The Tamil Nadu state government has directed the state health department to test a minimum of 25,000 samples for the virus. Currently, 18,000 samples are tested on a daily basis.
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said India is seeing an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases, which is believed to be driven by the Omicron variant.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) has retained the top spot in overall category, followed by IISc Bangalore. Check list of top colleges, varsities
Dharmendra Pradhan has denied having proposed to change the name of IIT Madras to IIT Chennai.
The charred remains of a temporary staff member of IIT Madras, Unnikrishnan Nair, who is the son of an ISRO scientist and hails from Ernakulam in Kerala, was found in the hockey ground within the IIT campus last night.
With the second wave of Covid pandemic creating unprecedented surge in cases and fatalities, the premier educational institutions of Chennai, IIT Madras and Anna University have postponed their semester examinations and even online tests.
Holding the breath and having low breathing rate can increase the chances of the novel coronavirus-laden droplets being deposited deep in the lungs, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on Monday announced that it has been functioning on limited capacity with only 10 percent students in hostels.
The game takes inspiration from the famous 'Super Mario' game and consists of a character who encounters various right things -- like masks, washing hands and also encounters things to be avoided -- like hugs, handshakes.
IIT Madras's MOUSHIK project was funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
AI4Bharat is an initiative co-founded by Khapra and Pratyush Kumar from IIT Madras and works to solve India specific problems in a community-driven, open-sourced manner.
Starting in 2016, NIRF ranked colleges and universities in 4 categories. In 2019, the number of categories was increased to 8 and an overall ranking was also released.
Aero engines major Rolls-Royce on Monday said it has entered into a collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to promote and explore opportunities for joint research programs.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation in the case involving the death of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) student Fathima Latheef.
The offers included 34 international jobs by 17 companies, IIT-M said in a statement issued in Chennai on Monday.
Of the students who ended their lives, five were from Andhra Pradesh, three from Kerala, two each from Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh and one each from Puducherry and Jharkhand and recently Fathima Latheef, a 19-year old student had committed suicide.
According to IIT-M, a total of 1,334 students have registered for placements for the Academic Year 2019-20. The total number of companies registered for Phase I of Placements is 170.
IIT-Madras suicide case: Two students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Monday launched an indefinite fast on the campus demanding an internal inquiry into the conduct of faculty as sought by the family of Fathima Latheef, who committed suicide recently. Azhar Moideen, a final year humanities student, and Justin Joseph, pursuing PhD in the same stream, launched the "hunger strike" holding placards and also demanding an internal inquiry, a promise for fair and unbiased investigation and setting up of a grievance redressal committee.
Fathima Latheef, a 19-year-old student of IIT Madras, was found hanging in her hostel room in an apparent suicide, the probe by the Chennai Police has picked up steam, taking into account the text messages on her cell phone. Twenty-five people, including professors and students of IIT Madras, are on the inquiry radar of the police.
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