‘IIT-M incubated over 100 deep-tech start-ups last year’

Vedic literature was the primary source of the common culture of Bharatvarsha, said Padma Subrahmanyam, scholar and Bharatanatyam dancer. Participating in the 62^nd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) on Friday, she said, “Eighteen subjects branch out from Vedic literature.

V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT-M, presented the annual report, and highlighted that the institution had incubated over a 100 deep-tech start-ups while filing 417 patents last year. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT-M, lauded the institution for topping the NIRF rankings for the ninth consecutive year, besides securing a spot among the top 200 in the ‘QS Global University Rankings’. As many as 3,661 degrees (including joint and dual degrees) were awarded to students, besides 529 Ph.Ds.