominated professors from IIT Madras for two panels The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022
The Hindu · Feb 28, 2022 IIT Madras launches PG programmes for international students Nine interdisciplinary 2-year Master’s programmes, I2MP, launched
The Hindu · Feb 22, 2022 OCEANS 2022 meet gets under way IIT Madras and NIOT have jointly organised the virtual conference
The Hindu · Feb 16, 2022 IIT Madras sets up chair on innovation and product development Alumnus offers $1,60,000 in endowment
The Times of India · Feb 7, 2022 35 deer died on IIT-Madras campus in 6 months CHENNAI: Thirty-five deer have died on the IIT Madras campus from July to December 2021, an RTI reply from the forest department has revealed. Of these, two deer died of tuberculosis, two of weakness, four from various diseases and four due to plastic ingestion, the reply said. Two had bite…
The Times of India · Feb 7, 2022 IIT-Madras sets up centre to work on water issues CHENNAI: IIT Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary water management and policy centre called AquaMAP to work and solve water problems in India. The centre will provide smart solutions for water problems by designing scalable models by leveraging innovative technologies.
The Times of India · Jan 23, 2022 India's R-value further reduces, Covid-19 peak likely in next 14 days: IIT analysis NEW DELHI: India's R-value which indicates the rate of spread of coronavirus has further reduced to 1.57 in the week from January 14-21 and the national peak of the third wave of the infection is expected to come in the next fortnight, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras.
The Hindu · Jan 20, 2022 Teaching rural children, organic farming and ethics in Artificial Intelligence V. Kamakoti, IIT Madras’s new director, is following in his family’s footsteps diligently
The Hindu · Jan 17, 2022 Kamakoti takes charge as IIT Madras director He aims to enhance reach of online learning and kindle children’s interest in science and research