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VMPL Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2: Entrepreneur India EV 2025, held in Chennai on June 27-28, catalyzed bold conversations around India's electric future, bringing together policy visionaries, industry stalwarts, and capital enablers. The summit was a powerhouse of insights, partnerships and next-gen strategies--making it clear that India isn't just part of the global EV race; it's aiming for pole position. Kicking off the two-day conference, Ms. Ashita Marya, CEO of Franchise India, d ...Read More >
VMPL Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2: Entrepreneur India EV 2025, held in Chennai on June 27-28, catalyzed bold conversations around India's electric future, bringing together policy visionaries, industry stalwarts, and capital enablers. The summit was a powerhouse of insights, partnerships and next-gen strategies--making it clear that India isn't just part of the global EV race; it's aiming for pole position. Kicking off the two-day conference, Ms. Ashita Marya, CEO of Franchise India, d ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) With monsoon drenching the capital, Delhi's pilot cloud seeding project to curb air pollution has been deferred to the end of August, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday. The Minister announced the change in schedule during a press conference here, citing ongoing rains that may not provide ideal conditions and could fail to yield the desired results. Last week, he had revealed that the initial time window for cloud seeding was set between Jul ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) took suo motu cognisance of a sexual harassment case involving a 20-year-old woman intern at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. The Commission Chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, wrote to the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, urging a fair and time-bound investigation under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.The incident occurred on the IIT-Madras campus on June 25 around 9.15 pm, when the student was walking al ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 28 (PTI) A 22-year-old man has been arrested allegedly for sexually harassing an intern at the IITM (Madras), police said on Saturday. The arrested was working at a food court inside the institute and he allegedly sexually harassed a 20-year-old intern on the campus on June 25 night, police said. Taking suo moto cognizance of the offence, the National Commission for Women chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar wrote to Tamil Nadu DGP calling for a fair and time-bound investigation under rele ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Police have arrested a 22-year-old man working at a food court inside the IIT-Madras campus for allegedly sexually harassing a 20-year-old intern of the institute, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night at around 9.30 pm near the open-air theatre on campus when the woman, who was walking alone, was threatened by the accused, identified as Roshan Kumar from Mumbai, with a stick. He then allegedly held her by the hair and sexually harassed he ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras' Zanzibar campus has launched a new Bachelor of Science (BS) programme in Chemical Process Engineering for the Academic Year 2025-26, officials said on Friday. The four-year full-time undergraduate degree programme in the Zanzibar campus is open to candidates of all nationalities, including Indians. "The programme offers a comprehensive curriculum blending core chemical engineering fundamentals with practical laboratory work, ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras' international campus at Zanzibar has announced the launch of a new four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) program in Chemical Process Engineering for the academic year 2025-26. Open to students of all nationalities, including Indian nationals, this full-time undergraduate program promises a globally relevant curriculum and robust industry alignment, a statement from the institute read. "The course is designed to provide a strong foundation in cor ...Read More >
BENGALURU, India, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GameChange Solar, a leading global supplier of solar tracker and fixed-tilt racking technology, has extended its support to the Indian Institute of Technology Madras' (IIT Madras) Team AgniRath, backing their mission to develop a cutting-edge solar-powered vehicle for the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. IIT Team Agnirath with their solar power vehicle Aagneya Led by a 48-member team of undergraduate students, AgniRath represents India's pu ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturda ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the spotlight was on the engineering feat. Behind the scenes, a Bengaluru-based academic played a quiet yet critical role in shaping this marvel.Dr G Madhavi Latha, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has spent the past 17 years working as a geotechnical consultant on the Chenab Bridge project -- which is part of the ambitious 272 km Udhampur-Srin ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Coming from Yedugundlapadu, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, where she was the first engineer ever, Professor Madhavi Latha is now among the technical minds behind the Chenab Rail Bridge -- the world's tallest railway bridge -- inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Madhavi, who hails from a family of farmers, completed her entire schooling in government school. The youngest of four siblings, she had initially dreamt of becoming a doctor. But with limited resources, ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Congratulating A Rajeshwari, a Malayali tribal girl from Karumandurai, a village in the Kalvarayan Hills, who secured an all-India rank of 417 under the Scheduled Tribe category in JEE Advanced, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday announced that the state will bear the entire expenses for her higher studies. TNIE was the first to report the story The CM, in a post on his X handle, said, "I salute Rajeshwari, a student of the government residential school, for realising her father's dr ...Read More >
Salem: Tribal girl A Rajeshwari, 18, of Karumandurai in Salem district has ensured a seat in an IIT after scoring high in JEE Advanced.Rajeshwari, the daughter of late Aundi and Kavitha of Appakudi, completed her schooling at the Karumandurai Government residential school in Vazhapadi taluk of Salem district. Appakudi is a tribal village in the Kalvarayan Hills. She passed the Class XII board examination with a score of 521 out of 600.Rajeshwari secured All India Rank (AIR) 417 in the JEE Advanc ...Read More >
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a bid to strengthen East Africa's energy ecosystem, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has joined hands with GRID-INDIA, a Miniratna enterprise under the Union Ministry of Power, to enhance energy infrastructure and technical capacity in Tanzania. "This strategic partnership, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 22, 2025, at IIT Madras, brings together India's premier academic institution and the national power system operator to offer ce ...Read More >
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), in collaboration with GRID-INDIA, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, is starting a special teaching and research programme for the students of Tanzania, an East African country. From certification courses, joint research, and technical consultation projects, the collaboration will include everything for strengthening its infrastructure of energy. With an active presence in Africa through IITM Zanzibar, the institute is committed to ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian Navy will formally induct and unveil the name of the ancient stitched ship, a recreation of a fifth century ship inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves, on Wednesday at Naval Base in Karwar. Union Minister of Culture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, will preside over the ceremony. The project was initiated through a tripartite agreement signed in July 2023 between the Ministry of Culture, the Indian Navy and Hodi Innovations, with funding from the Ministry of Culture. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Centre's high-level panel on exam reforms has advised against permanent staffing in the National Testing Agency (NTA), instead recommending longer tenure for executives and domain experts with attractive service conditions. Under fire over alleged irregularities in the conduct of medical entrance exam NEET-UG and PhD entrance NET, the government set up the panel in July to study the functioning of the NTA. The Opposition had claimed that NTA operates with fewer than ...Read More >
Chennai, Dec 17 (UNI) The IIT-Madras on Tuesday announced that it has become the first IIT in the country to introduce 'Fine Arts and Culture Excellence' (FACE) admission to undergraduate programs from the academic year 2025 - 26. The objective of FACE admission is to reward and encourage students who have achieved excellence in fine arts and culture, IIT-Madras Rector Prof V Kamakoti told a media conference at the campus. Two seats per program will be allotted in all B.Tech. and B.S. prog ...Read More >
Chennai: In a landmark feat, IT-Madras has released the world's first high-resolution detailed 3D images of the human foetal brain, pushing the frontiers of brain mapping technology and placing India in the global league in this segment of science. This data set, termed 'DHARANI', is open source, meaning it is freely available for all researchers world-wide. For the first time globally, 5,132 brain sections have been captured digitally using cutting-edge brain mapping technology developed by Su ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Ports & Inland Water Transport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways, and Coasts (NTCPWC), IIT Madras, Tuesday. The agreement focuses on preparing the Odisha Maritime Perspective Plan (OMPP). The agreement was signed in the presence of Commerce and Transport Department principal secretary Usha Padhee, who highlighted the significance of the initiative and encouraged active participation from all stakeh ...Read More >
Project led by Professor Sivaprakasam with international team The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by releasing the most detailed high-resolution 3D images of the human fetal brain. Developed by researchers at the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, this pioneering project is the first of its kind globally, showcasing over 5,132 digitally captured brain sections at a cellular level using advanced brain mapping technology. The dataset, ap ...Read More >
Chennai, Dec 10 (UNI) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on Tuesday announced that it has become the First Research Organization in the world to release the most detailed 3D high resolution images of the human fetal brain. This pioneering work from the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre of IIT Madras pushes the frontiers of Brain Mapping Technology and places India in the global league of brain mapping science as this is first-of-its-kind work anywhere in the world. Fo ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Vizhinjam International Port received its commercial commission certificate on Wednesday after successfully completing a trial run. An engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, presented the certificate to Kerala's Minister for Ports, Devaswom, and Cooperatives, V N Vasavan. It was issued a day after the minister announced the official completion of the first phase of operations. A grand inauguration will be held later after securing a date from Prime Min ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 4 (PTI) Vizhinjam International Port, India's first international deep-water transshipment port, has received the commercial commissioning certificate following the successful completion of its trial run. An independent engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, handed over the commercial commissioning certificate to Kerala's Minister for Ports, Devaswom, and Cooperatives, V N Vasavan, at his office here on Wednesday. The certificate was issued a day afte ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance innovation in electric vehicle (EV) and battery technology. This partnership aims to drive transformative research and development that will shape the future of sustainable mobility in India. Under the MoU, the Hyundai Center of Excellence (CoE) will be established at IIT Delhi. This is a joint collaboration with two ...Read More >
CHENNAI: IIT-Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is collaborating with Cambtech Training and Placement firm to offer certification programs in Supply Chain and Logistics Sector. The courses are designed to provide students with a simulated environment (Virtual Office), giving them a real-life simulation of the actual work environment throughout the courses. An Artificial Intelligence platform will provide the students with a virtual corporate environment for carrying out various financial ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Hyundai Motor Group has partnered with three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to establish a collaborative research system in the fields of batteries and electrification. The three institutes are IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. The Hyundai Centre of Excellence (CoE), which will be set up on IIT Delhi campus, will operate through sponsorships from Hyundai Motor Group. The primary objective of the Hyundai CoE is to take the lead in driving advancements in batteries and elec ...Read More >
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