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11 unusual facts about Indian Institute of Technology Madras


Anand Rajaraman

He has an MS and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Madras (Class of 1989).

Arvind Raghunathan

Born and raised in India, Raghunathan attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), as a National Science Talent Search scholar.

Australian Consulate General in Chennai

The decision of opening a Consulate General in South India was announced in March 2006, when the then Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, visited the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Blood substitute

In 2013 a group scientists from IIT - Madras, India claimed that they were able to generate a quadrillion amount of pure Red blood cells from a million number of stem cells collected from umbilical cord in few weeks.

M. R. Madhavan

Madhavan holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA and PhD from IIM Calcutta.

Nutakki

Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Madras (Chennai):

Rahul Panicker

Panicker holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India.

S. A. Choudum

Sheshayya A. Choudum (born 1947) is a professor and a former chair of the department of mathematics at IIT Madras specializing in graph theory.

Shashi Nambisan

Nambisan graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Madras (now Chennai), India, with a B.Tech.

Syed Zahoor Qasim

Qasim is an Honorary Professor of many universities, including Aligarh Muslim University, Madurai Kamaraj University, Anna Malai University, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and Jamia Millia Islamia.

Venky Harinarayan

Originally from Bombay, India, Harinarayan has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Madras (Class of 1988).