IIT-Madras receives the award for the most innovative institute of the year

CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras has taken the ‘Most Innovative Institute of the Year’ award from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for its disruptive innovations. This award is one of the categories of the CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2020 and was awarded during the DST-CII Technology Summit ‘held almost recently.

Innovations recognized by this award include VITALSENS, a technology platform for portable health monitoring devices, the “Arise” standing wheelchair for people with disabilities, and Shakti, India’s first indigenous microprocessor.

“Both government and industry have realized that disrupting the status quo can be beneficial. The award also highlights innovation in institutes,” said Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India.

IIT-Madras was previously awarded as the ‘Most Innovative Institution’ in the country in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Achievement in Innovation (ARIIA) in 2019 and 2020. The ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education.

Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consulting and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras, said: “We are constantly focused on making our innovations employable by national industry by providing technical knowledge on a global level and fostering collaboration between academia and industry.” .