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IIT Madras launches electric racing car; mulls driverless vehicle by 2025

The racing car will be featured at student-led formula championships like Formula Bharat in India in January and Formula Student Germany next August

IIT Madras, Australian univ to launch 'Australia-India Centre for Energy'

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras is partnering with Australian Universities to launch "Australia-India Centre for Energy" to work on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to officials, the AICE aims to promote collaboration among universities, research institutes and industry from both countries in the energy domain. The virtual Centre will be launched during the two-day Energy Summit 2022 hosted by IIT Madras in December. IIT Madras and Deakin University in Australia are taking the lead in coordinating and driving the engagement amongst the partners and with external stakeholders, to grow collaborations between government departments, funding agencies and individual researchers in both countries. Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Marti Mannariah Gurunath Institute Chair Professor and Dean (Global Engagement), explained that all partners will have an equal footing and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission will be a catalyst to foster partnerships with ...

Tube Investments of India acquires 50% stake in X2Fuels and Energy

The acquisition would be by subscribing to 10,753 equity shares for a total consideration of Rs 6.15 crore

IIT Madras develops regional climate model to predict localised rainfall

This was a research project of an IIT Madras scholar, Krithiga, to provide weather forecasts for irrigation management and is now being used in Chennai corporation for flood mitigation

IIT Madras funding, revenue up Rs 1,000 crore for first time in FY

Premier engineering college clocks highest number of job offers received during campus placements in academic year

IIT-M unveils '3 GL', a prototype of new driving licensing process

A prototype of a new driver licensing process 3 Gate Licencing (3GL) was launched during the National Scientific Road Safety Conclave organised by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) here on Tuesday. The 3GL process measures the behaviour of the driver, his knowledge of road safety and driving habits to practise the learned theory in a simulator and on-road driving conditions before receiving a valid driving licence, IIT Madras said in a press release. "Road safety is getting collaborative with technology. However, each road, each region, city has its own DNA. To create such a scenario in a simulator is the biggest challenge," said director of IIT-M professor V Kamakoti said. Training drivers is the most important thing in road safety and training schoolbus drivers is a good start. Children see them driving the most and are impacted by it, he said at the inauguration of the event. Additional Director General of Police and chairman of Special Task Force on Road Safety

Ashok Leyland, IIT Madras tie up to develop hybrid EVS using turbine tech

While the main powertrain will be the electric motor, the onboard power would be generated by a micro gas turbine developed jointly by NCCRD and Aerostrovilos Energy, an IITM-incubated start-up

Ashok Leyland, IIT Madras tie up to develop hybrid EVS using turbine tech

While the main powertrain will be the electric motor, the onboard power would be generated by a micro gas turbine developed jointly by NCCRD and Aerostrovilos Energy, an IITM-incubated start-up

Spike protein vaccines may help fight Covid variants: IIT-M study

Researchers sought to gauge the response in cases where post-vaccination infections were caused by a variant other than the original Wuhan strain

Technologies like quantum computing core for India's growth: MoS IT

Quantum computing has been gaining pace in recent times as tech leaders look to solve scale related problems that need high computing power

IIT Madras Indian academic institute to join IBM's Quantum Network

Engineering college will get access to the company's advanced quantum computing systems and expertise

Best, brightest: How NIRF Ranking in education could help students better

Parameters to judge colleges and universities could be expanded to include student opinion

IIT Madras sees highest campus placements; average salary at Rs 21.48 lakh

The top recruiters of the year include EXL Service, OLA Mobility, EY India, American Express, Microsoft India, IQVIA, Larsen & Toubro, Enphase Energy, Qualcomm, and Kotak Mahindra Bank among others

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

IIT-M top education institute, IISc Bengaluru best univ: Govt ranking

Delhi's Miranda House is India's best college for women, says education ministry framework

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IIT Madras wins top spot for best educational institute for 4th yr in a row

The 2022 rankings were released by Union Education Minister Dharmednra Pradhan on Friday

Agnikul launches India's first rocket facility for 3D-printed engines

Unit has been designed to make two rocket engines a week

Over 2k students graduate from IIT-M, institute presents 60,000th degree

A total of 2,084 students graduated on Wednesday, in the first convocation to be held in the physical mode after a gap of two years, a release from IIT-M said.

Godrej group, IIT-M alumni start-up Tvasta start 3D construction printing

3D construction printing tech will be used to develop various sustainable infra projects, housing solutions, disaster relief structures, national defence related applications