S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Madras webinars will be launched to showcase new research initiatives at IIT M to the international scientific community.
IIT Madras webinars will highlight the major research initiatives being pursued in emerging areas of global interest.
While the first webinar under the ‘IITM Research Initiatives Spotlight’ (IRIS) is scheduled to be conducted on 1 July 2021 on the topic of ‘Advanced Materials’, the first edition of the series of IIT Madras webinars will conclude in October 2021.
IIT Madras webinars to showcase great new research initiatives
IIT Madras webinars will showcase several research projects belonging to 21 indentified technology clusters that have been initiated with support from the Government of India as an ‘Institute of Eminence’ (IoE) scheme.
Speaking about IIT Madras webinars Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi said research is the centerpiece of new initiatives launched at IIT Madras as an ‘Institute of Eminence.’
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More than 300 faculty members have formed multi-disciplinary teams and identified cutting-edge challenges to explore over the next few years, said Professor Ramamurthi.
Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi is the director of IIT Madras.
The outcomes envisaged from IIT Madras webinars are:
Ø Create awareness in the scientific community regarding the research landscape at IIT Madras
Ø Outreach to the broader public to explain research themes of national and international relevance
Ø Attract bright students to pursue graduate research at IIT Madras
Ø Deepen international engagement and participation in IIT Madras research activities
Professor Raghunathan Rengaswamy, dean (global engagement) at IIT Madras spoke about the objectives behind the launch of IIT Madras webinars.
IIT Madras is reaching out to the international as well as the Indian scientific community and the public to engage with them and describe to them major research initiatives that have been launched by the Institute.
Research outcomes from these projects have the potential to catapult IIT Madras to the next level of academic excellence, thereby becoming an institute on par with the best universities in the world, he said.
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Professor T. Pradeep will speak during the lecture at the inauguration of IIT Madras webinars on 1 July about research initiatives on ‘Molecular Materials and Functions,’ being undertaken to create a globally recognized centre focusing on synthesis and study of molecular materials.
Professor Pradeep is Padma Shri Awardee and Institute Professor with Department of Chemistry at IIT Madras.
In addition, Dr. Madivala G. Basavaraj, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, will also speak about the research centre working on soft and biological matter, which will focus on structure and rheology.
IIT Madras webinars will provide an opportunity to engage in conversations with eminent faculty from IIT Madras and other international researchers and identify opportunities for collaborations in those research areas.
Some of the research areas that will be showcased in the IIT Madras webinars series are:
Ø Quantum science and technology
Ø AI and Data Science
Ø Renewable energy and materials for energy
Ø Autonomous systems
Ø Advanced manufacturing
Ø Medicine and biology, medical technology
The ‘Institute of Eminence’ (IoE) Scheme was launched by the Government of India to empower Higher Educational Institutions and help them become world-class teaching and research institutions.
IIT Madras was selected as an ‘Institute of Eminence’ in September 2019.
A highlight of the IoE initiative is that public institutions selected as ‘Institute of Eminence’ are provided financial assistance of up to Rs. 1,000 crore, over a period of five years, to help them emerge as world-class institutions.
In addition, they will be encouraged to admit foreign students and recruit foreign faculty.
About IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’
The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.
The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.
IIT M is a residential institute with more than 580 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here. IIT M fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.
IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the second consecutive year in India Ranking 2020 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the ‘Engineering Institutions’ category in the same Rankings for five consecutive years – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019 and 2020. ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education.