What is the concept of IIT Madras Research Park? How good is it?

IIT Madras has a research park that only a few Indian colleges have, it’s the reason why it is often called the Stanford University of India. IIT and IISc are the most deemed universities of India yet only IIT Madras has its own research park.

It is about 1.2 million square feet. Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, an electrical engineering professor, laid the foundation of a research park on the campus of IIT Madras.

• Startups like Ather Energy, the electric vehicle company, and ZOHO were both founded lead by the alumni of IIT Madras. These are technology-based startups.
• There are several e-commerce websites but building a company with Qualcomm, and many others.
• IIT Madras helps students to connect with the industry and build real-life projects. There are more than 1300+ patents filed with the research park at IIT Madras and more than 200 startups have been into the action and are financed by the companies like Intel, Crown special purpose, and specialty.

IIT Madras has two specialties. Among these two, one is the Research Park and the other is NPTEL. It is the largest firm that deals with all the engineering branches and courses and contains all the resources. It is equivalent to the Open Course Ware of MIT.