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BharOS: Indigenous Mobile Operating System

The BharOS is an operating system used in mobile phones. It was developed by JandK Operations Private Limited. IIT Madras was the pioneer in developing the app. And...

January 22, 2023

‘GNB1 Encephalopathy’ Disease

Researchers in India, the US and Israel and currently trying to develop a drug to treat a rare genetic disease called GNB1 Encephalopathy. What is GNB1 Encephalopathy? GNB1...

December 28, 2022

IIT-M Ocean Wave Energy Converter

Researchers in IIT Madras have developed and deployed a system called Sindhuja-I that is capable of generating electricity using energy from sea waves. It was recently deployed some...

December 6, 2022

Australia-India Centre for Energy (AICE)

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Australian Universities are collaborating to launch the Australia-India Centre for Energy (AICE) to work on the 2030 SDGs. What is...

December 2, 2022

IIT Madras: Centre to build Open-source AI for Indian languages

On July 29, 2022, the “Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat’ was launched, in a bid to build Open-Source AI for Indian Languages. It was launched by the Indian Institute...

July 30, 2022

NIRF Rankings 2022 – Highlights

NIRF Rankings 2022 were released on July 15, 2022 by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Key Points In year 2022, rankings were announced in 11 categories viz.,...

July 18, 2022

PIVOT: AI-based tool to detect Cancer

An Artificial Intelligence-based tool called ‘PIVOT’ has been developed by researchers at the Indian institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras). About PIVOT PIVOT is capable of predicting cancer-causing...

July 11, 2022

HomoSEP: IIT Madras Robot to clean septic tanks

Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed a robot called to clean septic tanks and eliminate manual scavenging in India. It is all set to be deployed in...

June 20, 2022

Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technology

The Ministry of Railways said that it will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) to develop an indigenous Hyperloop system. The ministry will also...

May 23, 2022

India’s first 5-G Test Bed- Key Facts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated India’s first 5G testbed, which is set up at Rs 220 crore. What is the objective of establishing a 5G testbed? The...

May 21, 2022

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