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The value of IIT Madras’ holding is estimated at more than ₹140 crore at the expected valuation, as per market and investment banking officials. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) will monetise around half of its total holding worth ₹140 crore from the forthcoming Initial Public Offering…
The story so far: On January 15, IIT-Madras director V. Kamakoti said peer-reviewed journals had substantiated the medicinal properties of cow urine. He was speaking at a goshala in West Mambalam in Chennai, on the occasion of ‘Mattu Pongal’, a festive occasion dedicated to cattle. In a media interaction five days later, Dr. Kamakoti listed…
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Union Railway Minister shared a video on the microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) on December 5, showing the completion of a 410-meter Hyperloop test track, signalling significant progress in India’s high-speed transportation ambitions. The test track, located at IIT Madras’ Discovery Campus in Thaiyur, is an outcome of a collaborative effort between Indian Railways, IIT-Madras’…
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Yakov Eliashberg speaking at the TNQ Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics at IIT Madras on September 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Russian-American mathematician and Wolf Prize laureate Yakov Eliashberg delivered a public talk at IIT Madras on Thursday, as part of the inaugural annual TNQ Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics. The talk was part…
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Allegations of irregularities in NEET have sparked nationwide protests New Delhi: The presence of IIT Madras director on the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) governing body as an ex-officio member does not amount to conflict of interest, the exam body has told the Supreme Court. This comes against the backdrop of the Centre citing a report…
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Mr Mahindra said that India is no longer seen as a country that lacks genuine innovators New Delhi: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has praised the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras startup that is developing an electric flying taxi, saying that the institution has become one of the world’s most “exciting and active incubators”….
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Indian Institute of Technology- Madras in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has established a Centre for Tech Excellence to cater to the micro, small and medium enterprises with support from Walmart. The centre aims to train MSME units in the use of artificial intelligence and internet…
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Image for representational purposes only. Researchers have developed an India-specific artificial intelligence model to precisely determine the gestational age of a foetus in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. The model has been designed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. It…
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