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With a total of 1,199 offers, record job placements for IIT Madras this year
As many as 80 per cent of students who opted for Campus Placements during 2021-22 have received job offers during placement 2021-22, the premier institute said in a statement on Monday

Indian Railways books cab for student so that he could catch train on time amid heavy rains; wins hearts
After the train got cancelled, the staff at Ekta Nagar railway station helped Gadhvi get a cab to Vadodara station. The young student reached Vadodara station on time. The railway department did not stop there. Officials at Vadodara station even helped the aspirant with his luggage

IIT Madras researchers successfully develop and deploy an AI-based tool to diagnose cancer
A group of researchers at IIT Madras have developed an AI-based tool that detects cancer. Using the new tool, doctors will not only be able to detect cancer at much earlier stages, but they will also be able to create personalised treatment strategies, that work in a better manner.

The IIT-Madras invention that could put an end to manual scavenging in India
An IIT-Madras start-up has developed a robotic machine to clean septic tanks and hopes to end the dehumanising pratice of manual scavenging in India. Around 10 units have been distributed in Tamil Nadu, which reported the highest number of deaths of workers cleaning sewers over the last three years

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate India's biggest drone festival
Modi will inaugurate India's biggest Drone Festival 'Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022' on May 27 at 10 am at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement

Ashwini Vaishnaw makes first 5G call from trial network at IIT Madras
The government expects commercial roll-out of 5G services to start in the country by August-September this year

Explained: The IIT Madras row over the Rs 10.5 crore scholarship from Power Grid
IIT Madras said that the scholarship is meant for all students whose family income is less than 8 lakh per annum, which includes both OBC and General category students


IIT Madras reports 11 new COVID cases, tally rises to 182
On Thursday, the IIT Madras registered 171 COVID infections on the campus

COVID-19: India's R-value drops to 2.2 between 7 and 13 January, shows IIT Madras analysis
The R-value marks the number of people an infected person can spread the disease to, a pandemic is considered to end if this value goes below 1

NIRF Rankings 2021: AIIMS Delhi declared best medical college again, IIT Madras tops overall category
AIIMS Delhi has been followed by PGIMER Chandigarh and Christian Medical College, Vellore

IIT Madras designs India’s first motorised wheelchair Neobolt, priced at Rs 55,000
The wheelchair is a battery-operated vehicle that is capable of travelling at a maximum speed of 25 kmph

SAMVEDAN 2021: IIT Madras and Sony India team up to host national level hackathon
For the quarter-final round, a total of 75 ideas will be shortlisted while only 25 best ideas will make it to the semi-finals

Charred body of project staff from Kerala found on IIT Madras campus
The body of the deceased, identified as Unni Krishnan from Ernakulam, was recovered from a hockey stadium at the institute on Thursday night

Anna University postpones re-exams due to COVID-19 second wave; check annauniv.edu/ for revised exam dates
The Anna University has postponed the re-examinations which were scheduled to be held from 3 May. The decision was taken as a one-time measure in view of the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.

IIT-Bombay, Delhi, Madras make it to top 100 engineering institutes on QS World Rankings 2021 by subjects
The QS World University Rankings were curated by calculating the performance of various institutes across the globe on four parameters: academic reputation, employer reputation, research impact, and the productivity of the varsities’ research faculty

IIT Madras starts application process for HSEE 2021; register for PG programme at hsee.iitm.ac.in
The IIT Madras HSEE 2021 exam is conducted for admission to five year integrated postgraduate programme offered by the Department for Humanities and Social Science

IITs and IISc jointly offering 500 free online courses for students, professionals on SWAYAM
The courses are being offered for free. However, there is a nominal fee charged towards the in-person proctored exam for the certification, should a candidate opt for it

'COVID-19 cluster' at IIT Madras: Over 100 test positive, university issues 'lockdown' till Thursday for students on campus
The Tamil Nadu govt said though the results showed a 20 percent positivity rate, there was no need for concern as measures including aggressive contact testing are in place as per the protocol

ARIIA 2020 Rankings announced: IIT-Madras tops list of institutes in Atal rankings for innovation
ARIIA 2020 rankings | The rankings have been evaluated on the basis of several parameters, including budget and funding support, infrastructure and facilities, etc

IIT Madras opens applications for online BSc course in programming and data science; details on onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in
With a schedule of approximately 10 hours per course per week, the completion time period is set between three and six years.