Minors A set of theory topics along with a project activity are grouped together to form a specialization or Minor. A student who has completed all the topics and project will be awarded a Minor certificate. The theory topics are self-study modules (through Coursepack) with proctored quiz to be administered by local faculty. Project activity will be designed by IIT Faculty and conducted by local faculty. QEEE Minor Topics Signals, Systems and Communications – IIT…
Read MoreGUVI is an IITM’s RTBI incubated company focus on sharing technical learning in vernacular languages. GUVI is a skill accelerator to bridge the gap between skills needed in IT companies, relevant education, and employment. QEEE is offering GUVI from 2014 to the colleges and till now it has offered two vernacular technical programming languages which is Python and Java. Also, it sparks interest among the students as this has been offered in their own language and the tutors make it more interesting…
Read MoreA start-up born at the IIT-Madras Incubation Cell has bagged a million dollar order from a Singapore-based company to transfer technology used by its first two products. The key focus of the technologies is clinical training using virtual patients so that actual treatment becomes safer. The two products — “Laparoscopy Surgical Simulator with Haptics Feedback” and “In-Vitro Fertilisation Training Simulation with Haptics Feedback” — are expected to change the way doctors are trained to make the…
Read MoreAn all-woman team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has developed a new drug delivery platform using nanoparticles that can boost the efficacy of antibiotics at the cellular level and improve chances of recovery from cancer-related bacterial infections. The research was published last month in Scientific Reports. The study team included Rohini Singh, Smita Patil, Neetu Singh and Shalini Gupta. The nanotechnology-based delivery system would be specifically useful for cancer patients because if the bacterial infection…
Read MoreRobert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) and IIT, Madras yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) will undertake foundational research in areas of AI and Data Science like deep learning, network analytics, reinforcement learning and interpretable machine learning, a release from IIT-M said. “The areas of activity include research projects, knowledge management and dissemination, developing…
Read MoreTata Technologies, a provider of engineering services and manufacturing enterprise IT, on Friday signed an MoU with seven colleges in Bengaluru and Mysore to offer the ‘Ready Engineering’ Program for the students. The initiative aims to improve the employability of engineers and reduce the time and resources spent by companies on re-training the graduate engineers. According to the India Skills Report 2017, only two out of five candidates applying for jobs are employable. The employable…
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