India to have ‘world’s longest hyperloop tube soon’: Vaishnaw shares video NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Sunday that the Hyperloop project at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will feature Asia’s longest Hyperloop tube, measuring 410 metres. He also said that the project is on track to become the world’s longest…
Hyperloop represents an emerging high-speed mass transit system. (AI image) India is set to construct the world’s longest hyperloop test facility, which will help evaluate the feasibility of commercial operations for this advanced transport system. The infrastructure, capable of achieving speeds up to 1,100 kilometres per hour, follows the successful completion of a 422-metre test…
NEW DELHI: A video of IIT Madras director V Kamakoti praising the “medicinal value” of gomutra (cow urine) has gone viral on social media. The remarks were made during an event at a Go Samrakshana Sala on January 15, 2025, coinciding with Maatu Pongal, a Tamil festival celebrating cattle. Poll Do You Agree With Kamakoti’s…
CHENNAI: An IIT Madras woman research scholar was sexually abused by a migrant worker when she was going to a teashop outside the campus on Tuesday evening. The woman’s male friend and onlookers came to her rescue. They nabbed the guest worker — identified as Sriram, 29, of Uttar Pradesh — and handed him over…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a video of his interaction with students at IIT Madras, calling the need for India to prioritise quality education through government support rather than privatisation. “I feel that a country needs to guarantee quality education to its people. And I don’t think that the best way…
A social media exchange between Elon Musk and Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI search engine Perplexity, generated considerable online buzz. Srinivas, who has been waiting for three years for a Green Card, asked on X (formerly Twitter), “I think I should get a green card. Wdyt?” To this, Musk’s concise, one-word reply, “Yes”.Elon Musk’s answer…
Seventy-two of top 100 JEE (A) rankers have chosen IIT Bombay, with Delhi following with 23. And in a perfect 10 for the Powai campus, all top 10 rankers have decided to study computer science at the institution. Data shared by IIT Madras at the close of admissions for the 2024-28 batch shows of the…
The Ministry of Education announced the ninth edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 on August 12, 2024. This year, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras excelled in the NIRF Rankings, securing the top spot in both the overall and engineering categories. Remarkably, this is the sixth time IIT Madras has topped…
CHENNAI: Krishna Chivukula, an alumnus of IIT-Madras and founder of Indo MIM Technology Private Limited, donated Rs 228 crore to his alma mater. This will be used to give fellowships to top BTech students, eminent sportspersons, foreign students, faculty members who do high-risk research, and to bring out a magazine, IIT-M said.The institute on Tuesday…
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has announced that it raised a record Rs 513 crore during the financial year 2023-24, marking more than double the amount raised in the previous year. As per an ET report, this increase came from alumni, corporations, and individual donors, showcasing the strong support for the institution’s mission…
