Infosys to invest Rs 17 crore in IIT M-incubated spacetech startup GalaxEyeThe cash investment will involve Infosys picking up a minority stake, less than 20%, as part of the series A round to pick up equity and co...
19 Sep, 2024, 07.28 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
IIT-Madras to provide funds to incubate sports-tech startupsIIT-Madras to fund sports-tech start-ups with AI and IoT products. Funds from IIT-Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation and CESSA. Focus...
27 May, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
IIT Madras raises 513 crore from alumni, corporates and donors in FY 23-24The alumni did most of the heavy lifting, contributing Rs 368.19 crore, followed by the CSR segment contributing Rs 95.53 crore, with the r...
08 May, 2024, 02.49 PM IST
IIT Madras launches research foundation to take innovation to global stageIIT Madras is launching the IITM Research Foundation to drive global aspirations, access markets and funding for research and innovation. T...
08 Apr, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Time’s right for hardware, deep tech companies to step out of campus: Solinas Integrity CEO‘Best on Campus’ award winner highlights slow shift towards hardware and deep tech startups.
28 Nov, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
IIT Madras, Narayanan Family Foundation launch fellowship in ‘AI for Social Good’The fellows will be primarily drawn from recent PhD graduates or early career researchers in computer science, computational and data scien...
10 Apr, 2021, 03.07 PM IST
Chennai is quickly turning into the new hotbed for deep-tech startupThe city offers amenities like shorter commutes, better traffic conditions & relatively lower cost of living.
08 Aug, 2019, 01.07 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2018: Best on Campus award goes to Skylark DronesSkylark provides geographical data to sectors such as mining, agriculture, infra & utility
17 Aug, 2018, 10.58 PM IST
Here's how IIT Madras has become a haven for startupsSince 2006, 140 startups have been a part of the IIT-M Incubation Cell. Of these, 32 startups have raised a total $108 million from investo...
24 Nov, 2017, 06.36 AM IST
- IIT Madras raises highest ever funding of Rs 55 crore
According to a release issued by the institute, IITM has set a target of raising Rs 500 crore by the year 2020.
29 Aug, 2017, 04.37 PM IST
The startup masterclass — why entrepreneurs are going back to schoolJoining the family business or starting up afresh -- entrepreneurs are beginning to see the value in going back to the classroom. And they ...
16 Jul, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
How IIT alumni are turning funders and founders to create their own unique startup ecosystemET Magazine analyses how founders and funders who are the alumni of India's premier institutes of technology are creating their own, unique...
23 Aug, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Why IIT-Madras is India's StanfordThis has to do with the culture of technology research and industry-academia interaction that the institution has fostered for years.
20 Mar, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
IIT graduates turning to start-ups with tech becoming basis of many emerging businessesThe venture, HyperVerge, has built solutions based on computer vision technology. It has big clients, and it has raised substantial funds f...
06 Feb, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
Google's Sridhar Ramaswamy joins list of IIT-Madras alumni to help university feature in top 50 by 2020Kris Gopalakrishnan recently donated Rs 10 crore to the institution to set up the ‘Prof. Mahabala Distinguished Chair in Computational Brai...
27 Dec, 2014, 06.27 AM IST
IIT Madras talks joint PhDs with US universities; move to improve profile of studentsThe IITs are now in the middle of a paradigm shift as they try to morph from world-class teaching institutions to world-class research cent...
28 Jan, 2013, 06.13 AM IST