Affiliated Centres
The Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre – Aachen, Bangkok, Chennai, Dresden addresses the pressing issue of humanity’s adaptation to the consequences of climate change with a special focus on water. As a joint effort between leading scientific institutions, it enables a global dialogue, the transfer of research results into practice and the education of future environmental leaders.
AquaMAP Centre for Water Management and Policy at IIT Madras aims to create awareness and implement sustainable solutions to impact water management practices on a national scale.
Centre of Excellence sponsored, this research group is focused on working in the field of architected materials and sustainable materials.
The program’s motto ‘Ideate, Innovate, Incubate’ essentially summarise IIT Madras’s continuous efforts to enable an ecosystem where students/early stage start-ups from across the country ideate and innovate for the greater good of society and incubate start-ups to become job creators.
The aim of the proposed centre is to contribute to the development of new techniques and tools for mathematical modelling and analysis of complex dynamical systems and to investigate some of the challenging dynamical problems in climate science, neuroscience, biological systems, multiphysics systems and active flows.
There is a pressing need for transition of global energy system from exhaustible to renewable energy sources. This has induced a surge in the manufacture of renewable energy production and storage devices/equipments like batteries, solar panels, wind turbines etc. However, this leads to another concern – mounting of infrastructure wastes. The Centre for Resource Efficiency, Recyclability and Circularity in Energy Transition, funded by HSBC, tries to bring in eminent researchers, leading industries and global universities to work towards transformational, fundamental research and technology transfer to achieve global net zero goals. The Centre focuses on devising technologies for resource efficiency through recovery and reuse of metallic, non-metallic and plastic waste components extracted from batteries and solar panels as part of Circularity in Energy transitions.
The Centre of Excellence for Zero Emission Trucking is at the forefront of India's transition to sustainable transportation. Its primary objective is to expedite the introduction of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) in the above 12T (running more than 60,000 kms annually) trucking segment in India. CoEZET aims to become the primary resource hub for Zero Emission Trucking solutions, catering to all stakeholders both in India and internationally and envisions to enable 100% Adoption of Zero Emission Trucks in India by 2050.
Established in 2000, the Centre for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) at IIT Madras is designed to be a world leader in the field of non-invasive industrial inspection and diagnostics.
Materials form the basis for most of the technology advancements in every sphere of life. The focus of the Centre is to understand the scientific origin of the properties down to the atomic scale through the advanced microscopy and modelling tools.
CTaP aims to provide hitherto unavailable analyses and strategy options to the national policy-making bodies, by leveraging IITM’s cutting edge research activities in the areas of Energy, healthcare, waste management and educational technologies.
CUBE extends its services under four verticals, namely, Building and Construction, Environment and Sustainability, Smart Cities and Urban Planning and Transportation.
The race to space, with a vision to inhabit and exploit the extra-terrestrial (ET) spaces is the key focus among the scientific community in this century. The hurdles likely to be faced are high cost of transporting resources from the Earth and limited availability of resources at ET. To overcome these challenges, we need the extraterrestrial manufacturing (ExTeM) capability, to maximize the energy and material resources utilization available at ET (Vertical A). And taking its benefit a step further, where we can also manufacture in space for usage in earth (Vertical B).
For a deeper understanding and improved prediction of the spatio-temporal organization and variability of monsoon rainfall, the research initiative (RI) of Geophysical Flows Lab will study air-sea interactions over the north Indian Ocean.
Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a multi-disciplinary R&D centre, is a joint initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India that brings together technologists, engineers, doctors and healthcare professionals, industry and government to develop healthcare technologies for the country. The vision of HTIC is to develop technologies that create impact and drive innovation in healthcare and be a leader known for technical excellence and collaborative spirit.
Funded by Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the Hydrogen Valley Innovation Hub represents a significant leap towards sustainable energy solutions in India. By harnessing the potential of hydrogen technologies, the hub aims to address the critical need for clean energy alternatives and position India as a leader in the global hydrogen economy.
International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW) ideates and translates disruptive technologies in the pursuit of sustainable clean water. With its network of water professionals, the Centre bridges the gap between industry and academia.
The Energy Assessment and Sustainability study work is being performed by the IEAC team. The objective of the team is to identify, evaluate, and recommend – through analyses of industrial plant operations – opportunities to conserve energy, minimize waste, and reduce the overall cost of operations
The Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) conducts research on current sustainability challenges and disseminates the knowledge thus generated and facilitates exchanges of students and researchers.
IITM-Rotary Centre for Social Development aims to create awareness of the SDG studies related to the socioeconomic fabric of Indian economy. The main focus areas include Community Economic Development, Basic Education and Literacy, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Maternity and Child Health, and Supporting Environment. To engage with the existing student community on campus and increase discussion and activities with the students in disseminating knowledge through a behavioral approach in line with the theory of change is also one of its main objective.
The Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI (RBCDSAI) aims to leverage data science to give insights to make actionable, reliable and impactful decisions for adoption in engineering, finance and healthcare domains. We are one of the pre-eminent interdisciplinary research centres for Data Science and AI in India with the largest network analytics, deep reinforcement learning, and the most active natural language processing and deep learning groups.
The centre will undertake research and training programs on various issues related to wastewater management, water treatment, sensor development, storm water management and distribution and collection systems. This project will be looking into a sustainable approach for water resources protection and augmentation through wastewater treatment and reuse and storm water management.
The Energy Consortium is an umbrella initiative at IIT Madras that spans the whole spectrum of research in energy generation, storage, conversion, and distribution. We are an industry-academia-government collaborative effort established with the aim of accelerating the development of technologies that shall enable the energy transition towards a low-carbon future.
Thematic Unit of Excellence (TUE) on water purification using nanotechnology at IIT Madras is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology under the Nano Mission. Creation of this unit is firstly a recognition of our continuous efforts in the area and secondly a demonstration of the DST’s commitment to one of the most important areas where solutions of advanced science and technology are needed.
The TLC project aims to develop innovative low-carbon, lean construction technologies for minimizing waste throughout the construction value-chain, and lead solution implementation across organizational and policy levels.
