IIT-Madras

Frustrated by the unpredictable nature of Chennai's ‘share auto’ system, three college friends — Jaishankar, Amal, and Asfaq — decided to create a solution. They developed two apps: QPo Shareride for passengers and QPo Driver for drivers.

VETiNSTANT, an animal healthcare tech startup with the IIT-Madras Incubation Cell, has developed a non-invasive device for diagnosis of animal health by pet parents and a mobile app to help pets and their parents connect with veterinarians, enabling timely diagnosis and action.

Plugzmart, a startup run by Vivek Samynathan and Ragavendra Ravichandran, and incubated at IIT-Madras, runs a fast EV charger for electric cars.

Agnikul Cosmos, an IIT-M space startup, created history with their latest launch. Here's everything you need to know.

Professor Thalappil Pradeep's research group at IIT Madras discovered affordable and sustainable nanomaterials that can remove impurities — like arsenic (primarily), manganese, uranium and iron — from groundwater and produce affordable clean water in rural areas.

Plugzmart, a Chennai-based startup, has built its own IoT-enabled smart EV charging management system to integrate and communicate efficiently with chargers. Their portfolio of products includes chargers for 2-, 3-, and 4-wheelers.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is offering a free online course on robotics for undergraduate and graduate students.

Rahul Bansal and Phalgun Vyas won an innovation contest at IIT Bombay for their temperature-controlled vest that can keep one cool in the summer and warm during winters.

IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur are offering free online courses for students in quantum computing and cloud computing, respectively.

Called HomoSEP, this robot has been developed by researchers at IIT-Madras and Solinas Integrity, an IIT-M incubated startup, in close coordination with the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), a non-profit dedicated to the elimination of manual scavenging in India.