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IIT Madras researchers develop Ocean Wave Energy converter

IIT Madras researchers develop Ocean Wave Energy converter

IIT Madras researchers develop Ocean Wave Energy converter: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed an ‘Ocean Wave Energy Converter’ that can generate electricity from sea waves. The trials of this device were successfully completed recently. The device was deployed at a location about 6 KM off the coast of Tuticorin, Tamil […]

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IIT Madras, IIS- Karnataka partner to develop boxing analytics software

IIT Madras, IIS- Karnataka partner to develop boxing analytics software

IIT Madras researchers have joined hands with Inspire Institute of Sports, Karnataka to develop an advanced boxing analytics platform named Smartboxer. Aim: To increase India’s boxing medal tally at the 2024 Olympics. This multi version software is being developed by the Center of Excellence for Sports Science and Analytics at IIT Madras. Feature: Provide feedback and performance assessments using Internet of

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IIT Madras launches ‘Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat’

IIT Madras launches ‘Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat’

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) has launched the ‘Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat” with an aim to advance the state of Indian language technology. AI4Bharat, is an initiative to build open-source language (Artificial Intelligence) AI for Indian languages.  The centre has made several cutting-edge resources open-source for mass public use and can be downloaded from their webpage.

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IIT-M technology to play ‘Pivot’al role in providing patients with cancer with individualised care

IIT-M technology to play ‘Pivot’al role in providing patients with cancer with individualised care

Researchers at IIT Madras have created a ground-breaking technique that may pinpoint a person’s cancer-causing genes. The “Pivot,” an AI-based tool, will assist clinicians in developing individualized treatment plans for patients based on patient DNA profiles.  The tool is built on a machine learning model that classifies genes into cancer-preventing tumour suppressors, oncogenes that cause cancer, and neutral genes.

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Indian Railways and IIT Madras Partner To Develop India’s First Indigenous Hyperloop

Indian Railways and IIT Madras Partner To Develop India’s First Indigenous Hyperloop

The Ministry of Railways has announced that it’s going to collaborate with IIT Madras for the development of a made-in-India Hyperloop system. It has also announced that it’ll be setting up a Centre for Excellence for Hyperloop technologies at the aforementioned institution. India has shown interest in Hyperloop tech since 2017, by then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. In fact, the

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PM Modi addresses Silver Jubilee celebrations of TRAI

PM Modi addresses Silver Jubilee celebrations of TRAI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed Silver Jubilee Celebrations programme of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) through video conferencing. During the programme, PM Modi also launched a 5G Test Bed, developed as a multi-institutional collaborative project by a total of eight institutes led by IIT Madras. TRAI was established in 1997 through the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. 

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IAF inks MoU with IIT Madras to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems

IAF inks MoU with IIT Madras to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for technology development and finding indigenous solutions towards the sustenance of various weapon systems. The partnership will significantly contribute in accelerating IAF’s indigenisation efforts towards enhancing sustenance capability, obsolescence management and achieving ‘Self Reliance’.

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IIT Madras establishes AquaMAP Water Management and Policy Centre

IIT Madras establishes AquaMAP Water Management and Policy Centre

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary Water Management and Policy Centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India. The AquaMAP was inaugurated at IIT Madras by Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, on March 19, 2022. This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water

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IIT Madras and NIOT jointly organises OCEANS 2022 Conference virtually

IIT Madras and NIOT jointly organises OCEANS 2022 Conference virtually

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, are jointly conducting OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition, the bi-annual event for global marine researchers, technologists and engineers, students, and policymakers, from Feb 21-24 2022 in hybrid mode in Chennai. The bi-annual conference was held for the first time in India. The

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IIT-M Research Park, Saint-Gobain India sign MoU on renewable energy

IIT-M Research Park, Saint-Gobain India sign MoU on renewable energy

Saint-Gobain India and the IIT Madras, Research Park have signed an MoU to develop a 100 per cent renewable energy, research park. Saint-Gobain would support IIT-M with a funding of Rs 1 crore over the next 3 years. The aim through this collaboration was to boost the transformation towards a low carbon future and to aid India in achieving 100% renewable energy.

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