Indian Institute of Technology Madras Current Affairs, GK & News
World’s first-ever Online B.Sc. Degree in Programming and Data Science launched by IIT Madras
The World’s first-ever Online B.Sc. Degree in Programming and Data Science is prepared and to be offered by the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Madras. The Online Course was launched through a virtual event by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on 30th June 2020. About the Online Course In three different stages, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: data science • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak • Union Minister of Human Resource Development
IIT Madras launches ‘Career Back 2 Women’
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has recently launched a re-skilling programme for women called ‘Career Back 2 Women’. The programme aims at offering 150 hours of training to re-skill women who have taken a break from their career. The certification course comprises of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber security data science and big data. This ..
Topics: Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Skilling • Women in India
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan nominated as the Director of US Government Agency- National Science Foundation(NSF)
Alma mater of University of Madras(B.Sc Physics 1981), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering), and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (M.Tech in Electrical Engineering), Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been nominated by the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump to serve as the 15th Director of the National ..
Category: Persons in News Current Affairs
Topics: Donald Trump • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • National Science Foundation • Parliament • Sethuraman Panchanathan • the Senate • United States of America • University of Madras
IIT Madras launchs ‘Arise-A Standing Wheelchair’ for disabled
The IIT Madras has launched the newly designed ‘Arise-A Standing Wheelchair’ standing wheelchair for disabled at IIT Madras Research Park. The standing wheelchair is designed by TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research & Device Development (R2D2). The purpose of this wheelchair is that it will help a person in a wheelchair to stand without any help.
Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Chairs • Disability • Health • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Motorized wheelchair • Standing wheelchair • Wheelchairs
2nd Singapore – India Hackathon being held in IIT Madras
To promote innovation, 2nd edition of Singapore – India Hackathon will be organised at IIT Madras in Chennai from Sep 28 to 29, 2019. The Hackathon is the first of its kind joint International hackathon between India and Singapore during which the selected bright students from India and Singapore will work in collaboration to develop ..
Topics: Chennai • Chennai district • Cultures • Geography of Tamil Nadu • Hackathon • Hacker culture • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Internet slang • OpenBSD • Smart cities in India