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 …
Read More »IIT Madras COVID-19 Cases: Institute Says Common Dining Room Not a Source of Infection
While students have alleged that the COVID-19 protocol was not followed in common areas and facilities, the institute insists it had regulations in place. After more than 190 COVID-19 cases were reported on its campus in December, IIT Madras has now denied allegations that the infection spread in a common …
Read More »Chennai: Six Students Test Positive for Covid at Anna University; IIT-Madras count reaches 191
By: Express Web Desk | Chennai | Updated: December 16, 2020 4:05:04 pm Anna University decided to conduct tests after two students residing on campus complained of fever. At least eight residents of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the number …
Read More »Covid-19: What went wrong on the IIT Madras campus? Chennai News
CHENNAI: The Covid-19 case count at IIT Madras rose to 183 with 79 more people testing positive on Tuesday. Public health officials have identified overcrowding in clutter and shared bathroom use as the main reasons for the cluster. According to the Covid-19 registry, IIT-M reported two cases on December 1, …
Read More »Increase in Covid Cases at IIT Madras, Tamil Nadu Orders Testing at All Universities
IIT-Madras closed its departments, centers, laboratories and the library citing the outbreak. Chennai: Eight more students from IIT-Madras tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases at the main engineering institute to 191. The latest cases came after 141 people were tested yesterday amid an outbreak of coronavirus …
Read More »Increase in Covid Cases at IIT Madras, Tamil Nadu Orders Testing at All Universities
IIT-Madras closed its departments, centers, laboratories and the library citing the outbreak. Chennai: Eight more students from IIT-Madras tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases at the main engineering institute to 191. The latest cases came after 141 people were tested yesterday amid an outbreak of coronavirus …
Read More »Coronavirus at IIT Madras: Covid-19 cases at IIT-Madras increase further, all students are tested | Chennai News
CHENNAI: The Covid-19 case count at IIT-Madras has risen to 183, with 79 more people testing positive for the viral infection on Tuesday. Up to 98 of them are admitted to the National Institute on Aging on the Kings Institute campus. Those who tested positive Tuesday will undergo a basic …
Read More »IIT-Madras Covid Cluster: Tamil Nadu to Screen Hostel Students at All Universities | Chennai News
CHENNAI: The government of Tamil Nadu will evaluate all hostel students residing in colleges and universities following the appearance of a Covid-19 group at IIT-Madras. Additionally, the higher education department ordered all educational institutions to allow take-out food for hostel students if they just have a mess or if the …
Read More »Chennai: 183 infected with Covid at IIT-Madras; CM orders statewide tests at colleges
By: Express Web Desk | Chennai | Updated: December 15, 2020 2:07:11 pm Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan at the IIT-Madras campus on Monday (Express Photo) At least 79 residents of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the number of …
Read More »IIT-Madras Covid-19 Cases Increase Even More | Chennai News
CHENNAI: At least 33 people tested positive for Covid-19 at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras on Monday, bringing the campus case count to 104, including 87 students. Test results for nearly 400 more people are yet to come. In addition to the students, 16 canteen workers and a staff member …
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