Usha Vance, US Second Lady Designate, Has A Chennai Connection Through IIT-Madras

Just as people in Andhra Pradesh were celebrating the Telugu roots of Usha Vance, the wife…

“STEM Has Been Used To Advance Imperial Powers Like Israel”: IIT-M Student Goes Woke During Convocation Speech

Wokeness appears to be infiltrating India’s premier tech institutions, as seen at the recent IIT-Madras convocation…

Woman scientist from Chennai granted patent for green technology producing medicinally important compound

Dr E. Poonguzhali, a single parent and woman scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute…

IIT Madras Develops India’s First Indigenous Motorized Wheelchair Vehicle

Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed India’s first indigenous motorized wheelchair vehicle that can be used…

IIT Madras launches program to help women technologists in their career growth

To give women more leadership roles, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has launched a new programme…

Stray dogs sabotaging IIT-M’s reputation abroad, ‘dog lovers’ and ‘animal activists’ turn blind eye

During the special meeting of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) nominated Permanent Committee to discuss the…

IIT Madras launches fortnightly webinar series honouring Mahatma Gandhi

IIT Madras is set to launch SIDDHI, a webinar series that is to be on a…

IIT Madras startup to develop wristband that detects COVID-19

Muse Wearables has raised ₹ 22 crore to develop a wristband that can identify COVID-19 symptoms…

IIT Madras launches online degree programs with no age bar, becomes the first University in the world to do so

IIT Madras, which currently stands first in the country according to NIRF rankings, has launched an…

Madras University alum to helm US’s apex science body

India-born American scientist Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been appointed as the Director of National Science Foundation,…