IIT Madras Elevates India’s Lab-Grown Diamond Research to Global Prominence with iCDEM 2026
IIT Madras’s InCent-LGD hosts iCDEM 2026, showcasing India’s diamond tech advances in quantum, photonics, and energy for global leadership and self-reliance.
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IIT Gandhinagar Marks 15th Convocation, Awards 734 Degrees to Class of 2026
IIT Gandhinagar held its 15th Convocation, awarding 734 degrees across disciplines while Neelkanth Mishra urged graduates to build deep-tech, self-reliant, globally competitive India. IIT Gandhinagar Celebrates a Milestone Convocation The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar celebrated its 15th Convocation at the Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, marking a major milestone for the Class of 2026….
IIT-Kanpur Hosts India’s First DORIS Beacon
IIT-Kanpur installed India’s first DORIS beacon, joining global network for centimetre-level satellite tracking and advancing India’s space geodesy, climate monitoring, and disaster management capabilities.
CBDT Grants Tax-Exempt Status to IIT Bhilai, IIT Bombay, and Rubber Research Institute
CBDT Notifications 40-43/2026 approve IIT Bhilai, IIT Bombay, and Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute for tax-deductible donations under IT Act Section 35(1)(ii).
ANRF Selects 10 Convergence Research Centres
ANRF has selected 10 institutions, including IITs, NITs, and IIMs, to host Convergence Research Centres tackling archaeology, AI, rural development, digital humanities, and sustainable livelihoods through multidisciplinary collaboration.
Coratia Technologies Shows How FTBI, NIT Rourkela Turned an Idea into a National Deep-Tech Success
Incubated at FTBI, NIT Rourkela, Coratia Technologies grew from a student-led idea into a defence and industry success with major funding, contracts and indigenous underwater robots.
IIT Guwahati Develops Perovskite Semiconductor
IIT Guwahati researchers developed a perovskite semiconductor achieving 25.73% solar efficiency and advanced memory functions for AI and neuromorphic computing applications.
IIMA Endowment Fund Appoints Sucheta Mahapatra as CEO
IIMA Endowment Fund names alumna Sucheta Mahapatra as CEO to expand alumni engagement, strengthen philanthropic partnerships, and mobilise long-term resources for strategic priorities.
IIT Madras Names Theoretical CS Centre After Alumnus Arvind Raghunathan: ARtCS to Pioneer India’s Computational Foundations
IIT Madras launches Arvind Raghunathan Centre for Theoretical Computer Science (ARtCS), funded by alumnus Arvind Raghunathan (IITM EE → Berkeley PhD → Credit Suisse trader → Roc360/HouseIQ founder), featuring advisory board with MIT’s Shafi Goldwasser, Google’s Prabhakar Raghavan to advance cryptography, quantum computing, and AI privacy research.
IIT Bombay pioneers DNA aptamer strategy to restore antibiotic effectiveness against resistant bacteria
IIT Bombay researchers Prof Ruchi Anand and Prof P I Pradeepkumar developed DNA aptamers – short synthetic nucleic acid strands – to block bacterial resistance enzymes, resensitizing drug-resistant pathogens to existing antibiotics. Unlike developing new drugs, this practical approach leverages known antibiotic safety profiles while addressing the global antimicrobial resistance crisis through stable, modifiable aptamers.