India’s largest private satellite ‘Drishti’ lifts off, marks global first in OptoSAR imagingSpacetech startup GalaxEye successfully launched its first earth observation satellite, Mission Drishti, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. This 190...
03 May, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani reveals why he 'rebelled' against his father as a teenagerNandan Nilekani defied his father's wish to attend IIT Madras. He chose IIT Bombay for electrical engineering instead. His father preferred...
27 Nov, 2024, 12.29 PM IST
Space startup GalaxEye to launch 'Drishti satellite' through Elon Musk's SpaceX“This will be a 150-kg high-resolution indigenously-developed satellite, and we plan to launch a constellation of five satellites, with Dri...
21 Oct, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
IIT Madras gets largest single donation of Rs 228 crore from alumnus Dr Krishna ChivukulaIIT Madras received a record donation of Rs. 228 Crore from alumnus Dr. Krishna Chivukula. The funds will support scholarships, research, a...
06 Aug, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
Prem Watsa donates $5 million to IIT-M’s brain research centreSudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT-M has developed a high-throughput histology pipeline that processes whole human brains into high-r...
18 Jun, 2024, 02.57 PM IST
Most Indians 'highly positive' about India a decade from nowIIT Madras Alumni Association released the "Mood of the Nation" survey on the occasion of its Sangam 2019 conclave, a flagship event of the...
14 Sep, 2019, 05.30 PM IST
Axilor Ventures lands in IIT-M to fuel Chennai startupsThe facility will be used to leverage the academic expertise from the institution in areas such as industrial tools based on Internet of Th...
23 Feb, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Nandan Nilekani invokes 'second half of the chessboard' at IIT-MadrasThe Infosys co-founder recently used the phrase popularised by the US-based author and computer scientist.
03 Oct, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
At IIT-Madras, Nandan Nilekani talks about change being a constantThe Infosys co-founder highlighted the ever-transforming scenarios in automobiles and advertising.
19 Sep, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
Meet Professor HN Mahabala, the man who mentored India’s IT iconsMeet Professor HN Mahabala — the man who not only mentored Gopalakrishnan but also the likes of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy and coun...
23 Jul, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
Itihaasa to chronicle India’s digital revolutionItihaasa, a mobile app conceived by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, was launched here on Sunday evening.
18 Apr, 2016, 09.19 AM IST
IITs keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelinesIITs are keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelines even as the war for talent at IITs begins on Tuesday amid rising co...
01 Dec, 2015, 05.20 AM IST
Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan gives away Rs 30 crore to set up 3 brain research chairs at IIScKris’ Gopalakrishnan and his wife Sudha have set up three research chairs at the city-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc), continuing ...
23 Jun, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
Distinguished Chair on Narayana Murthy set upInfosys Co-Founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, an IIT Madras alumni, would, in all, establish three Distinguished Chairs to take up such studies.
18 Apr, 2015, 06.56 PM IST
We have to stay ahead of most advanced countries: Kris GopalakrishnanKris has funded researches in the field of computational brain research at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and three chairs at IIT...
18 Apr, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
Kris Gopalakrishnan sets up Professor Mahabala distinguished chairKris Gopalakrishnan establishes Professor Mahabala Distinguished Chair that would undertake study on Computational Brain Research by eminen...
28 Nov, 2014, 11.31 PM IST
Why big givers like Kris Gopalakrishnan are stepping in to fund areas of science and technologySome big givers like Kris Gopalakrishnan are stepping in to fund areas of science and technology conspicuous by their absence in India.
08 Oct, 2014, 01.27 PM IST