IIT Madras wants to come out with 1000 start-ups every year: Director

Average salary during job placements touches Rs 16.5 lakh, says V Kamakoti about institution ranked as India's best in higher education

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) was last week declared the country’s best higher education institution, retaining that slot for the fourth year in a row in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). IIT-M’s director V Kamakoti spoke to Shine Jacob about the institute’s success, its plans to earn revenue and groom start-ups, and his views on the National Education Policy (NEP).

What follows are edited excerpts from the interview.

What are the reasons for your consistent success in NIRF ranking?

If you ask me for a single reason for our better performance, I would say it is the cohesion