monthly coverage dossier may 2018

Monthly Coverage Dossier

May 2018

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IIT Madras is a campus of choice for

high ranking JEE students

Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: India Today

Edition: Online

Journalist: Ms Nisha Singh

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu, Prof MS Sivakumar, Prof Balaraman Ravindran, Prof T. Pradeep , Prof

David Koilpillai, Prof Ashwin Mahalingam,

Headline: If IIT is your dream, then these professors at IIT Madras have some tips for you

URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/if-iit-is-your-dream-these-

professors-at-iit-madras-have-some-tips-for-you-exclusive-1226539-2018-05-04

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is a set of most prestigious colleges across various cities in India.

Owing to the competition to get into this institution, students contribute a lot of their time to prepare

for its entrance exam.

While there are some students who are really passionate about getting into an IIT, others do it because

of the peer pressure.

There are cases reported in India where due to parental or societal pressure to make a child crack IIT

have led to harsh consequences.

With the continuous comparison of a child to someone else makes it difficult for them to communicate

their field of interest to their parents.

For the students who face such challenges in their life or are working hard to get into IIT someday, India

Today Education brings to you some exclusive tips directly from the faculties at IIT Madras.

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1: DON'T OBSESS OVER GETTING ADMISSION INTO IIT

''There are cases where students take 6-7 attempts to get into an IIT. We have to stop people in two

attempts because they gradually become obsessed about cracking the entrance and forget everything

else. We need to tell them to not waste their lives like that,'' said Balaraman Ravindran, who heads the

Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI at the institution.

2: AIM HIGH, BUT DOORS ARE STILL OPEN IF YOU DON'T GET INTO IIT

"IITs are a great place to study. There are so many people who haven't entered into IIT but still are doing

great jobs. Students should aim for heights but must always remember that there are a lot of other

opportunities open too if they fail to get into an IIT," Ravindran added.

3: FOLLOW AND EXCEL IN YOUR PASSION

"The opportunities are vast these days. If the student doesn't enter into IIT, for him/her we have the

online information so that he/she knows what kind of education an IITian is getting in the classroom,"

said David Koilpillai, Professor of Electrical Engineering.

The bar is not set by the institution you enter, but it's about how much you want to excel.

- David Koilpillai, IIT Madras

4: COLLEGE SEATS DON'T DECIDE YOUR LIFE

"I don't think getting an IIT degree is essential to get success. I wanted to become poet earlier, but I

ended up coming here. Not too many IITians are involved in the inventions and the development of our

country, so it's alright. Destiny has some other place for your success," said Thalappil Pradeep, Professor

of Chemistry.

Getting an IIT degree is not essential to get success; there is lot out for you. I wanted to become poet

earlier, but I ended up coming here.

- Thalappil Pradeep, IIT Madras

"India has been built with the universities, so there is a lot out there. IITs are great but it is not the end

of the world," he added.

5: HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF HARD WORK, BUT DON'T BE EMOTIONAL WITH IIT

"The process of getting into IIT sharpens your mind already, so even if you could not enter into this

institution, it is not the end of the world," said Ashwin Mahalingam, Assistant Professor of Building

Technology and Construction Management.

IIT preparation sharpens your mind already, so even if you could not enter into this institution, it is not

the end of the world.

- Ashwin Mahalingam, IIT Madras

"Students who get depressed about not getting the branch they were interested in, I would advise those

students to have a perspective of working hard but they don't have to be emotional with IIT,'' he added.

6: HAVE A VISION OF LIFE, THINK BEYOND IIT

"IIT should not be the only aim for students who are aspiring to come into this institution. If he or she

gets into IIT, their focus should be beyond IIT and should work for the betterment of the society.

However, as long as this is kept in mind, any career is good enough," said Dr Ravindra Gettu,

Department of Civil Engineering.

Our focus needs to be for the betterment of the society which doesn't have to be done in IIT only.

- Ravindra Gettu, IIT Madras

7: NO SINGLE PATH FOR YOUR GOALS

"The motivation of life is not static but dynamic; it keeps on changing for every path you choose. For the

students who are aspiring for IITs, there is no single path for your goals. There are several ways to climb

the success ladder, which you should be able to decide," said MS Sivakumar, Professor of Applied

Mechanics.

There are no single paths for the goals and there is a way in itself to achieve success.

- MS Sivakumar, IIT Madras

He also gave some exclusive tips for parents, here's what he shared:

1: USE YOUR COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE WITH YOUR CHILD WISELY

"Parents have a nagging fear for their children, and it's always attached to the profession which he or

she will take. If the parents use the communication language with their child in a careful and powerful

manner, the world will be a better place," he told us.

2: NURTURE THE CREATIVITY OF YOUR CHILD

"We, at IIT, call school students and their parents in a programme where we communicate with the

parents as to how they can nurture the creative aspects of their child," Professor Sivakumar told us.

"There should be a shift of 'pushing their child to study every time' to understand and 'nurture the

creative aspects of their child' so that it is possible to understand where the problem actually lies. If this

actually happens as a whole, then we will be flooded with people who will create this world better by

what they like to do in their life," he added.

Getting into an IIT is like a dream come true for many, but it shouldn't be the end of the world if you

don't end up landing there. There is always a way!

Date:15th May 2018

Publication: The Times of India

Edition: Chennai

Page No: 4

Journalist : U Tejonmayam

Professor: Prof V Anantha Subramanian

Headline: Policy boost may give wing to naval dreams

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/policy-boost-may-give-wing-to-naval-

dreams/articleshow/64165609.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/policy-boost-may-give-wing-to-naval-dreams/articleshow/64165609.cms

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IIT Madras is an Industry friendly

Institute

Date: 2nd May 2018

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Edition: Chennai / Delhi / Mumbai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Ahmedabad

Page No: 1

Journalist: TE Raja Siman

Professor: Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi

Alumni: Nagabhushana T Sindhushayana

Headline: The tech is ready; geopolitics is hindering a global 5G rollout

URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/mobiles-tablets/the-tech-is-ready-geopolitics-is-

pulling-down-global-5g-rollout/article23740855.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/mobiles-tablets/the-tech-is-ready-geopolitics-is-pulling-down-global-5g-rollout/article23740855.ece

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Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: ET Auto

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: Continental, IIT Madras join hands for safe mobility solutions

URL: https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-for-

safe-mobility-solutions/64028956

Technology company Continental and Indian Institute of Technology Madras have joined hands for

advanced research in Machine Learning.

Both have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday to take the partnership forward.

IIT Madras, with its known capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks, will

contribute to Continental’s ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) business, provide drivers and

passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort.

The collaboration, code-named Project NeuroMotive, will aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally

towards “Vision Zero” – a future with zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement of

components and systems making a decisive contribution to greater road safety.

Speaking about the MoU, Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head of Continental India and managing

director Continental Automotive, India, said: “Continental is committed to strengthening academia

connect in the region, through win-win partnership models. We believe industry- academia partnerships

nurture innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development, which are value add not just for the two

partners, but for the ecosystem at large.”

Further, he added, “Project NeuroMotive isonly a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.

Continental will continue to invest in the technologies of tomorrow. As a technology company, we focus

on making future mobility concepts a reality.”

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Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: Business Standard

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu

Headline: Continental, IIT Madras join hands for research in safe mobility solutions

URL: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-for-

research-in-safe-mobility-solutions-118050400655_1.html

Technology firm Continental today said it has entered into a partnership with Indian Institute of

Technology (IIT) Madras for advanced research in machine learning for safe mobility solutions.

The two partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration in 'Project

NeuroMotive' to develop technologies that aid partially automated driving, the company said in a

statement.


contribute to Continental's ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) business that provide drivers and

passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort, it added.

Commenting on the partnership, Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head of Continental India and

Managing Director Continental Automotive, India, said the company is committed to strengthening

academia connect in the region, through win-win partnership models.

"Further, he added, 'Project NeuroMotive' is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.


on making future mobility concepts a reality," he said.

The collaboration will aid Continental's long-term strategy globally towards 'Vision Zero' a future with

zero accidents through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems making a

decisive contribution to greater road safety, the company said.

"IIT Madras' expertise in bio-inspired neural networks can help expand the scope of what assisted

driving functions can accomplish," said Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored

Research), IIT Madras.

Bio-inspired neural networks are becoming increasingly important for industries and businesses. They

help to solve problems based on the biological knowledge of how human brain learns and processes

information, Gettu added.

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Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: Auto Car professional

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu and Prof Srinivasa Chakravarthy

Headline: Continental and IIT Madras partner for research on machine learning for safe mobility

solutions

URL: http://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/continental-iit-madras-partner-research-machine-

learning-safe-mobility-solutions-29358

Home National Continental and IIT Madras partner for research on machine learning for...

Intelligent vehicles need to have an understanding of the intended actions of all of the surrounding

traffic. In complex driving scenarios, decisions need to be taken on the basis of not just one object or

one sensor, and not just in environments that can be predicted very well.

Technlogy company Continental and Indian Institute of Technology are collaborating effort to undertake

advanced research in machine learning. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today

between Continental and IIT Madras to take forward this partnership.

IIT Madras with its known capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks will

contribute to Continental’s ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) business that provide drivers

and passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort.


towards 'Vision Zero' – a future with zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement of

components and systems making a decisive contribution to greater road safety.

http://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/continental-iit-madras-partner-research-machine-learning-safe-mobility-solutions-29358

http://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/continental-iit-madras-partner-research-machine-learning-safe-mobility-solutions-29358

Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: News 18

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental and IIT Madras partner for research on machine learning for safe mobility

solutions

URL: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/continental-iit-madras-collaborate-for-research-on-

machine-learning-for-safe-mobility-solutions-1738483.html


Advanced Research in Machine Learning. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on May

4, 2018, between Continental and IIT Madras to take forward this partnership. IIT Madras with its

capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks will contribute to Continental’s ADAS

(Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) business that aims to provide drivers and passengers with

additional safety and an increase in comfort. The collaboration, code-named Project NeuroMotive, will

aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally towards “Vision Zero” – a future with zero accidents –

through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems.

Speaking about the MoU, Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head of Continental India and Managing

Director Continental Automotive, India, said, “ We believe industry-academia partnerships nurture

innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development, which are value-add not just for the two partners,

but for the ecosystem at large. Further, he added, “Project NeuroMotive is only a first step in our

collaboration with IIT Madras. Continental will continue to invest in the technologies of tomorrow. As a

technology company, we focus on making future mobility concepts a reality.”

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Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: The Economic Times

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/continental-iit-madras-join-

hands-for-research-in-safe-mobility-solutions/articleshow/64030917.cms





statement.







Further, he added, 'Project NeuroMotive' is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.



The collaboration will aid Continental's long-term strategy globally towards 'Vision Zero' - a future with

zero accidents - through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems making a








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Date: 5th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : Nandini Sen Gupta

Professor: Prof Srinivasa Chakravarthy and Prof Ravindra Gettu

Headline: IIT-Madras signs MoU with Continental for research in machine learning

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/iit-madras-signs-mou-with-

continental-for-research-in-machine-learning/articleshow/64031739.cms

CHENNAI: Technology company Continental and Indian Institute of Technology - Madras have joined

hands for advanced research in machine learning. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed

between Continental and IIT-Madras on Friday.

IIT-Madras with its known capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks will


and passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort.


towards “Vi- sion Zero” – a future with zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement

of components and systems making a decisive contribution to greater road safety.

Prashanth Doreswamy, market head of Continental India & MD Continental Automotive, India, said,

“Continental is committed at strengthening academia connect in the region, through win-win

partnership models. We believe industry- academia partnerships nurture innovation, entrepreneurship

and skills development, which are value add not just for the two partners, but for the ecosystem. Project

NeuroMotive is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT-Madras. Continental will continue to invest

in the technologies of tomorrow. As a technology company, we focus on making future mobility

concepts a reality.”

According to Alexander Klotz, head of Technical Center India (TCI), Continental’s in-house R&D center,

“With technology growing so rapidly, collaborative forms of R&D, where experts from different sectors

come together to develop complementary technologies promise better value at a quicker pace.”

Ravindra Gettu, dean (industrial consultancy and sponsored research), IIT-Madras, said: “As an

institution that is in the frontier of research, we are pleased to collaborate with Continental. Srinivasa

Chakravarthy, head of Neuroscience laboratory, will collaborate with Continental on Project

NeuroMotive. IIT-M’s expertise in bio-inspired neural networks can help expand the scope of what

assisted driving functions can accomplish. Bio-inspired neural networks are becoming increasingly

important for industries and businesses. They help solve problems based on the biological knowledge of

how human brain learns and processes information. Thanks to advancements in technology, we can use

this knowledge to improve the future of mobility.”

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Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: The New Indian Express

Edition: Bangalore/Hyderabad

Page No: 17

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental in agreement with IIT-M to develop AI for automotive safety

URL: http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/may/05/continental-in-agreement-with-iit-m-

to-develop-ai-for-automotive-safety-1810359.html

http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/may/05/continental-in-agreement-with-iit-m-to-develop-ai-for-automotive-safety-1810359.html

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Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: The Hindu Business Line (clip attached)

Edition:Delhi/Mumbai/Pune/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Chennai/Kolkata/Kochi/Ahemdabad

Page No: 15

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental Auto IIT-M ink pact for research in machine learning

URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/continental-auto-iit-m-ink-pact-for-research-in-

machine-learning/article23776246.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/continental-auto-iit-m-ink-pact-for-research-in-machine-learning/article23776246.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/continental-auto-iit-m-ink-pact-for-research-in-machine-learning/article23776246.ece

Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: India Education Diary

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and Prof Ravindra Gettu

Headline: Continental and IIT Madras join hands to research machine learning for safe mobility

solutions

URL: http://indiaeducationdiary.in/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-research-machine-learning-safe-

mobility-solutions/

Chennai: Technology Company Continental and Indian Institute of Technology Madras have joined

hands for Advanced Research in Machine Learning. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed

today, 4th May 2018, between Continental and IIT Madras to take forward this partnership.



and passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort. The collaboration, code-named

Project NeuroMotive, will aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally towards “Vision Zero” – a future

with zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems

making a decisive contribution to greater road safety.

Speaking about the MoU, Mr. Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head, Continental India, and Managing

Director, Continental Automotive India, said “Continental is committed to strengthening academia

connect in the region, through win-win partnership models. We believe industry-academia partnerships



Further, he added, “Project NeuroMotive is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.



According to Mr. Alexander Klotz, Head of Continental’s in-house R&D center Technical Center India

(TCI), “With technology growing so rapidly, collaborative forms of R&D, where experts from different

sectors come together to develop complementary technologies promise better value at a quicker pace.”

“An R&D Center like Continental’s TCI is constantly exploring ways of improving its innovation potential.

At Continental, AI already plays a key role in areas ranging from software to manufacturing, and TCI has

in turn focused on developing this competency in-house at Bangalore, to support global projects in the

areas of safety and connectivity. It is our aim to further grow local competence in AI, not just through

hiring, but also by leveraging the ecosystem through relevant partnerships,” he added.

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We are glad to partner with IIT Madras for advanced research in machine learning and neural networks.

Our expertise and efforts, combined with the strengths of IIT Madras, will pave the way for

technological advancements that further reduce traffic casualties, and potentially even develop vehicles

incapable of getting into an accident,” said Mr. Alexander Klotz.

According to Prof Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras,

“As an institution that is in the frontier of research, we are pleased to collaborate with Continental. Prof.

Srinivasa Chakravarthy, head of Neuroscience laboratory will collaborate with Continental on Project

NeuroMotive. IIT Madras’ expertise in bio-inspired neural networks can help expand the scope of what


important for industries and businesses. They help to solve problems based on the biological knowledge

of how human brain learns and processes information. Thanks to advancements in technology, we can

use this knowledge to improve the future of mobility.”

Mr. Praveen Kumar, Head of Engineering, Business Unit ADAS (India) Continental Automotive, said,

“ADAS systems are the backbone for automated driving. These systems assist the driver both in

everyday situations, and, are available in dangerous situations, when they warn the driver and even

intervene in driving when necessary. We need fail-safe architecture that, in the event of a potential

malfunction, keeps the vehicle in a safe operating state. This is why Continental already uses AI to aid

different aspects of assisted and automated driving. Deep Learning based methods outperform classic

methods with respect to performance. We believe it is imperative to continue exploring it to its full

extent. We are excited about the possibilities project NeuroMotive will open up, to support our aim of

making roads safer.”

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of

people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and

affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2017, Continental generated

sales of €44 billion and currently employs more than 240,000 people in 61 countries. In India,

Continental employs over 7000 people across 15 locations, including eight plants that cater to the Indian

automotive market, and a Technical Center that supports global R&D.

Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: The Financial Express

Edition: Delhi / Mumbai / Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Kolkata / Kochi / Ahmedabad

Page No: 6

Journalist : NA

Headline: Continental, IIT-M join hands for safe mobility

Date: 5th May 2018

Publication: The Hans India

Edition: Hyderabad

Page No:14

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu,

Headline: IIT-M signs MoU with Continental

URL: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-05/IIT-M-signs-MoU-with-

Continental/379016

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-05/IIT-M-signs-MoU-with-Continental/379016

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-05/IIT-M-signs-MoU-with-Continental/379016

Date: 6th May 2018

Publication:UNI

Edition:Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT M pact with Tech Firm Continental for advance research in Machine Learning

URL: http://www.uniindia.com/iit-m-inks-pact-with-tech-firm-continental-for-adv-research-in-machine-

learning/states/news/1220942.html

http://www.uniindia.com/iit-m-inks-pact-with-tech-firm-continental-for-adv-research-in-machine-learning/states/news/1220942.html

http://www.uniindia.com/iit-m-inks-pact-with-tech-firm-continental-for-adv-research-in-machine-learning/states/news/1220942.html

Date: 6th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-for-research-in-safe-

mobility-solutions-1226574-2018-05-04

New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) Technology firm Continental today said it has entered into a partnership with

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for advanced research in machine learning for safe mobility

solutions.

The two partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration in Project

NeuroMotive to develop technologies that aid partially automated driving, the company said in a

statement.


contribute to Continentals ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) business that provide drivers and





"Further, he added, Project NeuroMotive is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.



The collaboration will aid Continentals long-term strategy globally towards Vision Zero ? a future with

zero accidents ? through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems making a


"IIT Madras expertise in bio-inspired neural networks can help expand the scope of what assisted driving

functions can accomplish," said Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research),

IIT Madras.




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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: Outlook India

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-for-research-in-safe-

mobility-solutions/1301244





statement.










The collaboration will aid Continental's long-term strategy globally towards 'Vision Zero' – a future with

zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems making a








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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: Skill outlook

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and Prof Ravindra Gettu

Headline: Continental and IIT Madras join hands to research machine learning for safe mobility

solutions

URL: http://skilloutlook.com/career-corner/continental-and-iit-madras-join-hands-to-research-machine-

learning-for-safe-mobility-solutions

Technology Company Continental and Indian Institute of Technology Madras have joined hands for

Advanced Research in Machine Learning. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today,

4th May 2018, between Continental and IIT Madras to take forward this partnership.



and passengers with additional safety and an increase in comfort. The collaboration, code-named

Project NeuroMotive, will aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally towards “Vision Zero” – a future

with zero accidents – through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems

making a decisive contribution to greater road safety.

Speaking about the MoU, Mr. Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head, Continental India, and Managing

Director, Continental Automotive India, said “Continental is committed to strengthening academia

connect in the region, through win-win partnership models. We believe industry-academia partnerships



Further, he added, “Project NeuroMotive is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.



According to Mr. Alexander Klotz, Head of Continental’s in-house R&D center Technical Center India

(TCI), “With technology growing so rapidly, collaborative forms of R&D, where experts from different

sectors come together to develop complementary technologies promise better value at a quicker pace.”

“An R&D Center like Continental’s TCI is constantly exploring ways of improving its innovation potential.

At Continental, AI already plays a key role in areas ranging from software to manufacturing, and TCI has

in turn focused on developing this competency in-house at Bangalore, to support global projects in the

areas of safety and connectivity. It is our aim to further grow local competence in AI, not just through

hiring, but also by leveraging the ecosystem through relevant partnerships,” he added.

We are glad to partner with IIT Madras for advanced research in machine learning and neural networks.

Our expertise and efforts, combined with the strengths of IIT Madras, will pave the way for

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technological advancements that further reduce traffic casualties, and potentially even develop vehicles

incapable of getting into an accident,” said Mr. Alexander Klotz.

According to Prof Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras,

“As an institution that is in the frontier of research, we are pleased to collaborate with Continental. Prof.




important for industries and businesses. They help to solve problems based on the biological knowledge

of how human brain learns and processes information. Thanks to advancements in technology, we can

use this knowledge to improve the future of mobility.”

Mr. Praveen Kumar, Head of Engineering, Business Unit ADAS (India) Continental Automotive, said,

“ADAS systems are the backbone for automated driving. These systems assist the driver both in

everyday situations, and, are available in dangerous situations, when they warn the driver and even

intervene in driving when necessary. We need fail-safe architecture that, in the event of a potential

malfunction, keeps the vehicle in a safe operating state. This is why Continental already uses AI to aid

different aspects of assisted and automated driving. Deep Learning based methods outperform classic

methods with respect to performance. We believe it is imperative to continue exploring it to its full

extent. We are excited about the possibilities project NeuroMotive will open up, to support our aim of

making roads safer.”

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of

people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and

affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2017, Continental generated

sales of €44 billion and currently employs more than 240,000 people in 61 countries. In India,

Continental employs over 7000 people across 15 locations, including eight plants that cater to the Indian

automotive market, and a Technical Center that supports global R&D.

Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: India com

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://www.india.com/news/agencies/continental-iit-madras-join-hands-for-research-in-safe-

mobility-solutions-3035302/



The two partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration in ‘Project

NeuroMotive’ to develop technologies that aid partially automated driving, the company said in a

statement.


contribute to Continental’s ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) business that provide drivers and





“Further, he added, ‘Project NeuroMotive’ is only a first step in our collaboration with IIT Madras.


on making future mobility concepts a reality,” he said.

The collaboration will aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally towards ‘Vision Zero’ a future with

zero accidents through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems making a


“IIT Madras’ expertise in bio-inspired neural networks can help expand the scope of what assisted

driving functions can accomplish,” said Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored





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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: Indian 24 news

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental, IIT Madras Collaborate For Research On Machine Learning For Safe Mobility

Solutions

URL: http://www.indian24news.com/technology/continental-iit-madras-collaborate-for-research-on-

machine-learning-for-safe-mobility-solutions/388050-news

Continental, IIT Madras Collaborate For Research On Machine Learning For Safe Mobility Solutions


Advanced Research in Machine Learning. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on May

4, 2018, between Continental and IIT Madras to take forward this partnership. IIT Madras with its

capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks will contribute to Continental’s ADAS

(Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) business that aims to provide drivers and passengers with

additional safety and an increase in comfort. The collaboration, code-named Project NeuroMotive, will

aid Continental’s long-term strategy globally towards “Vision Zero” – a future with zero accidents –

through innovations and ongoing improvement of components and systems.

Speaking about the MoU, Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head of Continental India and Managing

Director Continental Automotive, India, said, “ We believe industry-academia partnerships nurture

innovation, entrepreneurship and skills development, which are value-add not just for the two partners,

but for the ecosystem at large. Further, he added, “Project NeuroMotive is only a first step in our

collaboration with IIT Madras. Continental will continue to invest in the technologies of tomorrow. As a

technology company, we focus on making future mobility concepts a reality.”

According to Alexander Klotz, Head of Technical Center India (TCI), Continental’s in-house R&D center,

“With technology growing so rapidly, collaborative forms of R&D, where experts from different sectors

come together to develop complementary technologies promise better value at a quicker pace. We are

glad to partner with IIT Madras for advanced research in machine learning and neural networks. Our

expertise and efforts, combined with the strengths of IIT Madras, will pave the way for technological

advancements that further reduce traffic casualties, and potentially even develop vehicles incapable of

getting into an accident.”

As per Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras, “As an

institution that is in the frontier of research, we are pleased to collaborate with Continental. Prof.



assisted driving functions can accomplish.”

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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: Sakshi Education

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://www.sakshieducation.com/Story.aspx?nid=198394

Technology firm Continental said it has entered into a partnership with Indian Institute of Technology

(IIT) Madras for advanced research in machine learning for safe mobility solutions.

Education News The two partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for

collaboration in 'Project NeuroMotive' to develop technologies that aid partially automated driving, the

company said in a statement.



















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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: News Summed up

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: Trending At o Z

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental, IIT Madras Collaborate For Research on Machine Learning For Safe Mobility

Solutions

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Date: 6th May 2018

Publication: DT Next

Edition: Chennai

Page no: 8

Journalist :NA


Headline: IIT-M Continental sign MoU for advanced research

URL: https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/05021232/1071411/IITM-Continental-sign-MoU-for-

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Date: 7th May 2018


Edition: Delhi

Page No: 4

Journalist : NA

Headline: Moving entrepreneurship ideas from campus lab to market

Date: 7th May 2018

Publication: The Indian Express

Edition: Delhi

Page No: 16

Journalist : NA

Headline: Notice Board

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Tires and Parts

Edition: Online

Journalist : Manju Mathew


Headline: Continental to Collaborate with Chennai IIT on AI for Automotive Safety

URL: https://tiresandparts.net/news/parts/continental-to-collaborate-with-chennai-iit-on-ai-for-

automotive-safety/

Continental to Collaborate with Chennai IIT on AI for Automotive Safety

Continental AG, which is one of the leading players in the field of automotive electronics and safety has

announced that it would be collaborating with the renowned Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai

on research and application of machine learning in automotive mobility solutions. The outcome of the

research would be used to make cars that are better suited for Indian roads and for the international

market.

The two organizations signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a project

named NeuroMotive, which would deal with research into partially automated driving, pedestrian

identification and application of artificial intelligence in the automotive safety space.

Commenting on the project, Alexander Klotz, Head of Technical Center India (TCI), Continental’s inhouse

R&D unit said that the company supplies automotive technology to industry leaders like Mahindra,

Toyota and Mercedes Sport and hence has a large commitment to India. India has recently emerged as

the fourth largest automotive market in in the world and has been witnessing car and SUV sales in India

which have grown fastest from 2013 and crossed the three-million mark for the first time ever.

The road conditions are however quite challenging and innovative technologies need to be adapted

accordingly. One example is the adaptive cruise control system, which makes it possible for vehicles to

automatically adjust their speed in order to maintain a safe distance from other vehicles. This

technology can be used with ease on German roads. In Indian road conditions, however, vehicles need

advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) and this has been made mandatory. Continental will work

with IIT, Chennai on the development of mobility technology in cars that would be based on spatial

navigation in an animal’s brain for the global market.

Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Chennai said that the

institute has significant expertise in bioinspired neural networks and this can help expand the scope of

what assisted driving functions can accomplish. Bio-inspired neural networks are becoming increasingly

important for industries and businesses and can help motorists everyday driving situations. They can be

highly useful in dangerous situations, when they warn the driver and can even intervene if needed.

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Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: Gadgets Now

Edition: Online

Journalist: Hari Pulakkat

Professor: Prof Nagarajan

Headline: A peek inside IIT factories that are hatching unicorns on the campus

URL:https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/iit-madras-ropes-in-keysight-technologies-for-5g-test-

solutions/articleshow/64082316.cms

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has roped in the US-based Keysight Technologies to

provide fifth-generation or 5G technology test solutions for government-driven test bed coming up at

the southern metropolitan.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is setting up an open test bed at IIT Madras, with the

Union Budget allocation of Rs 224 crore towards it to foster innovation, and research and development

(R&D) activities in India on a collaborative model.

The Narendra Modi-led government is aiming to roll out 5G by 2020, in line with other advanced

markets worldwide.

The California-headquartered electronic measurement firm, however, did not reveal the deal size or the

revenue opportunity arising out from the new contract it bagged but said that it was a ‘significant

milestone’ for it.

“We are helping the IITs to develop 5G testbeds. Incidentally, we are the first ones to purchase a test

bench for 5G from IIT Madras,” Country General Manager & Vice President at Keysight Technologies

Sudhir Tangri told ETTelecom.

Being a fundamental component for developing 5G technology, Keysight is providing test solutions for

academia and research-oriented communities to establish a test bench for a millimeter range

technology.

It is a significant order, the executive said, adding that the company is setting up the framework for the

5G in the millimeter range technology.

The 5G rollout for the delivery of ultra-high-speed services to end consumers calls for end-to-end Layer

1–7 test, precision measurement, and deep network visibility solutions. Tests include multiple radio

frequency (RF) channels, carrier mechanisms and various data protocols.

Tangri said that the test system is getting installed currently, and the company was also engaged with

International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) 2020, a group formed by the telecom department.

We are engaging with all the stake holders including service operators to provide them solutions for 5G

technology, he said, adding that there is a lot of happening in the 5G technology research in India with

the government not only getting serious in investing but also driving innovation towards 5G in India.

Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) together with members such as

Apple India, Bharti Airtel, Broadcom, Cisco, Huawei, Reliance Jio and Vodafone India is now working on a

proposal for submission to ITU-R on candidate radio interface technologies for IMT 2020 (5G)

specifications.

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Keysight, however, is not only engaged with academia but also with the semiconductor and network

equipment vendors for 5G.

Tangri is optimistic, and feels that closer to 5G launch in India, due to its leadership position in the

world, telcos and vendors would definitely seek its capabilities.

The newer technology, according to the company is being adopted both in sub 6 GHz and millimeter

wave by operators worldwide.

Date: 10th May 2018

Publication: The Economic Times -Hindi

Edition: Delhi

Page no: 8


Headline: IIT preparing to be unicorns on the campus

Date: 23rd May 2018

Publication: Auto Car Professional

Edition: Magazine

Page No: 3

Journalist : NA


Headline: Continental, IIT Madras to jointly research machine learning for safe mobility

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: The Hindu

Edition: Chennai

Page No: 5

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi and Prof Ravindra Gettu

Headline: IIT-M, AAI ink pact for air navigation systems research

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iit-m-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-in-air-

navigation-systems/article23972882.ece

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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: The Hindu Business Line (clip attached)

Edition: Chennai / Delhi / Mumbai / Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Kolkata / Kochi / Ahmedabad

Page No: 17

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras, AAI in pact for research on navigation systems

URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/iit-madras-aai-in-pact-for-research-on-navigation-

systems/article23971807.ece

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Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Delhi / Mumbai / Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Kochi / Ahmedabad

Page No: 2

Journalist : NA


Headline: Navigation IIT-M AAI sign MoU

Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 3

Journalist : NA


Headline: AAI gets IIT-M navigation research boost

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Dinamani

Edition: Chennai

Page No: 3

Journalist : NA


Headline: AAI, IIT-Madras to jointly develop navigation systems

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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Dinamalar

Edition: Chennai

Page No: 7

Journalist : NA


Headline: MoU Signed by IIT Madras

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Millennium Post

Edition: Delhi/Kolkata

Page No: 13

Journalist: NA


Headline: AAI joins hands with IIT-Madras to research on Air Navigation Systems

Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Why Airports Authority of India has tied up with IIT-Madras for aviation sector

URL: https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/airlines-aviation/why-airports-authority-of-india-

has-tied-up-with-iit-madras-for-aviation-sector/1178472/

Why Airports Authority of India has tied up with IIT-Madras for aviation sector

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have joined

hands to take up collaborative research on air navigation systems in addition to helping address the

challenges regarding aviation infrastructure and air traffic management.

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: May 23, 2018 4:53 PM

airports authority, AAI, IIT Madras, aviation, airlines, airports, air traffic, india aviation sector, indian

institute of technology Notably, the AAI manages 125 airports and provides Air Navigation Services

(ANS) over 2.8 million square nautical miles of air space.



challenges regarding aviation infrastructure and air traffic management. A Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) was today signed here by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and

Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and AK Dutta, Member (Air Navigation Services). “We are eager to

partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to address challenges

in India Aviation Sector,” said Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras.

On the other hand, Gettu while talking about the MOU said that it is “expected to facilitate the access of

crucial data related to air traffic for researchers of IIT Madras”.

The MoU provides for transfer of knowledge and skill by the IIT Madras experts in the areas essential to

carry out research, including mathematical, analytical, artificial intelligence and data mining solutions.

Notably, the AAI manages 125 airports and provides Air Navigation Services (ANS) over 2.8 million

square nautical miles of air space.

Date: 24th May 2018

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Edition: Online

Journalist : Saurabh Sinha


Headline: AAI and IIT to collaborate for strengthening air navigation services

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/aai-and-iit-to-collaborate-for-

strengthening-air-navigation-services/articleshow/64293072.cms

AAI and IIT to collaborate for strengthening air navigation services

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tied up with IIT Madras to do “collaborative

research” on air navigation systems (ANS) and augment ATC infrastructure to cope up with the massive

growth in air traffic in India.

On Wednesday, an MoU was signed by AAI’s member (ANS) A K Dutta and IIT Madras dean (industrial

consultancy and sponsored research) Ravindra Gettu which provides for transfer of knowledge /skill by

IIT Madras experts in the areas of mathematical/analytical/artificial intelligence/data mining solutions

that are essential to carry out research.

“AAI will be providing a unique opportunity to researchers of IIT Madras by way of exposure to the new

dimension of ANS leading to innovative ideas in the field. This will ultimately open up many areas in the

aviation arena to the start-up companies and other industries in India to introduce products under

‘Make in India’ policy of the government,” AAI said in a statement.

To meet the aggressive air traffic growth, AAI will create a world-class R&D centre in Hyderabad to

develop in-house research capabilities in the field of airport and ANS. The Civil Aviation Research

Organization will be established at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad over an area of about 27 acres with a

budget of about Rs 1,200 crore spread over 12 years for R&D infrastructure development and Rs 31

crore annually will be spent towards research activities every year.

AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said: “AAI is managing around 130 airports and is the sole service

provider of ANS. It is high time that we should focus on developing excellence in these fields through

innovation and adoption of technologies to provide enhanced efficiencies and safe passenger and

aircraft movement.”

He further added that as part of AAI's ambitious plans to develop its own in-house capabilities to

support indigenous AAI activities, AAI has taken steps to establish a state-of-the-art Civil Aviation

Research Organisation at Hyderabad. Collaboration with premier educational Institutions is one of the

critical elements envisaged by AAI in the field of Research and Development.”

A K Dutta described the AAI-IIT partnership as a “game changer in Indian aviation in the years to come.”

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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Deccan Herald

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: AAI, IIT-Madras to jointly develop navigation systems

URL: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/aai-iit-madras-jointly-develop-navigation-systems-

671404.html

AAI and IIT to collaborate for strengthening air navigation services

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tied up with IIT Madras to do “collaborative

research” on air navigation systems (ANS) and augment ATC infrastructure to cope up with the massive

growth in air traffic in India.

On Wednesday, an MoU was signed by AAI’s member (ANS) A K Dutta and IIT Madras dean (industrial

consultancy and sponsored research) Ravindra Gettu which provides for transfer of knowledge /skill by

IIT Madras experts in the areas of mathematical/analytical/artificial intelligence/data mining solutions

that are essential to carry out research.

“AAI will be providing a unique opportunity to researchers of IIT Madras by way of exposure to the new

dimension of ANS leading to innovative ideas in the field. This will ultimately open up many areas in the

aviation arena to the start-up companies and other industries in India to introduce products under

‘Make in India’ policy of the government,” AAI said in a statement.

To meet the aggressive air traffic growth, AAI will create a world-class R&D centre in Hyderabad to

develop in-house research capabilities in the field of airport and ANS. The Civil Aviation Research

Organization will be established at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad over an area of about 27 acres with a

budget of about Rs 1,200 crore spread over 12 years for R&D infrastructure development and Rs 31

crore annually will be spent towards research activities every year.

AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said: “AAI is managing around 130 airports and is the sole service

provider of ANS. It is high time that we should focus on developing excellence in these fields through

innovation and adoption of technologies to provide enhanced efficiencies and safe passenger and

aircraft movement.”

He further added that as part of AAI's ambitious plans to develop its own in-house capabilities to

support indigenous AAI activities, AAI has taken steps to establish a state-of-the-art Civil Aviation

Research Organisation at Hyderabad. Collaboration with premier educational Institutions is one of the

critical elements envisaged by AAI in the field of Research and Development.”

A K Dutta described the AAI-IIT partnership as a “game changer in Indian aviation in the years to come.”

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/aai-iit-madras-jointly-develop-navigation-systems-671404.html

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Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Delhi/Hyderabad

Page no.: 14

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras ties up with AAI

URL: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-24/IIT-Madras-ties-up-with-

AAI/383671

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Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras joins hands with AAI for research on air navigation systems

URL: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iit-madras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-

on-air-navigation-systems-118052300709_1.html

IIT Madras joins hands with AAI for research on air navigation systems

The MoU signed on Wedne provides for transfer of knowledge and skill by the IIT Madras experts in the

areas essential to carry out research, including mathematical, analytical, artificial intelligence




A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial

Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and AK Dutta, Member (Air Navigation Services).

We are eager to partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to

address challenges in India Aviation Sector," said Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras.

On the other hand, Gettu while talking about the MOU said that it is "expected to facilitate the access of

crucial data related to air traffic for researchers of IIT Madras".





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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: UNI

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras inks pact with AAI for Air Navigation Systems research

URL: http://www.uniindia.com/~/iit-madras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-air-navigation-systems-

research/States/news/1239138.html

IIT Madras joins hands with AAI for research on air navigation systems

The MoU signed on Wedne provides for transfer of knowledge and skill by the IIT Madras experts in the

areas essential to carry out research, including mathematical, analytical, artificial intelligence




A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial










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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Outlook India

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras inks pact with AAI for research on air navigation systems

URL: https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/iitmadras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-on-air-

navigation-systems/1314605

IIT-Madras inks pact with AAI for research on air navigation systems

New Delhi, May 23 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and the Airports Authority of India

(AAI) have joined hands to take up collaborative research on air navigation systems in addition to

helping address the challenges regarding aviation infrastructure and air traffic management

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was today signed here by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial


“We are eager to partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to








https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/iitmadras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-on-air-navigation-systems/1314605

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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Edex Live

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras to research on Air Navigation Systems, joins hands with Airports Authority of

India

URL: http://www.edexlive.com/news/2018/may/23/iit-madras-to-research-on-air-navigation-systems-

joins-hands-with-airports-authority-of-india-2958.html







“We are eager to partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to








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Date: 24th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/iit-madras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-on-air-

navigation-systems-1239581-2018-05-23


New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and the Airports Authority of

India (AAI) have joined hands to take up collaborative research on air navigation systems in addition to

helping address the challenges regarding aviation infrastructure and air traffic management.



?We are eager to partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to








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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: News Boss

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


URL: http://newsboss.in/ly/jrQutk/IIT-Madras-joins-hands-with-AAI-for-research-on-air-navigation-

systems














square nautical miles of air space. PTI GJS GJS MG MG

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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Biz News Index

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


URL: http://www.biznewsindex.com/news/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-aai-for-research-on-air-

navigation-systems















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: News Now

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT-M inks pact with AAI for research in air navigation systems

URL: http://www.newsnow.in/news/iit-m-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-in-air-navigation-systems















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Net India 123

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu and Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi


URL: https://www.netindia123.com/articles/showdetails.asp?id=3349984&n_date=20180523&cat=India















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: India Com

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://www.india.com/news/agencies/iit-madras-inks-pact-with-aai-for-research-on-air-

navigation-systems-3070477/















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Eenadu India

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://www.eenaduindia.com/news/national-news/2018/05/23162233/IITMadras-inks-pact-with-

AAI-for-research-on-air-navigation.vpf















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Smart Investor

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://smartinvestor.business-standard.com/market/story-527902-storydet-

IIT_Madras_joins_hands_with_AAI_for_research_on_air_navigation_systems.htm#.WwZUNu6FOM9















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Web India 123

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20180523/3349984.html















https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20180523/3349984.html

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: India Finance News

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://www.indiafinancenews.com/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-aai-for-research-on-air-

navigation-systems/















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Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Dainik Yashbhoomi

Edition: Mumbai

Page No: 3

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-M, joined hands with AAI

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Dainik Statesman

Edition: Kolkata/Delhi

Page No: 8

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras inks pact with AAI

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Echo of India

Edition: Kolkata

Page No: 9

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras inks pact with AAI

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Political and Business Daily

Edition: Kolkata

Page No: 9

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras ties up with AAI for air navigation systems research

Date: 24th May 2018

Publication: Trade Briefs

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Why Airports Authority of India has tied up with IIT-Madras for aviation sector

URL:

https://www.tradebriefs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=655112:Logistics&catid

=19:logistics&Itemid=101






challenges regarding aviation infrastructure and air traffic management.A Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) was today signed here by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and

Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and AK Dutta, Member (Air Navigation Services).“We are eager to

partner with the AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation management to address challenges

in India Aviation Sector,” said Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras.On the other hand, Gettu while

talking about the MOU said that it is “expected to facilitate the access of crucial data related to air traffic

for researchers of IIT Madras”.

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Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: Defence Aviation Post

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras Joins Hands With Airports Authority Of India For Research On Air Navigation

System

URL: https://defenceaviationpost.com/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-airports-authority-of-india-for-

research-on-air-navigation-system/

IIT Madras Joins Hands With Airports Authority Of India For Research On Air Navigation System

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have joined hands

to take up collaborative research on air navigation systems. This would support AAI in addressing

aviation infrastructure and air traffic management challenges for the common good of Indian economy.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Prof Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial

Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and Sri A.K. Dutta, Member (Air Navigation Services),

AAI, to seal the agreement.

The MoU provides for Transfer of Knowledge /skill by IIT Madras experts in the areas of

mathematical/analytical/artificial intelligence/data mining solutions that are essential to carry out

research. AAI will be providing a unique opportunity to researchers of IIT Madras by way of exposure to

the new dimension of Air Navigation Services leading to innovative ideas in the field. This will ultimately

open up many areas in the aviation arena to the start-up companies and other industries in India to

introduce products under “Make in India” policy of the government. Read More

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https://defenceaviationpost.com/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-airports-authority-of-india-for-research-on-air-navigation-system/

Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: The India Saga

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras Joins Hands with Airports Authority of India for research on Air Navigation

System

URL: http://theindiasaga.com/nation/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-airports-authority-of-india-for-

research-on-air-navigation-system

IIT Madras Joins Hands with Airports Authority of India for research on Air Navigation System












introduce products under “Make in India” policy of the government.

Speaking about the importance of this collaboration, Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras,

said, “IIT Madras is eager to partner with AAI to bring in innovation in airport and navigation

management to address challenges in India aviation sector.”

Speaking to the occasion, Prof Ravindra Gettu said, “IIT Madras is glad to collaborate with AAI, especially

with their new research wing in the modernization of the air traffic management in our country.”

Prof Ravindra Gettu further affirmed that the MoU would ensure synergy of capabilities of both the

organisations in their respective domains, paving the way for mutually beneficial and lasting solutions in

the ever growing field of Aviation. This MoU is also expected to facilitate the access of crucial data

related to air traffic for researchers of IIT Madras.

Airport Authority of India manages 125 airports and provides air navigation services over 2.8 million

square nautical miles of air space. It has been taking up Air Navigation Services (ANS) and airport

infrastructure modernization plans to keep pace with the exponential growth in air traffic in India.

http://theindiasaga.com/nation/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-airports-authority-of-india-for-research-on-air-navigation-system

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As part of AAI's ambitious ANS up gradation plans and keeping in view the need for developing in-house

capabilities by establishing an efficient R&D system to support various on-going AAI initiatives

indigenously, AAI has established a state-of-the-art Civil Aviation Research Organisation at Hyderabad.

Collaboration with premier educational Institutions is one of the critical elements envisaged by AAI in

R&D.

Through this significant MoU, IIT Madras’ IC&SR, which has been playing a vital role in bringing together

the experts from the Industry and the faculty, will collaborate with AAI to embark on joint research

programs that would benefit Aviation System as a whole.

Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: News Bytes

Edition: Online

Journalist : Pallabi Chatterjee


Headline: AAI strikes deal with IIT-Madras to improve air navigation

URL: https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/India/23416/107200/aai-iit-madras-strike-deal-to-

improve-air-navigation




























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R&D.




Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: EduAdvice

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras joins hands with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to

URL: http://eduadvice.in/home/NewsDetail?pid=12962





























http://eduadvice.in/home/NewsDetail?pid=12962


R&D.




Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: Bureaucracy Buzz

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: Airports Authority of India (AAI) joins hands with IIT, Madras to research on Air Navigation

Systems

URL: http://bureaucracybuzz.com/2018/05/24/airports-authority-of-india-aai-joins-hands-with-iit-

madras-to-research-on-air-navigation-systems/




























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R&D.




Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: College Dekho

Edition: Online

Journalist : Simran Saini


Headline: IIT Madras Collaborates with AAI for Research on Air Navigation Systems

URL: https://www.collegedekho.com/news/iit-madras-collaborate-aai-research-air-navigation-systems-

13733/




























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R&D.




Date: 26th May 2018

Publication: Chennai Patrika

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Ravindra Gettu and Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi,

Headline: IIT Madras joins hands with Airports Authority of India (AAI)

URL: http://news.chennaipatrika.com/post/2018/05/25/IIT-Madras-joins-hands-with-Airports-

Authority-of-India.aspx

'Prof Ravindra Gettu (THIRD RIGHT), Dean (ICSR), IIT Madras, and Sri A.K. Dutta, Member (Air Navigation

Services), Airports Authority of India, displaying the MoU, signed today, 23rd May 2018'

CHENNAI, 23rd May 2018: Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Airports Authority of India (AAI),

the leading Airport and Air navigation Service Provider, have joined hands to take up collaborative

research on Air Navigation Systems. This would support AAI in addressing aviation infrastructure and air

traffic management challenges for the common good of Indian Economy.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here today, 23rd May 2018, by Prof Ravindra

Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and Sri A.K. Dutta, Member

(Air Navigation Services), AAI, in the presence of IIT Experts and top-ranking officials from AAI.


said, “IIT Madras is eager to partner with AAI to bring in innovation in Airport and Navigation

management to address challenges in India Aviation Sector.”







Addressing the experts from both sides during the program, Sri A.K.Dutta said that AAI exuded optimism

that the partnership between the organisations would be a game-changer in Indian Aviation in the years

to come.


Mathematical/Analytical/Artificial Intelligence/Data mining solutions that are essential to carry out

research. AAI will be providing a unique opportunity to Researchers of IIT Madras by way of exposure to



introduce products under “Make in India” policy of the Government of India.

http://news.chennaipatrika.com/post/2018/05/25/IIT-Madras-joins-hands-with-Airports-Authority-of-India.aspx

http://news.chennaipatrika.com/post/2018/05/25/IIT-Madras-joins-hands-with-Airports-Authority-of-India.aspx

AAI manages 125 airports and provides Air Navigation Services over 2.8 million square nautical miles of

air space. It has been taking up Air Navigation Services (ANS) and Airport Infrastructure Modernization

plans to keep pace with the exponential growth in Air Traffic in India.





R&D.




Date: 26th May 2018

Publication: Air Traffic MAnagement

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: AAI strikes air navigation deal with IIT-Madras

URL: http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2018/05/aai-strikes-air-navigation-deal-with-iitmadras/

CHENNAI, 23rd May 2018: Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Airports Authority of India (AAI),

the leading Airport and Air navigation Service Provider, have joined hands to take up collaborative

research on Air Navigation Systems. This would support AAI in addressing aviation infrastructure and air

traffic management challenges for the common good of Indian Economy.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here today, 23rd May 2018, by Prof Ravindra

Gettu, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and Sri A.K. Dutta, Member

(Air Navigation Services), AAI, in the presence of IIT Experts and top-ranking officials from AAI.


said, “IIT Madras is eager to partner with AAI to bring in innovation in Airport and Navigation

management to address challenges in India Aviation Sector.”







Addressing the experts from both sides during the program, Sri A.K.Dutta said that AAI exuded optimism

that the partnership between the organisations would be a game-changer in Indian Aviation in the years

to come.


Mathematical/Analytical/Artificial Intelligence/Data mining solutions that are essential to carry out

research. AAI will be providing a unique opportunity to Researchers of IIT Madras by way of exposure to



introduce products under “Make in India” policy of the Government of India.

AAI manages 125 airports and provides Air Navigation Services over 2.8 million square nautical miles of

air space. It has been taking up Air Navigation Services (ANS) and Airport Infrastructure Modernization

plans to keep pace with the exponential growth in Air Traffic in India.

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2018/05/aai-strikes-air-navigation-deal-with-iitmadras/





R&D.




Date: 26th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT Madras joins hands with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to Research on Air Navigation

Systems

URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-madras-joins-hands-with-airports-

authority-of-india-aai-to-research-on-air-navigation-systems-1241472-2018-05-25




A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on May 23 by Ravindra Gettu, Dean (Industrial










ABOUT IITM

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an

institute of national importance. The activities of the Institute in various fields of Technology and

Science are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary Research

Academic Centres.

The Institute offers undergraduate and post - graduate programmes leading to the B.Tech., M.Sc.,

M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.

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Date: 28th May 2018

Publication: The Times of India -Education Times

Edition: Delhi

Page No: 16

Journalist :NA


Headline: IIT-Madras AAI to conduct research on Air Navigation Systems

Date: 31st May 2018



Page No: 22

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof. Ravindra Gettu

Headline: MoU (AAI)

IIT Madras is a research-focused

Institute

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Down to Earth

Edition: Online

Faculty: Prof G.K. Suraish Kumar, Prof D. Karunagaran, Prof Raghunathan Rengasamy

Journalist: Sarah Iqbal

Headline: Just tweaking time of administration can make cancer drugs more effective

URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-

drugs-more-effective-60389

Just tweaking time of administration can make cancer drugs more effective

IIT Madras researchers found that by aligning drug administration with the internal rhythms of reactive

molecules production, the efficiency of drugs could be increased

Just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors maybe able to improve outcome of cancer

therapy, suggests new research done at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM).

This work is rooted in rhythms of reactive species production. In the course of day-to-day life, all life

forms produce highly reactive molecules called reactive species. While small doses of these molecules

can aid biological functions, when produced at high rates, they can also kill the cell by creating oxidative

stress. Most cancer drugs seek to kill malignant cells by producing rapid bursts of reactive species. But

because there is a lack of specific action, drugs also end up affecting normal cells surrounding cancerous

tumours.

Variation in internal reactive species production has been a neglected area of research. The research

team at IITM led by G.K. Suraish Kumar has found that there’s a lot of fluctuation in levelsof reactive

species within a cell. These short-term fluctuations can be ignored when one is studying a much slower

process such as cell growth, and work with average levels instead.

Cancer therapy relies on increasing oxidative stress beyond a critical point. Therefore, the timing of

internal rhythms in reactive species production is crucial. Scientists found that two important reactive

species used for targeting cancer cells-superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals- peak at an interval of

15.4 hours and 25 hours respectively.

They reasoned that by aligning drug administration with internal rhythms of reactive species production,

the efficiency of drugs could be increased. To test this hypothesis,they administered two drugs

menadione and curcumin to cervical cancer cell lines and a colon cancer cell line.

Just by changing the timing of drug administration, researchers could reprogram internal rhythms of

reactive species production. For instance, treating cancer cells with curcumin at the time of increased

superoxide production ensured that the superoxide radical would peak after every 9 hours. By tuning

drug dose to hydroxyl radical production, the periodicity of its rhythm was reduced from 25 hours to 11

hours. This, in turn,improved the drug efficiency by 20%.

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http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective-60389

The strategy is noninvasive and canbe extended to any cancer drug that operates via production of

reactive species. The researchers are nowplanning to extend this to patients. “All we will have to do is

change the timing of treatment in tune with the peaking of reactive species production,” explained

Suraish Kumar while speaking to India Science Wire. “We believe that doing so will also reduce the

complications associated with cancer treatment.”

The research team also included Karunagaran, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Uma Kizhuveetil, Meghana

Palukuri, Prerna Bhalla and Steffi Jose. The research project is financially supported by the Science and

Engineering Research Board of the Department of Science and Technology.

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Scroll

Edition: Online

Professor: Prof G.K. Suraish Kumar, Prof D. Karunagaran, Prof Raghunathan Rengasamy,

Journalist: NA

Headline: Lab notes: The timing of administering cancer medication can determine its effectiveness

URL: https://scroll.in/pulse/877709/lab-notes-the-timing-of-administering-cancer-medication-can-

determine-its-effectiveness

Just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors may be able to improve outcome of cancer

therapy, suggests new research done at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.






tumours.


team at IIT, Madras led by GK Suraish Kumar has found that there is a lot of fluctuation in levels of

reactive species within a cell. These short-term fluctuations can be ignored when one is studying a much

slower process such as cell growth, and work with average levels instead.



species used for targeting cancer cells - superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals- peak at an interval of



the efficiency of drugs could be increased. To test this hypothesis, they administered two drugs






hours. This, in turn, improved the drug efficiency by 20%.

The strategy is noninvasive and can be extended to any cancer drug that operates via production of

reactive species. The researchers are now planning to extend this to patients. “All we will have to do is


Suraish Kumar. “We believe that doing so will also reduce the complications associated with cancer

treatment.”

https://scroll.in/pulse/877709/lab-notes-the-timing-of-administering-cancer-medication-can-determine-its-effectiveness

https://scroll.in/pulse/877709/lab-notes-the-timing-of-administering-cancer-medication-can-determine-its-effectiveness

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Bio Tech

Edition: Online




URL: https://biotechtimes.org/2018/05/02/just-tweaking-time-administration-make-cancer-drugs-

more-effective/

Bengaluru, May 2: Just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors may be able to improve the

outcome of cancer therapy, suggests new research done at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras

(IITM).






tumors.


team at IITM led by G.K. Suraish Kumar has found that there’s a lot of fluctuation in levels of reactive





species used for targeting cancer cells – superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals- peak at an interval of


Related Glycogen in Neurons of Degenerating Brains is Beneficial: Study











https://biotechtimes.org/2018/05/02/just-tweaking-time-administration-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective/

https://biotechtimes.org/2018/05/02/just-tweaking-time-administration-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective/


Suraishkumar while speaking to India Science Wire. “We believe that doing so will also reduce the





Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Research Stash

Edition: Online



Headline: Just Tweaking Time of Administration Can Make Cancer Drugs More Effective

URL: https://www.researchstash.com/2018/05/02/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-

cancer-drugs-more-effective/

Just Tweaking Time of Administration Can Make Cancer Drugs More Effective

Just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors may be able to improve the outcome of cancer







tumors.

















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Engineering Research Board of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). (India Science Wire)

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Paper Dabba

Edition: Online




URL: https://paperdabba.com/2018/05/02/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-

drugs-more-effective/









tumors.



















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Engineering Research Board of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). (India Science Wire)

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Qoshe

Edition: Online


Professor: Prof G.K. Suraish Kumar


URL: http://qoshe.com/news/663134da166a1784c26c7efbc67f8f9c




Researchers at IITM






tumors.




process such as cell growth.

http://qoshe.com/news/663134da166a1784c26c7efbc67f8f9c

Date: 3rd May 2018


Edition: Online




URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-

make-cancer-drugs-more-effective/article23748004.ece

Bengaluru, May 2 just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors may be able to improve

outcome of cancer therapy, suggests new research done at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras

(IITM).






tumours.


team at IITM led by GK Suraish kumar has found that there’s a lot of fluctuation in levels of reactive





species used for targeting cancer cells - superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals- peak at an interval of









hours. This, in turn, improved the drug efficiency by 20 per cent.



https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective/article23748004.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective/article23748004.ece

Date: 4th May 2018

Publication: APN

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA

Professor: Prof GK Suraish Kumar,Prof D. Karunagaran, Prof Raghunathan Rengasamy


URL: http://www.apnlive.com/science/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-drugs-

more-effective-42728

Just tweaking time of administration can make cancer drugs more effective

Just by changing the time of administering drugs, doctors may be able to improve outcome of cancer







tumours.


team at IITM led by GK Suraishkumar has found that there’s a lot of fluctuation in levels of reactive





species used for targeting cancer cells – superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals – peak at an interval of










http://www.apnlive.com/science/just-tweaking-time-of-administration-can-make-cancer-drugs-more-effective-42728

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Engineering Research Board of the Department of Science and Technology

Date: 4th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist: Ms Megha Chaturvedi

Professor: Prof Kamakoti Veezhinathan

Headline: IIT-Madras prof shares his idea of zero investment organic farming in India

URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/how-i-made-it/story/iit-madrass-prof-shares-his-idea-

of-zero-investment-organic-farming-in-india-1225882-2018-05-04

In 1960s, during the period of green revolution, farmers in India were exposed to high yield variety of

seeds (HYV), pesticides and fertilizers in order to maintain the food security in the country.

Although the rising demand for food was met, soil fertility was degraded to an extent that farmlands

turned completely barren.

Despite that, the continuous and large usage of pesticides till date for meeting the high demand for food

has led to another practice of spraying vegetables and fruits with chemicals for quick and unnatural

growth.

However, people have slowly started to understand the ill effects of such fruits, vegetables and grains

on the body. People are turning towards organic products.

Since the organic products market is at a nascent stage right now in India, people have a lot of questions

regarding it.

To get answers to many such queries and to know more about organic farming, India Today Education

went all the way to IIT-Madras for an exclusive chat with Professor Kamakoti Veezhinathan who is

growing 55 variety of traditional rice in his very own organic farm in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.

THE DAMAGE REGULAR FOOD HAS DONE TO OUR COUNTRY

Prof Kamakoti Veezhinathan, IIT-M, said that people refrain themselves from growing and consuming

organic food because it is expensive. "Organic food is 1.5 to 2 times costlier than the regular food, and

the price of organic food is high because the yield is low."

Demand for organic food is rising in India (Representational picture)

If we learn about the damage caused by regular food to our intestines, we would stop eating it at all. If

you switch to organic, you will consume less quantity of food but you will feel more energetic, claims

Prof Veezhinathan.

Prior to the use of fertilisers, Indian soil was an epitome of fertility. However, these hazardous chemicals

have done so much damage to the soil that it has lost its nutritional balance as well as the capacity to

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https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/how-i-made-it/story/iit-madrass-prof-shares-his-idea-of-zero-investment-organic-farming-in-india-1225882-2018-05-04

produce better food. In order to covert a farmland from regular products to organics, one has to wait for

at least one or two years for the soil to settle, from the third year you can start the cultivation and reap

profits by the fifth year," he says.

At least 99 pesticides should have been banned in India: Supreme Court

Pesticides are not only hazardous to the soil but also heavy on the pockets of the farmers, which

apparently became one of the many reasons for suicides in India.

From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the whole country is facing the repercussions pesticides.

Due to the overuse of pesticides in the field, people living close to the farmland are becoming prone to

cancer. In a state like Punjab, which is known as the breadbasket of India was recorded with 130 cancer

patients per 100,000 people - in line with the national average of 137 as per the survey conducted by

the state government in 2010. In fact, a number of cancer patients are rising high, and, now, the state

has a separate train for cancer patients who travel to Bikaner for specialist treatment.

"The basic motivation of organic farming came when I had two early deaths in my family. Two of my

very close cousins died because of cancer despite the fact that they were completely teetotallers, they

had no bad habits. The only thing that we could trace was pesticides, which they could have consumed

in their food," says Prof Veezhinathan.

In a world of chemicals, it is a herculean task to bring a pure bowl of rice to your dinner table.

Prof Veezhinathan has created a canal boundary around his farm, disjointing it from the adjacent farms

whose soil is filled with chemicals and pesticides.

Moreover, he has also fenced his farm with a layer of trees. "I have planted a couple of trees creating a

boundary of two to three feet around my farm with teak trees and other variety of trees so as to avoid

the effect of pesticides on my crop," he adds.

START YOUR OWN ORGANIC FARM

The Government of India is supporting organic farming. There are several schemes and subsidies

favouring organic farming.

With organic farming, the farmer need not have to bear the burden of expensive chemicals on their

pockets.

Representational picture

"If you have two cows, you can handle six-10 acres of the farm. If you have one cow, then you can

handle five acres of land, no manure is needed. All you need is seeds and if you are healthy enough to

do transplantation and harvesting, you can start your farm right away. If you are not physically capable

to handle the entire farm yourself, then five or 10 farmers can come together to form a group. This way

we can do zero cost farming," he says.

PROF VEEZHINATHAN SHARES HIS INNOVATIVE ZERO INVESTMENT FARMING PLAN

Prof Veezhinathan motivates the entire country to produce chemical-free crop.

Here's how you can start your own organic farm:

The first step is to get a land. So, I took some 6.5 acres of my land and then we fenced it.

Secondly, you need to start using the organic manure. The main ingredients for preparing the manure

are cow dung, cow urine, goat dung, and green manure. I used traditional manures in my field

'Panchagavya' constituting cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd, ghee and 'agniastra' which is made by chilli.

Thirdly, put the green manure in your field, which is available at a throwaway price in the market. Then

allow four-five goats to roam in your field for two or three days, for their excreta is a good manure.

Fourthly, it is time now for the seedling after which you are free to do the transplantation.

Fifth and the foremost step is water management, you can manage water motors with solar energy. I

have a solar cell panel in my field with which I pump water from 90 feet deep bore well. The interesting

fact about using solar energy in a farm is that you can avoid salts and other harmful chemicals coming to

your field from the adjacent farms because the speed of the water is so low. However, generally,

farmers, who use high-speed motors fetch salts along with water.

Also, you are able to maintain the water table, for instance, if your pipe sucks a bucket of water from

wells at a very low speed, then the wells will refill the void in the meantime you suck another portion of

water.

I have also channelized my field with different pipes. If field 'one' requires water, I open the motor of

that particular field instead of letting the water cross through all other fields. In this manner, I conserve

water.

Paddy field (Representational picture)

ORGANIC BOWL OF RICE FROM THANJAVUR

Shunning the myths and false notions regarding the fragility of organic farming, Prof Veezhinathan

shares his stories showing the endurance level of an organic crop.

PEST

There was a sudden bust of disease in Thanjavur, fields were full of Brown plant leafhopper (pogayan).

While the entire paddy in which fertilizers were used fell off, not even one small infection affected my

farm.

RAIN

The second shocking fact I came across regarding the organic farming was that it was able to withstand

the rain water for four days in a strech, while the normal harvest in the adjacent farms fell off, despite

keeping a cover of chemicals.

BIRDS

Thirdly, since the time I started growing an organic crop in my area birds come often to our fields. I

remember, one fine morning, when I was crossing the farm, my field was all green though it was the

time for it to turn yellow. When I came closer and clapped, around one thousand parrots flew off and it

was a breathtaking scene. While the adjacent farms had not even a single parrot. This shows birds have

a taste for organic food and they will only add to your farm.

Date: 5th May 2018


Edition: Chennai / Delhi / Mumbai / Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Kolkata / Kochi / Ahmedabad

Page No: 16

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof G K Suraish kumar

Headline: Timing of drug delivery can work miracles: IIT-M study

Date: 6th May 2018

Publication : The Hindu

Edition: Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Chennai/Kolkata/Kochi

Page No: 15

Journalist : Sarah Iqbal

Professor: Prof GK Suraish Kumar,Prof D. Karunagaran, Prof Raghunathan Rengasamy

Headline: More punch to cancer drugs

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/more-punch-to-cancer-drugs/article23788003.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/more-punch-to-cancer-drugs/article23788003.ece

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Hindustan Times

Edition: Delhi /Mumbai// Faridabad / Noida

Page no.: 13

Journalist : Anonna Dutt

Professor: Prof Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Headline: Researchers at IIT-Madras make dressing material that heals wounds faster

URL: https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/researchers-at-iit-madras-make-dressing-material-that-

heals-wounds-faster/story-2kok64PJlzqCjzfnfOQpsK.html

https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/researchers-at-iit-madras-make-dressing-material-that-heals-wounds-faster/story-2kok64PJlzqCjzfnfOQpsK.html

https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/researchers-at-iit-madras-make-dressing-material-that-heals-wounds-faster/story-2kok64PJlzqCjzfnfOQpsK.html

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Millennium Post

Edition: Delhi/Kolkata

Page no.:2

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-M develops low-cost diabetic wounds treatment

URL: http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/iit-m-develops-low-cost-diabetic-wounds-treatment-

298361

http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/iit-m-develops-low-cost-diabetic-wounds-treatment-298361

http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/iit-m-develops-low-cost-diabetic-wounds-treatment-298361

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: DNA

Edition: Delhi/Mumbai

Page no.:11

Journalist : NA


Headline: IITians develop wound dressing for diabetics

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Hindustan

Edition: Delhi

Page no.:18

Journalist : NA

Headline: IITians develop wound dressing for diabetics

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Rashtriya Sahara

Edition: Delhi

Page no.:9

Journalist :NA

Headline: Dressing material developed to treat diabetic wounds

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Dinamani

Edition: Chennai

Page no.:3

Journalist :NA

Headline: IIT develop wound dressing material for diabetic patients

URL: https://goo.gl/fuBrLB

https://goo.gl/fuBrLB

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Hyderabad

Page no.:14

Journalist :NA


Headline: IIT-M develops innovative wound dressing material

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Edition: Hyderabad

Page no.:2

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Headline: IIT-Madras invention to aid diabetic patients

URL: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/080518/iit-madras-invention-to-

aid-diabetic-patients.html

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/080518/iit-madras-invention-to-aid-diabetic-patients.html

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/080518/iit-madras-invention-to-aid-diabetic-patients.html

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: EduAdvice

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras develops dressing material to treatdiabetic wounds

URL: http://eduadvice.in/home/NewsDetail?pid=11862

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed novel reduced graphene oxide

loaded nanocomposite scaffolds for treating normal and diabetic wounds.

Wounds in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal and healthy individual. This

leads to chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications like amputations.

Treatment of such chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is still a major clinical challenge. Although

there are some wound dressings that are commercially available, they are very expensive. As the

diabetic population in India keeps growing, treating these diabetic wounds is a major clinical and social

challenge.

The work of Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and

Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, focuses on developing low-cost wound dressings that are

effective in treating diabetic wounds. Dr. T Ponrasu, an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, working under

Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan’s mentorship has developed a new and rapid technique for preparing

reduced graphene oxide from graphite powder.

Speaking about his research, Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, says, “We wanted to exploit

graphene-based materials’ property of improving blood vessel formation at certain concentrationsto

prepare an inexpensive wound dressing. The psyllium-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we

prepared has shown exciting results in animal studies. We hope this is the first step towards developing

inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based materials for clinical use.”

Researchers at IIT Madras used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain reduced

graphene oxide. Then, they load these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a plant carbohydrate

polymer (psyllium) solution to obtain wound dressing scaffolds. Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound

healing are used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment,

migration and proliferation. These newly developed scaffolds provide a suitable tissue-friendly

environment for the cells and subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment.

The wound healing efficacy of these scaffolds was studied, and the results revealed that these scaffolds

provided an ideal environment to wounds for the regrowth of damaged skin through proliferated

fibroblast cells on the injured site. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry analyses showed that

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these scaffolds treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and deposition in

treated wounds.

Overall, the research shows that these wound dressings could significantly accelerate healing of normal

and diabetic wounds. The normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23

days in untreated normal wounds. Similarly, the diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20

days compared to 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare,

inexpensive, and show excellent healing properties. Thus, the material acts as a good wound dressing

and helps in accelerated healing of normal and diabetic wounds.

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Pharmabiz

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras develops wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=108715&sid=1

IIT Madras develops wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

Our Bureau, Mumbai

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed novel reduced graphene

oxide loaded nanocomposite scaffolds for treating normal and diabetic wounds.






challenge.







Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, say, “We wanted to exploit

graphene-based materials’ property of improving blood vessel formation at certain concentrations to










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treated wounds.







Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: The Health Site

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras: A wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/iit-madras-a-wound-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-

wounds-ag0518/






thee are some wound dressings that are commercially available, they are very expensive.






Dr. Vignesh Muthuvijayan (left) and Dr T Ponrasu, department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras.


Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras said, “We wanted to exploit














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treated wounds.


and diabetic wounds. The normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 dayscompared to 23


dayscompared to 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare,



Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT students develop wound dressing material for diabetic patients

URL: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-

material-for-diabetic-patients-118050700648_1.html

Students at IIT Madras have developed a wound dressing material for diabetic patients using

graphene-based components.

Wounds in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as in a normal and healthy individual. This leads to

chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications which make amputations

necessary. Treatment of such chronic non-healing wounds is still a major clinical challenge.

We wanted to exploit the property of graphene-based materials of improving blood vessel formation at

certain concentrations to prepare an inexpensive wound dressing. The psyllium-reduced graphene oxide

nanocomposite that we prepared showed exciting results in animal studies.

"We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based

materials for clinical use," said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology.

The researchers used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain reduced graphene

oxide.

"Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a plant carbohydrate polymer

(psyllium) solution to obtain wound dressing scaffolds. Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing,

were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration

and proliferation.

"These newly developed scaffolds provide a suitable tissue-friendly environment for cells and

subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment," Muthuvijayan added.

As per the trials, normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days as compared to 23 days in

untreated normal wounds. Similarly, diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days as

against 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds.

"These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing properties. Thus, the

material acts as a good wound dressing and helps in accelerated healing of normal and diabetic

wounds," he said.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-118050700648_1.html

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-118050700648_1.html

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Sakshi

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Good news for diabetes patients

URL: https://www.sakshi.com/news/national/iit-madras-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-

diabetic-patients-1072930

డయాబెటసి్‌ పషే ెంటల కు శుభవార్త

IIT Madras Students Develop Wound Dressing Material For Diabetic Patients - Sakshi

సాక్షి, చెన్నై : డయాబటెసి్‌ వాాధతిో బాధపడుతున్ై వారికి శుభవార్త. సాధార్ణెంగా ఆరోగ్ావెంతమ నై్ వాకుత లతో పో ల్చిన్పపడు డయాబటెసి్‌తో బాధపడే వారలిో గాయాలు అెంత త ెందర్గా మాన్వు. ఒకకోసారి దీర్ఘకాల్చక గాయాలు ప న్ు పరమాదానిక ికూడా దార ితీసే అవకాశెం లేకపో లేదు. వ్నదా శాస్తత రెం ఇెంత అభివృదిి చెెందినా.. ఈ విషయెంలో అన్ుకున్ై

పరగ్తి సాధిెంచలేకపో యెంది. తాజాగా ఐఐటీ మదరా స్‌కు చెెందని్ విదాార్థు లు దీనికి పరిష్ాోరానిక ి కన్ుగొనాైర్థ. డయాబెటసి్‌ పషే ెంటల కు అయన్ గాయాలు తవర్గా న్యెం అయయా టలల పరతేా క డెరస ెంగ్‌ విధానానిై ర్ూప ెందిెంచార్థ.

గాయెం ఏర్పడని్ పరా ెంతెంలో కొతత కణాలు తవర్గా ఉతపతిత కావడానికి గాా ఫ న్‌ ఆధారిత డెరస ెంగ్‌ విధానానిై కన్ుగొనాైర్థ. తవర్లో ఈ విధానానిై అెందుబాటలలోక ితీస్తుకురాన్ున్ైటలు ఐఐట ీమదరా స్‌ బయోటకెాైలజీ విభాగానిక ిచెెందని్ అస స ుెంట్‌ ప ర ఫ స్తర్‌ విగనై ష్‌ ముతుత విజయన్‌ తలె్చపార్థ. ‘స నల్చయెం, గాా ఫ న్‌ ఆక్సైడ్‌ నానో కెంపో జిట్‌ మెంచి ఫల్చతాలు ఇచాియ. గాా ఫ న్‌ ఆధార్ెంగా అతి తకుోవ ధర్లో టీరట్‌మ ెంట్‌ అెందిెంచేెందుకు ఈ విధాన్ెం ఉపయోగ్పడుతుెంది. సాధార్ణ వాకుత లకు గాయాల నన్పుపడు ఈ డెరస ెంగ్‌ విధానానిై ఉపయోగసిేత 23 రోజులోల న్యెం కావాల్చైన్ గాయెం.. కనవలెం 16 రోజులోల న్యమవుతుెంది. అలాగన డయాబటెిస్‌ ప ష ెంటలలో 26 రోజులోల న్యమయయా గాయెం 20 రోజులోల నే తగిిపో తుెంది’ అని

ఆయన్ వల్లడిెంచార్థ. డయాబెటసి్‌ వాాధితో బాధపడుతున్ైవారిక ి ఇద ి చాలా ఉపయోగ్కారగిా ఉెంటలెందని ఆయన్

పేరొోనాైర్థ.

https://www.sakshi.com/news/national/iit-madras-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-diabetic-patients-1072930

https://www.sakshi.com/news/national/iit-madras-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-diabetic-patients-1072930

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Good news for diabetics: IIT students develop wound dressing material for patients

URL: https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-

wound-dressing-material-for-patients/1158655/

Students at IIT Madras have developed a wound dressing material for diabetic patients using graphene-

based components. Wounds in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as in a normal and healthy

individual. This leads to chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications which make

amputations necessary. Treatment of such chronic non-healing wounds is still a major clinical challenge.


certain concentrations to prepare an inexpensive wound dressing.

The psyllium-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared showed exciting results in

animal studies. “We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using

graphene-based materials for clinical use,” said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department

of Biotechnology.


oxide. “Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a plant carbohydrate


healing, were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment,

migration and proliferation.

“These newly developed scaffolds provide a suitable tissue-friendly environment for cells and

subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment,” Muthuvijayan added. As per the trials, normal

wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days as compared to 23 days in untreated normal

wounds. Similarly, diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days as against 26 days in

untreated diabetic wounds.

“These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing properties. Thus, the


wounds,” he said.

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-patients/1158655/

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-patients/1158655/

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Prof Vignesh Muthuvijayan,


URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-

for-diabetic-patients/articleshow/64064403.cms


based components.




"We wanted to exploit the property of graphene-based materials of improving blood vessel formation at





Biotechnology.


oxide.




and proliferation.








wounds," he said.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients/articleshow/64064403.cms


Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: UNI

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT-M develops dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: http://www.uniindia.com/~/iit-m-develops-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-

wounds/States/news/1223501.html

http://www.uniindia.com/~/iit-m-develops-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds/States/news/1223501.html

http://www.uniindia.com/~/iit-m-develops-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds/States/news/1223501.html

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-DIABETIC-WOUND DR

URL: https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/iit-diabetic-wound-drdes11-1228417-2018-05-07

IIT students develop wound dressing material for diabetic patients

New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Students at IIT Madras have developed a wound dressing material for diabetic

patients using graphene-based components.









Biotechnology.


oxide.




and proliferation.








wounds," he said.

https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/iit-diabetic-wound-drdes11-1228417-2018-05-07

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: News Wave

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-M develops dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: http://newswave.co.in/?p=2719


New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Students at IIT Madras have developed a wound dressing material for diabetic

patients using graphene-based components.









Biotechnology.


oxide.




and proliferation.








wounds," he said.

http://newswave.co.in/?p=2719

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: India Com

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: http://www.india.com/news/agencies/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-

patients-3039716/


based components.







“We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based

materials for clinical use,” said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology.


oxide.

“Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a plant carbohydrate polymer



and proliferation.


subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment,” Muthuvijayan added.






wounds,” he said.

http://www.india.com/news/agencies/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-3039716/

http://www.india.com/news/agencies/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-3039716/

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Shafaqna

Edition:Online

Journalist : NA


URL: http://in.shafaqna.com/EN/06922379




individual. This leads to chronic non-healing wounds

http://in.shafaqna.com/EN/06922379

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: News Boss

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA



URL: http://newsboss.in/ly/xxyf52/IIT-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients







nanocomposite that we prepared showed exciting results in animal studies. "We hope this is the first

step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based materials for clinical use,"

said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology. The researchers used a

convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain reduced graphene ...

http://newsboss.in/ly/xxyf52/IIT-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: News Today

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


URL: https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/05/07/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-

material-for-diabetic-patients/








challenge.



effective in treating diabetic wounds. Dr T Ponrasu, an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, working under


















https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/05/07/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients/

https://www.newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/05/07/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients/


treated wounds.







Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Edex Live

Edition:Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras researchers develop dressing material to treat wounds caused by Diabetes

URL: http://www.edexlive.com/campus/2018/may/07/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-material-

to-treat-diabetic-wounds-2746.html








challenge.



effective in treating diabetic wounds. Dr T Ponrasu, an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, working under


















http://www.edexlive.com/campus/2018/may/07/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds-2746.html

http://www.edexlive.com/campus/2018/may/07/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds-2746.html


treated wounds.







Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Graphene

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT Madras develops rGO-based wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.graphene-info.com/iit-madras-develops-rgo-based-wound-dressing-material-treat-

diabetic-wounds

IIT Madras develops rGO-based wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed reduced graphene oxide


Wounds in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal and healthy individual, which

leads to chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications. Treatment of such chronic

non-healing wounds in diabetes is still a major clinical challenge. Although there are some wound

dressings that are commercially available, they are very expensive.

This work by the IIT Madras team focuses on developing low-cost wound dressings that are effective in

treating diabetic wounds. The researchers have developed an efficient and rapid technique for

preparing reduced graphene oxide from graphite powder.

The team stated: “We wanted to exploit graphene-based materials’ property of improving blood vessel

formation at certain concentrations to prepare an inexpensive wound dressing. The psyllium-reduced

graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared has shown exciting results in animal studies. We hope

this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based materials

for clinical use.


oxide. Then, they loaded the rGO dispersion into a plant carbohydrate polymer (psyllium) solution to

obtain wound dressing scaffolds. Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing, are used to evaluate

the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration and proliferation. These

newly developed scaffolds provide a suitable tissue-friendly environment for the cells and subsequently

improve cell proliferation and attachment.

The wound healing efficacy of these scaffolds was studied, and the results revealed that they provided

an ideal environment for the regrowth of damaged skin through proliferated fibroblast cells on the

injured site. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry analyses showed that these scaffolds treatment

enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and deposition in treated wounds.



https://www.graphene-info.com/iit-madras-develops-rgo-based-wound-dressing-material-treat-diabetic-wounds

https://www.graphene-info.com/iit-madras-develops-rgo-based-wound-dressing-material-treat-diabetic-wounds

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: NDTV

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA


Headline: Here's How IIT Madras Students Are Making Wound Healing Easier For Diabetics

URL: https://www.ndtv.com/food/heres-how-iit-madras-students-are-making-wound-healing-easier-

for-diabetics-1848768

Students at IIT Madras have developed a novel wound dressing material that would help diabetic

patients heal faster. The dressing material uses graphene-based compounds. Wound healing in diabetic

is not as rapid as compared to a normal, healthy individual. This delayed healing or non-healed wounds

could lead to serious complications and in worse cases call for amputations too.

In a bid to contribute to the major clinical challenge, students at IIT Madras have come up with a new

wound healing material. The researchers said, that they were aiming to exploit the property of

graphene-based materials of improving blood vessel formation at certain concentrations to prepare an

inexpensive wound dressing. In the animal studies conducted, the psyllium-reduced graphene oxide

nanocomposite showed emphatic results.



Biotechnology. The researchers used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain

reduced graphene oxide. "Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a

plant carbohydrate polymer (psyllium) solution to obtain wound dressing scaffolds.

The researchers used fibroblast cells which are responsible for wound healing to evaluate the toxicity

and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration and proliferation.



The trials and results revealed that the normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days as

compared to 23 days in untreated normal wounds. Similarly, diabetic wounds treated with the dressings

healed in 20 days as against 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds. "These scaffolds are easy to prepare,


and helps in accelerated healing of normal and diabetic wounds," he said.

Diabetes refers to a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose).

The sugar spike is due to an impaired insulin hormone, that triggers abnormal metabolism of

carbohydrate and hike in sugar levels. Your diet and nutrition can play a significant role in managing

diabetes. Here are some healthy dietary tips you should make part of your daily regime now.

https://www.ndtv.com/food/heres-how-iit-madras-students-are-making-wound-healing-easier-for-diabetics-1848768

https://www.ndtv.com/food/heres-how-iit-madras-students-are-making-wound-healing-easier-for-diabetics-1848768

Follow a balanced diet with complex carbs: According to Preeti Rao, Health and Wellness Coach, eating a

variety of fruits and vegetables, lean protein and good sources of fat is very essential for diabetes

management. One must avoid trans fats (also called hydrogenated fat), processed food, and sugar and

up intake of complex carbs. Complex carbohydrates are rich in fiber and are not highly processed like

refined carbohydrates. They take longer to digest and hence provide a sustained source of energy for a

longer duration.

Include more Low GI Foods: Glycemic Index (GI) is a relative ranking of carbohydrate in foods according

to how they affect blood glucose levels. Carbohydrates with a low GI value (55 or less) are more slowly

digested, absorbed and metabolised and cause a lower and slower rise in blood glucose. Low GI foods

are also rich in fibre which takes the longest to digest, make you feel fuller for a longer time and help

control appetite. This could further help in weight management. Tomato, spinach, guavas, cauliflower,

and pears are some low glycemic index foods you can choose to add to your diet.

Sugary Drinks and Fruit Juices: Diabetics should steer clear of aerated and sugary drinks, various studies

and reports have time and again reinforced that these drinks are full of liquid calories and can cause

major spike in the blood sugar levels. Your can of fruit juice is not one of the healthiest substitutes

either. Fruit juices especially packaged fruit juices are loaded with fructose that elevates the blood sugar

levels. It is advisable to eat whole fruits instead. Fruits are full of fibres, fibres take time to metabolise

and thus doesn't result in sudden surge in blood sugar levels. Eat fruits that have a low glycemic index.

Eat fruits with some nuts and olives to balance the glycemic load.

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: OutLook

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA



URL: https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-

diabetic-patients/1303041


based components.









Biotechnology.


oxide.




and proliferation.








wounds," he said.

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients/1303041

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients/1303041

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Latesttly

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA


Headline: IIT Students Develop Wound Dressing Material for Diabetic Patients

URL: https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-

diabetic-patients-150140.html


based components.









Biotechnology.


oxide.




and proliferation.








wounds," he said.

https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-150140.html

https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-diabetic-patients-150140.html

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: India Finance News

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA


Headline: Good news for diabetics: IIT students develop wound dressing material for patients

URL: https://www.indiafinancenews.com/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-wound-

dressing-material-for-patients/






certain concentrations to prepare an inexpensive wound dressing.

The psyllium-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared showed exciting results in

animal studies. “We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using

graphene-based materials for clinical use,” said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department

of Biotechnology.


oxide. “Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a plant carbohydrate


healing, were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on the cell attachment,

migration and proliferation.


subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment,” Muthuvijayan added. As per the trials, normal

wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days as compared to 23 days in untreated normal

wounds. Similarly, diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days as against 26 days in

untreated diabetic wounds.



wounds,” he said.

https://www.indiafinancenews.com/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-patients/

https://www.indiafinancenews.com/good-news-for-diabetics-iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-for-patients/

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Bio Secptrum

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras develops a wound dressing material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/68/10890/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-

material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds.html


leads to chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications like amputations








challenge.



effective in treating diabetic wounds.

Dr. T Ponrasu, an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, working under Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan’s mentorship

has developed a new and rapid technique for preparing reduced graphene oxide from graphite powder.









polymer (psyllium) solution to obtain wound dressing scaffolds.

Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing are used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these

scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration and proliferation. These newly developed scaffolds provide a

suitable tissue-friendly environment for the cells and subsequently improve cell proliferation and

attachment.

https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/68/10890/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds.html

https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/68/10890/iit-madras-develops-a-wound-dressing-material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds.html





treated wounds.



days in untreated normal wounds.

Similarly, the diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days compared to 26 days in

untreated diabetic wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing

properties. Thus, the material acts as a good wound dressing and helps in accelerated healing of normal

and diabetic wounds.

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist :NA


Headline: IIT-M develops new method to treat diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/08010141/1071725/IITM-develops-new-method-to-

treat-diabetic-wounds.vpf

Wounds on diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal and healthy individual. This

leads to chronic non-healing wounds that can even result in amputation.

Treatment of such wounds is still a major clinical challenge. Although there are some wound dressings

that are commercially available, they are very expensive. The project by Vignesh Muthuvijayan, assistant

professor, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras,

focuses on developing lowcost wound dressings that are effective in treating diabetic wounds.

T Ponrasu, an institute post doctoral fellow working under Muthuvijayan’s mentorship, has developed a

new and rapid technique to prepare reduced graphene oxide from graphite powder.

“We wanted to exploit graphene based materials’ property of improving blood vessel formation to

prepare an inexpensive wound dressing,” Muthuvijayan said.

“The psyllium-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared has shown good results in

animal studies. We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using

graphene-based materials for clinical use,” he added.

The wound healing efficiency of these scaffolds was studied, and the results revealed that these

scaffolds provided an ideal environment for the re-growth of damaged skin. Studies showed that these

scaffolds treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and deposition in treated

wounds.

Overall, the research shows that these wound dressings could significantly accelerate healing of wounds.

The wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23 days in untreated normal

wounds. Similarly, the diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days compared to 26

days in untreated diabetic wounds.

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/08010141/1071725/IITM-develops-new-method-to-treat-diabetic-wounds.vpf


Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Gaon Conection

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA

Headline: Research: This band will soon complete the wounds of diabetic patients.

URL: https://www.gaonconnection.com/sehat-connection/research-wounds-of-diabetic-patients-iit-

madras-indian-council-of-medical-research-icmr

















wounds.





https://www.gaonconnection.com/sehat-connection/research-wounds-of-diabetic-patients-iit-madras-indian-council-of-medical-research-icmr

https://www.gaonconnection.com/sehat-connection/research-wounds-of-diabetic-patients-iit-madras-indian-council-of-medical-research-icmr

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: News Time

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: Researchers at IIT-MADRAS Make Dressing MAterial That heals wounds faster

URL: https://newstime.win/researchers-at-iit-madras-make-dressing-material-that-heals-wounds-faster/

















wounds.





https://newstime.win/researchers-at-iit-madras-make-dressing-material-that-heals-wounds-faster/

Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Mumbai/Pune/Bangalore/Chennai/Kochi/Delhi/Hyderabad

Page no.:18


Professor: Prof R Nagarajan

Headline: IIT graduates close to creating unicorns on their own campuses

URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/iit-graduates-close-to-

creating-unicorns-on-their-own-campuses/articleshow/64072638.cms

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Date: 8th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page no.:4

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Headline: IIT-M to conduct advanced research to reduce accidents

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iit-m-to-conduct-advanced-research-to-

reduce-accidents/article23806840.ece

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Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: DT Next (Clip Attached)

Edition: Chennai

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT-M develops new method to treat diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/08010141/1071725/IITM-develops-new-method-to-

treat-diabetic-wounds.vpf



Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Jansatta

Edition: Delhi

Page no.: 4

Journalist: NA


Headline: Students of IIT Madras develops wound dressing material for diabetic patients

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Sakal Times

Edition: Pune

Page no.: 4

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT develops wound dressing material for diabetic patients

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Virat Vaibhav

Edition: Delhi

Page no.: 5

Journalist: NA


Headline: Wound dressing material developed for diabetic patients

Date: 9th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page no: 5

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT-M develop dressing material for diabetic wounds

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/iit-students-develop-wound-dressing-material-

for-diabetic-patients/articleshow/64064403.cms



Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: InUth

Edition: Online

Journalist: Rakesh Jha


Headline: New Dressing Material Helps Wounds Heal Faster, Thanks To Students Of IIT Madras

URL: https://www.inuth.com/india/new-dressing-material-helps-wounds-heal-faster-thanks-to-

students-of-iit-madras/

Students at IIT Madras have developed an inexpensive wound dressing material that accelerates healing

of wounds in both healthy persons and diabetics.

The latest innovation that uses graphene-based materials would be of great help to diabetic patients

whose wounds do not heal as rapidly as in a normal and healthy individual. The delayed healing or non

healed wounds could lead to serious complications which at times make amputations necessary.

A normal wound wrapped with the common dressing material generally takes 23 days to heal but with

the new dressing it took only 16 days. In people with diabetes, which affects 70 million Indians and

growing, wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days as against 26 days in untreated diabetic

wounds, PTI reported.

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Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: The Better India

Edition: Online

Journalist: Jovita Aranha


Headline: IIT-M Folks Invent Material That Can Speed Up Wound Healing in Diabetics!

URL: https://www.thebetterindia.com/140462/dressing-material-iit-madras/

If an average person were to sustain an open wound, it would take almost take 23 days to heal. But that

isn’t the case for diabetics.

When a diabetic person sustains an injury, it can take almost 26 days or longer for it to heal untreated.

In many cases, this can lead to chronic non-healing wounds and ultimately, complications like

amputations.

And so for a long time, the treatment of such wounds has been a major challenge, not only for the

diabetic persons but also their doctors. And while there are a few wound dressing alternatives available,

they are not commercially viable due to costs.

But what if we told you that one unique low-cost dressing is set to change that?

dressing material

Representational Image only. Source: Pixabay

Researchers at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developed a wound-

dressing using a carbon allotrope and psyllium husk (isabgol), which can help wounds in both healthy as

well as diabetics persons heal almost a week earlier than usual.

The testing on rats displayed that the normal wounds treated with this dressing healed within 16 days as

compared to 23 days required for untreated ones.

Similarly, diabetic wounds healed in 20 days as compared to 26 days required for untreated wounds.

Speaking to the Hindustan Times, Vignesh Muthuvijayan, one of the authors of the research paper at IIT-

M said, “Wounds in people with diabetes heal slower than in healthy people, with the inflammation or

the painful phase taking longer. This delays the formation of blood vessels and the cellular matrix, but

the challenge is that we do not know why this happens.”

What does this dressing contain?

This new dressing is made using reduced graphene oxide (a thin sheet of graphite that has been reduced

using intense sunlight) which is then mixed with a rubbery electrolysed isabgol. The result is a wound-

healing scaffold.

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The researchers also added that while the electrical properties of reduced graphene oxide are known, its

active biomedical properties were not utilised in the past. And this new dressing aims to explore these

biomedical properties.

“The material we have developed improves the blood vessel formation and helps in healing wounds

faster,” Muthuvijayan said. He also works as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at

IIT-M.

The team of researchers and scientists are now experimenting with various materials that can speed the

process of healing.

While the current costs for the fast healing dressing materials are up to USD 2,000 for a four to five sq-in

patch, the team is now planning to cut it down to an affordable INR 1,000.

This dressing material is used to cover the open wound directly instead of the usual cotton or gauze

dressing. And can then be wrapped over using a normal bandage.

Dr Anoop Misra, Chairman of Fortis C-Doc, New Delhi, and President of the National Diabetes, Obesity

and Cholesterol Foundation, added that the healing time of a wound depends on various factors like the

blood sugar level of the person, the location of the wound, the amount of blood circulation in the

wounded area, nerve damage, or deep bone wound etc.

“However, it is extremely difficult to form blood vessels where there are none. This scaffold, in

preliminary animal trials, has given promising results, but its efficacy remains to be seen in humans,” he

told HT.

Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: Times Now

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras develops wound dressing material for diabetics: Here are 5 things you can do to

speed up healing

URL: http://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/iit-madras-develops-wound-dressing-material-for-

diabetics-here-are-5-things-you-can-do-to-speed-up-healing/225898

IIT Madras develops wound dressing material for diabetics: Here are 5 things you can do to speed up

healing Updated May 08, 2018 | 19:09 IST | Times Now Digital

The findings are important because wounds tend to heal more slowly and progress more quickly in

diabetics. This can cause chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious health complications,

leading to amputation.

Diabetes wound care Diabetes wound care |Photo Credit: Thinkstock New Delhi: In a significant

development, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have developed

an inexpensive dressing material using graphene-based components that heals wounds faster in healthy

persons as well as people with diabetes. The findings are important because wounds tend to heal more

slowly and progress more quickly in diabetics. This can cause chronic non-healing wounds that can result

in serious health complications, leading to amputation. Treatment of chronic non-healing wounds in

diabetes remains a major clinical challenge.According to the researchers, their aim was to exploit the

property of graphene-based materials of improving blood vessel formation at certain concentrations to

prepare an inexpensive wound dressing. Trials in animals showed that the psyllium-reduced graphene

oxide nanocomposite that they prepared produced exciting results. The researchers found that the

normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days as compared to 23 days in untreated

normal wounds. In diabetics, wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days as against 26 days in

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“We hope this is the first step towards developing inexpensive wound dressings using graphene-based

materials for clinical use,” said Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology.For the research, the researchers used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide

to obtain reduced graphene oxide. Thereafter, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions

into a plant carbohydrate polymer (psyllium) solution to obtain wound dressing scaffolds.The team also

used fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing, to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these

scaffolds on the cell attachment, migration and proliferation.“These newly developed scaffolds provide

a suitable tissue-friendly environment for cells and subsequently improve cell proliferation and

attachment,” Muthuvijayan added.What you can do to help diabetic wounds heal fasterUse of low-

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intensity ultrasoundAccording to a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, healing

and recuperating time can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound. In fact, the

ultrasound treatment also reduces the risk of wounds getting infected, and is particularly effective when

treating diabetics and the elderly.Keep dressings cleanUsing special wound care dressings, it is

important to keep the wound clean and dry by changing the dressing regularly. This will help reduce

bacterial infection and maintain appropriate moisture levels in the wound.Daily self-checksWounds

caught early can help prevent or reduce the risk of infections and complications. Ensuring that you do

daily self-checks and look for new wounds, especially on your feet, can contribute to the healing process

along.Healthy dietA diet rich in nutrients can help regulate your blood sugar levels while also ensuring

that your body gets the vitamins and minerals it needs to heal. Hence, good nutrition plays a vital role in

diabetes wound care.

Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: News Heads

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras students develop special healer for diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.newsheads.in/lifestyle/health/iit-madras-students-develop-special-healer-for-

diabetic-wounds/article/14722.html

IIT Madras students develop special healer for diabetic wounds

IIT Madras students develop special healer for diabetic woundsIIT Madras students develop special

healer for diabetic wounds

CHENNAI : Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a special type of healer that can be used for

treatment of normal and diabetic wounds.

Wounds of diabetic patients take more time to heal than normal patient. With continuously increasing

number of diabetic patients in India, the treatment of such wounds have become a challenge for doctors

too.

Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta

School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, focused on a low-cost wound dressings that are effective in treating

diabetic wounds.

Dr. T Ponrasu, an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, working under Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan’s mentorship

has developed a new and rapid technique for preparing reduced graphene oxide from graphite powder.


Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, say, “We wanted to exploit





As per research result, they have managed to make a wound dressing that accelerates the process of

healing in both normal and diabetic patients.

The normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23 days in untreated

normal wounds. Similarly, the diabetic wounds treated with the dressings healed in 20 days compared

to 26 days in untreated diabetic wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show

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excellent healing properties. Thus, the material acts as a good wound dressing and helps in accelerated

healing of normal and diabetic wounds.

Date: 9th May 2018

Publication: Hindustan Times - Education

Edition: Delhi

Page no: 1

Journalist: Sarah Zia

Professor: Prof V R Muraleedharan,

Headline: IIT Madras research shows improved healthcare in TN

URL: http://htsyndication.com/htsportal/ht-education/article/iit-madras-research-shows-improved-

healthcare-in-tn/27344758

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Date: 23rd April 2018

Publication: The Times of India - Education Times (clip attached)

Edition: Delhi/Mumbai

Page no.: 1

Journalist: Rajlakshmi Ghosh

Alumni: Mr. Monishi Sanyal

Headline: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Date: 10th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist : Joyti Singh


Headline: An isabgol based wound material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/an-isabgol-based-wound-material-to-treat-

diabetic-wounds/article23824925.ece

Treatment of chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is a major clinical challenge. To address this

problem, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a new wound

dressing material. They have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite

scaffolds and Isabgol.

Wounds in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal healthy individual. This leads

to chronic non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications like amputations. Some wound

dressings for diabetic wounds are commercially available. However, they are very expensive. As the

diabetic population in India keeps growing, treating these diabetic wounds will be a major clinical and

social challenge.

Speaking with India Science Wire, Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of

Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, IIT Madras, said, “We have taken

reference of a study published in Advanced Healthcare Material Journal, where it has been shown that

graphene oxides at certain concentrations have angiogenic properties (the physiological process through

which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels). We took isabgol (psyllium) as base material

and reduced graphene oxide as bioactive material. Isabgol was used because it can absorb large

quantities of wound exudates, it also provides an ideal moist environment for the wound to heal faster.

The Isabgol-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared has shown exciting results in

animal studies”.

Dr. Muthuvijayan and his team used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain

reduced graphene oxide. Then, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a solution of

isabgol (psyllium) to obtain the wound dressing scaffolds. Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing

were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on cell attachment, migration and

proliferation. The newly developed scaffolds were shown to provide a suitable tissue-friendly


The scaffold also provided an ideal environment to the wounds for the re-growth of damaged skin

through proliferated fibroblast cells on the injury site. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry

analyses showed that the treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and

deposition in treated wounds.

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Overall, the research showed that these wound dressings could significantly accelerate healing of both

normal and diabetic wounds. The study has been done on rats where the normal wounds treated with

the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23 days in untreated wounds. Similarly, the wounds on

diabetic rat treated with the dressings healed in 20 days compared to 26 days in untreated wounds.

These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing properties.

The research team includes Dr. T. Ponrasu, Ramya Kannan, Balaji Ramachandran, Ganeshkumar

Moorthy and Lonchin Suguna. The research team has published a report on their work in a recent issue

of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

Date: 8th May 2018

Publication: Eenadu

Edition: Rayalseema

Page no: 5

Journalist: NA



Date: 10th May 2018

Publication: Echo of India

Edition: Kolkata

Page no.:10

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT students develop wound dressing

Date: 10th May 2018

Publication: Factor Daily

Edition: Online

Journalist :Sriram Sharma

Professor: Prof Balaraman Ravindran

Alumni: Abhishek Naik and Anirban Santara

Headline: IIT researchers build sandbox for autonomous driving algorithms

URL: https://factordaily.com/multi-agent-driving-sim-madras/

Indian AI researchers have built the world’s first open-source, fully-controllable multi-agent driving

simulator.

The simulator has the ability to model a multi-vehicle environment closer to their real-world behaviour

in different traffic scenarios.

Support for multi-agent algorithms will enable the creation of more realistic and reactive autonomous

driving behaviours, the researchers say.

Researchers testing and tweaking machine learning algorithms used to control fully autonomous or self-

driving vehicles have for long had to rely simulators that mimic real-life driving conditions while testing

code that powers autonomous vehicles. A pedestrian crossing the road, a traffic signal turning from

green to amber, a car ahead signaling a right turn, a school zone, and the hundreds of other scenarios in

daily life on roads.

But, as much progress as these simulators have helped researchers – so-called Level 5 vehicles or those

that need no human intervention, predicted to go to market as early as 2019 – make, they have a wall or

another around them: they are either proprietary, inaccessible products like those in use at Uber and

Google or they simulate conditions for single-vehicle conditions on proprietary platforms (e.g.:Carcraft).

Even open source simulators – think Carla and DeepDrive as instances – control algorithms one vehicle

at a time.

That’s set to change courtesy of researchers from two Indian Institutes of Technology: IIT-Madras and

IIT-Kharagpur.

Abhishek Naik (left) and Anirban Santara (right) did a bulk of the work on MADRaS while interning at the

Parallel Computing Lab at Intel India.

Released on Github last month, MADRaS (Multi-Agent DRiving Simulator) is a multi-agent version of

TORCS and it adds the ability to use control algorithms on multiple cars running simultaneously on a

track. The researchers say it’s the world’s first open source, fully-controllable, multi-agent driving

simulator. It’s been created chiefly by Abhishek Naik, a 22-year-old from IIT Madras, while doing an

internship at the Parallel Computing Lab at Intel India (PCL-India) in Bengaluru.

“When researching the open source world, I identified a couple of hot burning fires that needed to be

doused,” teammate Anirban Santara told FactorDaily on a conference call. Santara, a 25-year-old Google

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India Ph.D. Fellow from IIT-Kharagpur, identified this particular deficiency in open source simulators

while also interning at the PCL-India lab under Bharat Kaul, its director. “The entire thing was written by

Abhishek ,” Santara says.

Balaraman Ravindran, head of Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT-

Madras provided additional expertise in the areas of reinforcement learning. (Reinforcement learning is

a branch of machine learning which provides a powerful learning paradigm to go beyond human

capabilities. Google’s DeepMind, which defeated world champions at the game of Go, used

reinforcement learning techniques, for example.)

A World First

As an AI researcher with exposure to problems related to fully autonomous driving, Naik says that most

open-source driving simulators ( Carla, DeepDrive, and Airsim included) support control algorithms for a

single car even if they come with pre-programmed behaviours of the other vehicles in the testing

environment.

“Why is this problematic? If you want to simulate the traffic congestion in front of K R Puram railway

station in Bengaluru, for example, these simulators would not be able to cater to the task,” says Naik. “A

single agent has to learn to negotiate all types of real-world scenarios all alone, even though there are

hundreds of vehicles around, each trying to achieve the same objective of reaching safely and reliably

from Point A to Point B. It restricts the diversity of real-world scenarios that can be simulated.”

MADRaS allows each car on the driving track to be independently controlled in custom-made traffic

scenarios.

“Today’s open-source multi-agent simulators for driving, to the best of our knowledge, require

proficiency in niche and heavy low-level software like Unreal Engine or ROS (Robot Operating System),

something that rarely appears in the skillset of a machine learning engineer or scientist,” says Santara.

The major players in the autonomous driving space – Google or Uber, for instance – have their own in-

house simulators and almost all of their software is proprietary, he adds. “The absence of an open-

source multi-agent driving simulator has left the machine learning community throttled for a long time,”

adds Santara. “We really wanted to build a basic set of tools that would let anyone to try their hands out

and test the feasibility at a low cost.”

MADRaS is that attempt to lower the bar of entry for researchers in autonomous driving, says

Ravindran. In comparison, “some of the more detailed simulators would require a steeper learning

curve.”

Low specs, wide reach

It has minimal hardware requirements, says Naik, adding there’s no need for a GPU. “It even works on a

five-year-old Core i3 laptop,” he says. “You can create your own traffic environment and assign custom

behaviours to your cars, add as many cars as you want.” This potentially opens up research in multi-

agent reinforcement learning and imitation learning research aimed at acquiring human-like negotiation

skills in complicated traffic situations. “It’s a major challenge in autonomous driving that all major

players are racing to solve,” Naik adds.

The goal was to build a platform on which you can quickly try out ideas before going into a more

detailed development, says Professor Balaraman Ravindran, head of Robert Bosch Centre for Data

Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT-Madras.

The goal was to build a platform on which you can quickly try out ideas before going into a more

detailed development, says Ravindran. “The current extensions enable one to develop multi-agent

learning algorithms for autonomous driving, so as to learn in an environment where the other drivers

are also adapting. This, we believe, is crucial to develop more realistic and reactive driving behaviours.”

The basic requirements of autonomous driving like lane discipline and collision avoidance are met with

relative ease today. “What stands between the current state-of-the-art and full-scale real-world

adoption of the technology is the ability of the cars to negotiate complicated and unprecedented traffic

situations with the precision of an expert human driver,” says Devashish Chakravarty, professor-in-

charge of the Autonomous Ground Vehicle Research Group at IIT-Kharagpur. “Reinforcement learning in

a multi-agent simulated environment has a promise to achieve just that and I think the work of this

team is really the need of the hour.”

“We are pretty optimistic that MADRaS would facilitate solving some excellent research problems

especially in the context of navigating traffic similar to Indian scenes and learning how to navigate in

such traffic,” says Madhava Krishna, professor, and lab head at the Robotics Research Center,

International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad.

While partially autonomous cars are here, FAD (fully autonomous driving), with all the complicated

scenarios that it will have to account for, is still a long way away – and could take decades to become a

reality. The researchers envision inter-vehicle communication becoming ubiquitous and reliable with the

advent of 5G data and phone services, enabling vehicles to transmit their intent to other neighbouring

vehicles and develop situational awareness that’s more sophisticated than what humans are capable of.

As of now, autonomous driving is so hard that even time-tested technologies that go into autopilots for

aircraft can’t solve it totally, says Naik. “Even the biggest players in this field like Tesla and Uber are

facing fatal accidents, despite having the best talent. It’s an extremely hard problem to solve,” he says.

In an accident that Tesla said was caused by the driver, a Joshua Brown died in May 2016 at Florida, US –

the first such fatal accident involving an autonomous car.

Berkeley professor Michael Jordan recently published an essay in which he imagined what the self-

driving car infrastructure of the future would look like. “The overall transportation system (an Intelligent

Infrastructure system) will likely more closely resemble the current air-traffic control system than the

current collection of loosely-coupled, forward-facing, inattentive human drivers,” he writes.

A snapshot of some of the scientists working on AI technologies pertinent to autonomous driving at the

Parallel Computing Lab at Intel Bangalore. Top row, L-R: Nataraj Jammalamadaka, ex Research Scientist

and Md. Vasimuddin, Graduate Research Intern. Bottom row, L-R: Kunal Banerjee, Research Scientist;

Leena M, Operations Manager; Anirban Santara, Google India PhD Fellow, IIT-Kharagpur; and Abhishek

Naik, Dual Degree Student, IIT-Madras

MADRaS enables machine learning and AI researchers to advance computer vision research algorithms,

demonstrating their effectiveness in real-time decision-making through machine learning techniques,

says Pradeep Dubey, Intel Fellow, and PCL-India director. “These algorithms will ultimately help navigate

hazardous traffic scenarios to improve road safety in a way that is transformative,” he says.

For now, the researchers behind MADRaS are inviting the AI community to come and participate in

developing the simulator further. The official blog lists a series of possibilities and problem statements

related to multi-agent learning.

Some years from now, if scores of researchers want to play around with autonomous driving algorithms

on an open source platform, they will have MADRaS as an option, and its creators to thank for.

Date: 10th May 2018

Publication: The Economic Times -Hindi

Edition: Delhi

Page no: 8


Headline: IIT preparing to be unicorns on the campus

Date: 11th May 2018

Publication: Research Stash

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: An Isabgol Based Wound Material to Treat Diabetic Wounds

URL: https://www.researchstash.com/2018/05/09/an-isabgol-based-wound-material-to-treat-diabetic-

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Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijaya with Dr. T. Ponrasu

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social challenge.

Research interests of Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Research interests of Vignesh Muthuvijayan

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which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels). We took isabgol (psyllium) as a base material




animal studies”.









analyses showed that the treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis, and









of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (India Science Wire)

Date:11th May 2018

Publication: Indian Science Journal

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA


Headline: Indian researchers develop isabgol-based material to treat diabetic wounds

URL: http://www.indiansciencejournal.in/health-news/indian-researchers-develop-isabgol-based-

material-to-treat-diabetic-wounds-482657

Indian researchers develop isabgol-based material to treat diabetic wounds India Science Wire9 May

2018 5:06 PM Treatment of chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is a major clinical challenge.

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras develop a new wound dressing material to

address this problem. They have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite

scaffolds and Isabgol. Isabgol plant (for representative purpose only) Chennai (ISW) - Treatment of

chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is a major clinical challenge. Researchers at Indian Institute of

Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a new wound dressing material to address this problem. They

have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite scaffolds and Isabgol. Wounds

in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal healthy individual. This leads to chronic

non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications like amputations. Some wound dressings

for diabetics are commercially available. However, they are very expensive.

As the diabetic population in India keeps growing, treating these diabetic wounds will be a major clinical

and social challenge. "We have taken reference of a study published in Advanced Healthcare Material

Journal, where it has been shown that graphene oxides at certain concentrations have angiogenic

properties (the physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels).

We took isabgol (psyllium) as base material and reduced graphene oxide as bioactive material. Isabgol

was used because it can absorb large quantities of wound exudates, it also provides an ideal moist

environment for the wound to heal faster. The Isabgol-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we

prepared has shown exciting results in animal studies," said Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant

Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. Dr. Muthuvijayan and his team used a convex lens

to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to obtain reduced graphene oxide. Then, they loaded these reduced

graphene oxide dispersions into a solution of isabgol (psyllium) to obtain the wound dressing scaffolds.

Fibroblast cells, responsible for wound healing were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of

these scaffolds on cell attachment, migration and proliferation. The newly developed scaffolds were

shown to provide a suitable tissue-friendly environment for the cells and subsequently improve cell

proliferation and attachment. The scaffold also provided an ideal environment to the wounds for the re-

growth of damaged skin through proliferated fibroblast cells on the injury site. Histopathology and

immunohistochemistry analyses showed that the treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation,

collagen synthesis and deposition in treated wounds. Overall, the research showed that these wound

dressings could significantly accelerate healing of both normal and diabetic wounds. The study has been

done on rats where the normal wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23

days in untreated wounds. Similarly, the wounds on diabetic rat treated with the dressings healed in 20

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days compared to 26 days in untreated wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and

show excellent healing properties.

Date:11th May 2018

Publication: The Meghalaya Guardian

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Professor: Professor: Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan


URL: http://mg.glpublications.in/index.php?mod=1&pgnum=4&edcode=1&pagedate=2018-05-

10&type=

Indian researchers develop isabgol-based material to treat diabetic wounds India Science Wire9 May

2018 5:06 PM Treatment of chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is a major clinical challenge.

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras develop a new wound dressing material to

address this problem. They have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite

scaffolds and Isabgol. Isabgol plant (for representative purpose only) Chennai (ISW) - Treatment of

chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes is a major clinical challenge. Researchers at Indian Institute of

Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a new wound dressing material to address this problem. They

have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite scaffolds and Isabgol. Wounds

in diabetic patients do not heal as rapidly as it would in a normal healthy individual. This leads to chronic

non-healing wounds that can result in serious complications like amputations. Some wound dressings

for diabetics are commercially available. However, they are very expensive. As the diabetic population in

India keeps growing, treating these diabetic wounds will be a major clinical and social challenge. "We

have taken reference of a study published in Advanced Healthcare Material Journal, where it has been

shown that graphene oxides at certain concentrations have angiogenic properties (the physiological

process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels). We took isabgol (psyllium) as

base material and reduced graphene oxide as bioactive material. Isabgol was used because it can absorb

large quantities of wound exudates, it also provides an ideal moist environment for the wound to heal

faster. The Isabgol-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite that we prepared has shown exciting results

in animal studies," said Prof. Vignesh Muthuvijayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology,

IIT Madras. Dr. Muthuvijayan and his team used a convex lens to focus sunlight on graphene oxide to

obtain reduced graphene oxide. Then, they loaded these reduced graphene oxide dispersions into a

solution of isabgol (psyllium) to obtain the wound dressing scaffolds. Fibroblast cells, responsible for

wound healing were used to evaluate the toxicity and bioactivity of these scaffolds on cell attachment,

migration and proliferation. The newly developed scaffolds were shown to provide a suitable tissue-

friendly environment for the cells and subsequently improve cell proliferation and attachment. The

scaffold also provided an ideal environment to the wounds for the re-growth of damaged skin through

proliferated fibroblast cells on the injury site. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry analyses

showed that the treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and deposition in

treated wounds. Overall, the research showed that these wound dressings could significantly accelerate

healing of both normal and diabetic wounds. The study has been done on rats where the normal

wounds treated with the dressings healed in 16 days compared to 23 days in untreated wounds.

Similarly, the wounds on diabetic rat treated with the dressings healed in 20 days compared to 26 days

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in untreated wounds. These scaffolds are easy to prepare, inexpensive, and show excellent healing

properties.

http://www.indiansciencejournal.in/health-news/indian-researchers-develop-isabgol-based-material-to-

treat-diabetic-wounds-482657

Date:11th May 2018

Publication: India Science News

Edition: Online

Journalist :Jyoti Singh



URL: http://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/diabetic_wounds_story.html



dressing material. They have developed it, using reduced graphene oxide loaded nanocomposite






social challenge.





which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels). We took isabgol (psyllium) as base material




animal studies”.

"We took isabgol (psyllium) as base material and reduced graphene oxide as bioactive material. Isabgol

was used because it can absorb large quantities of wound exudates, it also provides an ideal moist

environment for the wound to heal faster. "









analyses showed that the treatment enhanced new blood vessels formation, collagen synthesis and


http://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/diabetic_wounds_story.html






"The work relating to non-healing wounds in diabetics is certainly important and interesting. However,

one can not claim success till clinical trials are done. Similar approach has been taken by other scientists

also, but the use of isabgol nano composite scaffolds in this study is different," commented Prof S G

Singh, IIT Hyderabad, who is note connected with this study.



of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (India Science Wire)

Date: 11th May 2018

Publication: Puthiya Thalaimurai

Edition: Electronic

Faculty: Prof Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Headline: IIT Madras Researchers develop dressing for diabetic patients

URL: http://youtu.be/JSYcscITxNs

http://youtu.be/JSYcscITxNs

Date:13th May 2018

Publication: Dainik Jagran

Edition: Delhi

Page no.: 13

Journalist :NA


Date:13th May 2018

Publication: Dainik Yashbhoomi

Edition: Mumbai

Page no.: 8

Journalist :NA


Date:13th May 2018

Publication: Life 365

Edition: Pune

Page no.:1

Journalist :NA

Headline: New material can speed up healing

Date: 16th May 2018

Publication: Sandhyanand

Edition: Mumbai

Page no.:10

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT-M develops low-cost diabetic wounds treatment

Date: 25th May 2018

Publication: India Spend

Edition: Online

Journalist : Prachi Salve

Headline: Expenses Fell, Usage Rose After Public Healthcare Improved In 3 TN

URL: http://www.indiaspend.com/cover-story/expenses-fell-usage-rose-after-public-healthcare-

improved-in-3-tn-blocks-27204

Strengthening rural public health systems in three Tamil Nadu blocks made more people utilise their

services while reducing their out-of-pocket expenditure on outpatient care, an assessment of a

government-run pilot project by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), has found.

Thanks to better public health facilities, fewer people accessed private facilities for outpatient care, the

study conducted in one block each in Krishnagiri, Pudukkottai and Perambalur districts, found.

This has clear policy implications because Indians’ out-of-pocket spending on health is the sixth highest

among 50 low-middle income countries, as IndiaSpend reported on the basis of two studies published in

the medical journal The Lancet. Of the Rs $42.6 billion spent out of pocket in 2013-14, 32% or a third

was for outpatient care, according to data from the health ministry.

Health costs caused 52.5 million Indians to slip into poverty in 2011–almost half the world’s population

similarly impoverished each year–as IndiaSpend reported on January 30, 2018.

Yet, outpatient care was left out of the vast National Health Protection Scheme, dubbed ‘Modicare’, that

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced in his budget speech in February 2018. The programme would

provide 100 million families with an annual insurance cover of Rs 500,000 each. However, critics pointed

out, by not covering outpatient care–the largest component of out-of-pocket expenditure–it would fail

to help those it seeks to target.

The government’s rejoinder is that various schemes already cover out-of-pocket expenditure. The

maternity care programme Janani Suraksha Yojana provides food to pregnant women and one

accompanying caretaker during hospitalisation; government-run mobile medical units and ambulance

services provide free transport to and from public facilities; and the public healthcare system provides

free vaccines, contraceptives, drugs and tests for HIV, TB, malaria, leprosy etc., union health minister

Jagat Prakash Nadda told IndiaSpend in this March 18, 2018, interview.

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Date: 25th May 2018


Edition: Online

Journalist: Prachi Salve

Headline: Expenses Fell, Usage Rose After Public Healthcare Improved In 3 TN

URL: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/expenses-down-usage-up-as-3-tamil-

nadu-blocks-improve-public-healthcare-118052500070_1.html








the medical journal The Lancet. Of the Rs $42.6 billion spent out of pocket in 2013-14, 32% or a third

was for outpatient care, according to data from the health ministry.

Health costs caused 52.5 million Indians to slip into poverty in 2011–almost half the world’s population

similarly impoverished each year–as IndiaSpend reported on January 30, 2018.



provide 100 million families with an annual insurance cover of Rs 500,000 each. However, critics pointed

out, by not covering outpatient care–the largest component of out-of-pocket expenditure–it would fail

to help those it seeks to target.






Jagat Prakash Nadda told IndiaSpend in this March 18, 2018, interview.

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http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/expenses-down-usage-up-as-3-tamil-nadu-blocks-improve-public-healthcare-118052500070_1.html

Date: 26th May 2018

Publication: The Quint

Edition: Online

Journalist : Prachi Salve

Headline: How Tamil Nadu Improved Rural Public Health Systems in 3 Blocks

URL: https://www.thequint.com/news/india/how-tamil-nadu-improved-rural-public-health-systems-in-

3-blocks

Improved Rural Public Health Systems in 3 Blocks








the medical journal The Lancet. Of the Rs 2,90,932 crore ($42.6 billion) spent out of pocket in 2013-14,

32 percent or a third was for outpatient care, according to data from the health ministry.

Health costs caused 52.5 million Indians to slip into poverty in 2011 – almost half the world’s population

similarly impoverished each year – as IndiaSpend reported on 30 January 2018.



provide 100 million families with an annual insurance cover of Rs 5,00,000 each. However, critics

pointed out, by not covering outpatient care – the largest component of out-of-pocket expenditure – it

would fail to help those it seeks to target.






Jagat Prakash Nadda told IndiaSpend in this 18 March, 2018, interview.

The Intervention

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In preparation for rolling out universal health coverage, the state government of Tamil Nadu launched a

pilot project in early 2017 in Shoolagiri block of Krishnagiri district, Viralimalai block of Pudukkottai

district and Veppur block of Perambalur district.

Health Sub-Centres (HSCs) are the first point of contact for rural Indians with the country’s public health

system. An HSC caters to 5,000 people and is supposed to stock medicines for diarrhoea, malaria and

vaccines for children. It has 3-4 staff and the capacity for basic investigations such as haemoglobin

estimation and urine test for albumin and sugar.

(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)

However, an estimated 22 percent of HSCs across India are short of auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs)

and 46.4 percent are functioning without a male health worker, according to the 2015 rural health

statistics.

Consequently, rural Indians either turn to private practitioners – 58 percent rural Indians preferred

private healthcare, according to the 71st round of the National Sample Survey – or to secondary and

tertiary public facilities, which are often overburdened.

Higher up in the hierarchy are Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres, and General

Hospitals.

The pilot made sure HSCs had water, electricity and toilets, a proper consultation room and quarters for

nurses. Further, staff shortages were identified and two village health nurses (VHNs) were allotted to

each HSC.

Basic diagnostic services such as for blood sugar, hypertension and fever, as well as adequate drugs,

were made available, including drugs for non-communicable diseases.

The Results

The pilot led to a significant fall in out-of-pocket expenses for outpatient care in various public facilities –

77 percent in Shoolagiri block (from Rs 261 per visit to Rs 59), 92 percent in Viralimalai (from Rs 351 to

Rs 26) and 83 percent in Veppur (from Rs 395 to Rs 67), according to the study.

In HSCs, particularly, out-of-pocket expenditure was lesser still: Rs 5.9 per visit in Shoolagiri, Rs 2.9 in

Viralimalai and Rs 5.16 in Veppur.

Utilisation of HSCs improved: 17.8 percent of all outpatients in Shoolagiri block, 14.8% in Viralimalai and

23.1 percent in Veppur used an HSC, up from just 1 percent before the intervention.

Outpatient attendance in HSCs also increased: each HSC served 10 outpatients per day in Shoolagiri, 13

in Viralimalai and 10 in Veppur. There had been fewer than three outpatients per day before the

intervention.

Similarly, fewer people from these blocks sought outpatient care in private facilities. In Shoolagiri, the

percentage of people who visited a private facility for outpatient care dropped from 51 percent to 21

percent; in Viralimalai from 47.8 percent to 24.2 percent; and in Veppur from 40.9 percent to 23.9

percent.

There was also a fall in the overall financial burden on patients due to expenses on drugs: until

December 2017, the pilot had dispensed drugs worth Rs 10.5 lakh through HSCs to hypertension and

diabetes patients.

These are two of the most common non-communicable diseases in rural India. One in five adults is

affected by hypertension and one in 20 by diabetes, this March 2018 article in India Development

Review said. Nearly 70 percent of out-of-pocket expenditure in rural areas is on medicines for non-

communicable diseases, according to this August 2016 paper.

IIT Madras is an innovation and

entrepreneurship hub

Date: 1st May 2018


Edition: Delhi / Hyderabad / Kolkata / Mumbai / Pune / Chennai / Bangalore

Page No: 15

Journalist: NA

Headline: IITM to validate tech ideas for entrepreneurship

URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/iitm-to-validate-tech-ideas-for-

entrepreneurship/article23732173.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/iitm-to-validate-tech-ideas-for-entrepreneurship/article23732173.ece

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/iitm-to-validate-tech-ideas-for-entrepreneurship/article23732173.ece

Date: 1st May 2018


Edition: Mumbai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Delhi / Pune / Kolkata / Kochi / Ahmedabad

Page No: 6

Journalist: NA

Headline: IIT Centre to let experts validate ideas

Date: 1st May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 6

Journalist: Gayatri Vasudevan

Headline: Seven proposals grab attention at IIT-M incubator programme

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/seven-proposals-grab-attention-at-iit-m-

incubator-programme/articleshow/63978999.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/seven-proposals-grab-attention-at-iit-m-incubator-programme/articleshow/63978999.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/seven-proposals-grab-attention-at-iit-m-incubator-programme/articleshow/63978999.cms

Date: 1st May 2018


Edition: Hyderabad

Page No: 14

Journalist: NA

Professor: Prof T Pradeep & Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian

Headline: IIT-M’s initiative to move ideas from lab to market

URL: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-01/IIT-Ms-initiative-to-move-

ideas-from-lab-to-market/377971

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http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-05-01/IIT-Ms-initiative-to-move-ideas-from-lab-to-market/377971

Date: 1st May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 2

Journalist: NA

Headline: IIT-M launches I-NCUBATE programme

URL: https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/01012204/1070904/IITM-launches-INCUBATE-

programme.vpf

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/01012204/1070904/IITM-launches-INCUBATE-programme.vpf

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/01012204/1070904/IITM-launches-INCUBATE-programme.vpf

Date: 1st May 2018

Publication: Business Line on Campus

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras's GDC trains faculty, entrepreneurs

URL: http://www.bloncampus.com/b-school-corner/iit-madras-gopalakrishnandeshpande-centre-trains-

faculty-entrepreneurs-on-moving-ideas-from-lab-to-market/article10107522.ece

The Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (GDC) at Indian Institute of

Technology Madras has launched its flagship offering, I-NCUBATE, which enables faculty, researchers

and entrepreneurs to validate their technological ideas that can be converted into a sustainable

business.

Under its flagship programme, GDC is working to bring deep-tech ideas from the laboratories of

academic institutions to the marketplace. The first cohort of seven teams that have gone through the I-

NCUBATE programme, with instructors from George Washington University, completed their session on

April 30.

Addressing the finale of I-NCUBATE held at IIT Madras, Raj Melville, Executive Director, Deshpande

Foundation, US, said, “The Deshpande Foundation is excited by the dramatic progress the initial seven

teams from IIT Madras have shown as participants. As sponsors of the original National Science

Foundation I-Corps programme in the US, we hope the I-NCUBATE programme will prove to be a unique

national model in India as it scales and grows. We hope many of the leading research institutions in

India will avail of this to accelerate ideas from the lab to commercialisation.”

The programme is a seven-week engagement where teams, each comprising a faculty lead, an

entrepreneur lead, and a mentor, come together as a cohort under the GDC umbrella and go through a

customer-discovery exercise with their respective business ideas. The programme is designed to have

the following outcomes:

1. Enable each team to obtain a deep understanding of the product-market contours for their business

idea based on the first-hand feedback obtained from customers on their needs and the market gaps.

2. Provide each team a clear definition of the MVP along with value propositions.

3. Help each team arrive at a go/no-go decision based on the viability of the market and overall business

model.

The chief guest, T Pradeep, Institute Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, said, “Innovation

must be the new engine of emerging academic institutions that drives them to excel. Concomitantly, it

makes them relevant to society. This organic existence is the central aspect of a knowledge economy. I

feel that I-NCUBATE is one way to make this happen, in which many can grow synergistically.”

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Krishnan Balasubramanian, Professor-in-Charge, GDC, said, “The I-NCUBATE programme significantly

helps the entrepreneurs to focus on selecting the right business model while transforming their research

ideas into a start-up.”

Speaking on the occasion, R Raghuttama Rao, Chief Executive Officer, GDC, said, “I-NCUBATE is GDC’s

flagship programme for translational research, where faculty from academic institutions partner with

entrepreneurs to move their scientific ideas from lab to the marketplace by way of a business venture.”

Date: 1st May 2018

Publication: Skill Outlook

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre trains faculty, entrepreneurs on moving ideas

from lab to market

URL: http://skilloutlook.com/education/iit-madras-gopalakrishnan-deshpande-centre-trains-faculty-

entrepreneurs-on-moving-ideas-from-lab-to-market



and entrepreneurs to validate if their technological idea can be converted into a sustainable Business.

Under its flagship program ‘I-NCUBATE,’ GDC is working to bring deep-tech ideas from the laboratories

of academic institutions to the marketplace. The first cohort of Seven Teams that have gone through I-

NCUBATE program with instructors from George Washington University completed their session on

Monday, 30th April 2018.

Addressing the Finale of I-NCUBATE held at IIT Madras, Dr. Raj Melville, Executive Director, Deshpande

Foundation, U.S., said “The Deshpande Foundation is excited with the dramatic progress the initial seven

teams from IIT Madras have shown as participants in the initial I-NCUBATE cohort. As sponsors of the

original National Science Foundation I-Corps program in the U.S., we hope the I-NCUBATE program will

prove to be a unique national model in India as it scales and grows. We hope many of the leading

research institutions in India will avail of this to accelerate ideas from the lab to commercialization.”

The I-NCUBATE program is a seven-week engagement where teams, each comprising a Faculty Lead, an

Entrepreneur Lead, and a Mentor, come together as a cohort under the GDC umbrella and go through a

customer-discovery exercise with their respective business ideas. The I-NCUBATE program is designed to

have the following outcomes:

Enable each team to obtain a deep understanding of the product-market contours for their business


Provide each team a clear definition of the MVP along with value propositions.

Help each team arrive at a Go/No-Go decision based on the viability of the market and overall business

model.

The Chief Guest of the Program, Prof T. Pradeep, Institute Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT

Madras, said, “Innovation must be the new engine of emerging academic institutions that drives them

to excel. Concomitantly, it makes them relevant to society. This organic existence is the central aspect of

a knowledge economy. I feel that I-INCUBATE is one way to make this happen, in which many can grow

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synergistically. IIT Madras is the most appropriate place to initiate and nurture this program, given its

vibrant incubation ecosystem.”

The Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship was established at IIT

Madras to provide the necessary thought leadership and networking impetus to help in building the

systems and processes that enable innovative and entrepreneurial thinking across the Institute at all

levels. GDC will help crystallise out-of-the-box solutions that emerge from the Institute’s labs, faculty

and research scholars, as well as from fertile young minds which will create significant economic and

social impact at a national and eventually at a global level.

Prof Krishnan Balasubramanian, Professor-in-Charge, GDC, said, “The I-NCUBATE program significantly

helps the entrepreneurs to focus on selecting the RIGHT business model while transforming their

research ideas into a start-up.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. R. Raghuttama Rao, Chief Executive Officer, GDC, IIT Madras, said, “I-

NCUBATE is GDC’s flagship program for translational research, where faculty from academic institutions

partner with entrepreneurs to move their scientific ideas from lab to the marketplace by way of a

business venture.”

Further, he added, “We have just completed the first cohort of the I-NCUBATE program with seven start-

up teams from diverse areas in deep tech – MedTech, industrial safety, environment, and agri supply

chain. GDC plans to work with over 50 start-up ideas in the current year from different scientific and

engineering institutions from all over India.”

Date: 1st May 2018

Publication: India Education Diary

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre trains faculty, entrepreneurs on moving ideas

from lab to market

URL: http://indiaeducationdiary.in/iit-madras-gopalakrishnan-deshpande-centre-trains-faculty-

entrepreneurs-moving-ideas-lab-market/

Chennai: The Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (GDC) at Indian

Institute of Technology Madras has launched its flagship offering, I-NCUBATE, which enables faculty,

researchers and entrepreneurs to validate if their technological idea can be converted into a sustainable

business.

Under its flagship program ‘I-NCUBATE,’ GDC is working to bring deep-tech ideas from the laboratories


NCUBATE program with instructors from George Washington University,U.S. completed their session on












Enable each team to obtain a deep understanding of the product-market contours for their business


Provide each team a clear definition of the MVP along with value propositions.

Help each team arrive at a Go/No-Go decision based on the viability of the market and overall business

model.





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up teams from diverse areas in deep tech – MedTech, industrial safety, environment, and agri supply



Date: 1st May 2018

Publication: Forbes India

Edition: Magaznie

Page No: 76

Journalist: Sayan Chakaraborty

Professor: Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Headline: 'There Are Two Kinds of Academia"

URL: http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/there-are-two-kinds-of-academia-ashok-

jhunjhunwala/50081/1

http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/there-are-two-kinds-of-academia-ashok-jhunjhunwala/50081/1

http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-nation/there-are-two-kinds-of-academia-ashok-jhunjhunwala/50081/1

Date: 2nd May 2018

Publication: Forbes India

Edition: Magaznie

Page No: 68

Journalist: Sayan Chakaraborty

Professor: Prof Tamaswati Ghosh and Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Headline: Indian Institue of Innovation

Date: 2nd May 2018

Publication: Chennai Patrika

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA

Professor: Prof Krishnan Balasubramanian and Prof T. Pradeep

Headline: IIT Madras Gopalakrishnan Deshpande Centre trains researchers, entrepreneurs on market

viability

URL: http://news.chennaipatrika.com/post/2018/04/30/IIT-Madras-Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande-Centre-

trains-researchers-entrepreneurs-on-market-viability.aspx



and entrepreneurs to validate if their technological idea can be converted into a sustainable Business.

Under its flagship program 'I-NCUBATE,' GDC is working to bring deep-tech ideas from the laboratories


NCUBATE program with instructors from George Washington University completed their session on












1. Enable each team to obtain a deep understanding of the product-market contours for their business


2. Provide each team a clear definition of the MVP along with value propositions.

3. Help each team arrive at a Go/No-Go decision based on the viability of the market and overall

business model.





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up teams from diverse areas in deep tech - MedTech, industrial safety, environment, and agri supply



Date: 2nd May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 2

Journalist: NA

Headline: IIT-M’s centre helps researchers get a taste of the market

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-ms-centre-helps-researchers-get-a-taste-of-

the-market/article23741816.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-ms-centre-helps-researchers-get-a-taste-of-the-market/article23741816.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-ms-centre-helps-researchers-get-a-taste-of-the-market/article23741816.ece

Date: 2nd May 2018

Publication: Hindustan times

Edition: Delhi

Page No: 1

Journalist: NA

Headline: Moving ideas from the lab to the market at IIT Madras

Date: 3rd May 2018

Publication: Indian Web

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA

Headline: IIT-Madras Launches I-NCUBATE To Convert Research Ideas Into Sustainable Businesses

URL: https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/02/iit-madras-launches-i-ncubate-to-convert-research-

ideas-into-sustainable-businesses/


Technology Madras (IIT-M) has launched its flagship offering, I-NCUBATE, which enables faculty,

researchers and entrepreneurs to validate if their technological ideas can be converted into a

sustainable business.

Under ‘I-NCUBATE,’ GDC is working to bring deep-tech ideas from the laboratories of academic

institutions to the marketplace. The first cohort of seven teams that have gone through I-NCUBATE

program with instructors from George Washington University completed their session on Monday, 30th

April 2018.

I-NCUBATE is a 7-week engagement programme where teams, each comprising a Faculty Lead, an


customer-discovery exercise with their respective business ideas.

The key goals of I-NCUBATE are — to help the faculty and the entrepreneur obtain an evidence-based

validation of their idea by interacting with a sufficiently large number of potential customers; to enable

the faculty and entrepreneur to formulate a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that can be subsequently

tested in the marketplace, and to assist the entrepreneur in formulating a business model for tapping

the market opportunity.

GDC believes that these steps at a pre-incubation stage are essential pit-stops in the journey of

transforming an idea into a scalable and sustainable business venture.

All teams that successfully complete the I-NCUBATE programme will be eligible for reimbursement of

expenses incurred for participating in the programme up to a limit of INR 1,75,000.

Though the deadline for application for first cohort of I-NCUBATE has ended, GDC invites applications to

participate in the I-NCUBATE programme by filling up the application form and sending the same to GDC

at [email protected].

GDC has just completed the first cohort of the I-NCUBATE program with seven start-up teams from

diverse areas in deep tech – MedTech, industrial safety, environment, and agri supply chain.

https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/02/iit-madras-launches-i-ncubate-to-convert-research-ideas-into-sustainable-businesses/

https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/02/iit-madras-launches-i-ncubate-to-convert-research-ideas-into-sustainable-businesses/

In year 2018, GDC plans to work with over 50 start-up ideas in from different scientific and engineering

institutions from all over India.

GDC has been established at IIT Madras in August 2017 to provide the necessary thought leadership and

networking impetus to help in building the systems and processes that enable innovative and

entrepreneurial thinking across the Institute at all levels.

To recall, last month it was announced that IITs across the country are planning to help doctoral/Phd

students convert their thesis in to a full-fledged ‘Start-ups’. The move planned will be first executed by

the IIT-Delhi to allow research scholars to become entrepreneurs.

Speaking about IIT-Madras, in 2016, India’s largest private sector steel company, Tata Steel, has

sponsored a research being done by some meticulous IIT Madras scientists into graphene, a new-

generation carbon material.

In the same year, IIT-Madras joined hands with Nokia to work together for creating technological

solutions that will increase the current broadband connectivity situation in the rural India. Nokia

provided funds and technological expertise for research at the prestigious IIT-M’s Center of Excellence

for Wireless Technology (CEWiT).

Date:15th May 2018


Edition: Delhi

Page No: 18

Journalist : Hari Pulakkat,

Professor: Prof Mahesh Panchagnula

Headline: Conzumex: An IITian's dream to improve manufacturing ecosystem in India

URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/features/conzumex-towards-an-iitians-

dream-to-improve-manufacturing-ecosystem-in-india/articleshow/64165556.cms

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/features/conzumex-towards-an-iitians-dream-to-improve-manufacturing-ecosystem-in-india/articleshow/64165556.cms

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/features/conzumex-towards-an-iitians-dream-to-improve-manufacturing-ecosystem-in-india/articleshow/64165556.cms

Date: 22nd May 2018

Publication: The Indian Express

Edition: Delhi / Mumbai / Ahmedabad / Pune / Kolkata / Ahmedabad / Lucknow / Jaipur / Chandigarh

Journalist: Amitabh Sinha

Professor: Prof. Tiju Thomas & Prof. Edamana Prasad

Research Scholar: Dr. Abdul Malek

Headline: From The Lab: New way to clean water polluted by mercury

URL: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/from-the-lab-new-way-to-clean-water-polluted-by-

mercury-5185917/

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/from-the-lab-new-way-to-clean-water-polluted-by-mercury-5185917/

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/from-the-lab-new-way-to-clean-water-polluted-by-mercury-5185917/

Date: 29th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 4

Journalist: NA

Professor: Prof Thillai Rajan

Headline: IIT-M to help early stage start-ups to get funding

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-m-to-help-early-stage-start-ups-to-get-

funding/article24018360.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-m-to-help-early-stage-start-ups-to-get-funding/article24018360.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iit-m-to-help-early-stage-start-ups-to-get-funding/article24018360.ece

Date: 29th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 5

Journalist: NA


Headline: Launched by IIT-M, startup to help other startups

URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/launched-by-iit-m-startup-to-help-other-

startups/articleshow/64362441.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/launched-by-iit-m-startup-to-help-other-startups/articleshow/64362441.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/launched-by-iit-m-startup-to-help-other-startups/articleshow/64362441.cms

Date: 29th May 2018



Page No: 6

Journalist:NA


Headline: IIT-M incubates start-up to promote entrepreneurs

Date: 29th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 8

Journalist : NA

Professor : Prof Thillai Rajan

Headline: IIT-Madras develops platform to support young start-ups

URL: https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/28232441/1074073/IITMadras-develops-platform-to-

support-young-startups.vpf

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/28232441/1074073/IITMadras-develops-platform-to-support-young-startups.vpf

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/05/28232441/1074073/IITMadras-develops-platform-to-support-young-startups.vpf

Date: 29th May 2018

Publication: UNI

Edition: Online

Journalist :NA

Professor : Prof Thillai Rajan

Headline: Startup to help other Startups from IIT, Madras

URL: http://www.uniindia.com/startup-to-help-other-startups-from-iit-

madras/states/news/1244108.html

http://www.uniindia.com/startup-to-help-other-startups-from-iit-madras/states/news/1244108.html

http://www.uniindia.com/startup-to-help-other-startups-from-iit-madras/states/news/1244108.html

Date: 29th May 2018

Publication: Careers 360

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: IIT Madras incubates a Startup for helping other Startups

URL: https://news.careers360.com/iit-madras-incubates-startup-helping-other-startups

IIT Madras incubates a Startup for helping other Startups

Indian Institute of Technology Madras has incubated a startup whose objective is to help other startups.

It will work to enhance the success of early stage startups using Machine Learning and Data Sciences

tools and techniques.

YNOS Venture Engine CC Private Limited is a startup incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell. It was

founded by Prof Thillai Rajan, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, who has been

researching Indian Venture Industry for close to a decade now.

He has used his research insights to develop the various offerings of YNOS. The YNOS team comprises of

faculty, students and alumni of IIT Madras. As Professor in the Department of Management Studies at

IIT Madras, Prof Thillai Rajan also brings out an annual report on the Indian venture capital and private

equity industry, which gives him a lot of insight into funding issues of startups.

Speaking about this venture, Prof Thillai Rajan said, “Information and decision making analytics are not

easily accessible for early stage entrepreneurs. Sell-side intermediation is virtually nil for early stage

start-ups. YNOS uses research insights and technology to provide information and intermediation

services for early stage entrepreneurs. Using advanced marker analytics tools, our platform provides

estimates of valuation and also identify appropriate investors for the start-up.”

The time has never been better for venturing and creating startups. However, startup mortality rates

have not fallen. While the funding landscape has expanded, it has also become more complex. The

proportion of startups getting funded is still low. The challenges continue to confound the early stage

entrepreneurs.

The objective of YNOS is to help the start-up founders to navigate the terrain in the early stages of their

venture lifecycle. The technology platform and hybrid offerings have been designed to cater to specific

needs of early stage entrepreneurs. The gamut of offerings cover a wide range such as providing the

competitive landscape for start-ups, valuation estimates, identifying appropriate investors, and hands

on understanding of start-up fundraising.

Speaking on the importance of such an initiative, Dr. Tamaswati Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, IIT

Madras Incubation Cell, said that, "As one of India’s leading incubators with over 140 of deep-tech

startups we are keenly aware of the challenges faced by early stage technology entrepreneurs,

especially in raising investment and finding matched mentors. Services offered by YNOS are addressing

https://news.careers360.com/iit-madras-incubates-startup-helping-other-startups

some of these critical issues and I am confident that they will create a strong impact on the

entrepreneurial ecosystem in this country."

Commenting on the relevance of the offerings, Arun Natarajan, Founder, Venture Intelligence and an

investor in YNOS, said, “Start-ups that approach professional investors for the first time tend to be

under prepared on various fronts. This tends to cause a lot of delay in fundraising - if not completely

derail it. By aiming to provide actionable information on this front, YNOS is poised to play an important

role in making Early Stage funding process in the country more efficient. ”

Dr. Rajan Srikanth, Managing Director, Smart Kapital and President, Keiretsu Forum, Chennai Chapter

said, "There have been several efforts to help investors find startups, but very little done to help the

entrepreneur find the right investor. This is a very tough problem because information is largely

unavailable and even when it is, they are anecdotal and unreliable. As a result, identifying investors

today is largely left to chance for the entrepreneur. The offerings of YNOS would not only lead to better

matches of entrepreneurs and investors but also help the entrepreneur to understand the start-up

landscape that can lead to better decisions. This will benefit the whole eco-system greatly."

R. Ramaraj, an active angel investor and Advisor, Elevar Equity, said that “Despite being most vibrant,

navigating the entrepreneurial ecosystem continues to be a challenge for the early stage entrepreneurs

in India. Starting with the competitive landscape and investor matching, the services and offerings of

YNOS can significantly help young entrepreneurs in building their ventures. The offerings leverage

insights from several years of research on Indian venture industry and use of data sciences tools and

techniques."

Date: 29th May 2018

Publication: Indian Web

Edition: Online

Journalist: Vaardan


Headline: IIT-Madras Incubated A Startup To Help Other Startups in Early-Stage

URL: https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/28/iit-madras-incubated-a-startup-to-help-other-startups-

in-early-stage/

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) has incubated a startup whose objective was to

help other startups. Named as YNOS Venture Engine CC (Catalyse & Create) Pvt Ltd, the startup is

nurtured at the incubation cell at IIT-M’s Research Park and works to enhance the success of early stage

startups using Machine Learning and Data Sciences tools and techniques.

Founded by Prof Thillai Rajan, Department of Management Studies, IIT-M, who has been researching

Indian Venture Industry for close to a decade now, has tremendous insights into funding issues at start-

ups and he thus decided to start a venture himself and launch YNOS Venture Engine.

According to Thillai, only 6-7 percent of startups are able to raise the first round of external funding,

which is low. The number improves in subsequent rounds, he says, going to 15 percent in the second

round and 20 percent in the next.

It is the first round of external funding that is critical for any start-up, says Thillai. Startup founders have

two options before them — either they can bootstrap the venture and fund it internally. But then,

because of nature of business model of most of them,they want to focus on growth, for which external

funding becomes necessary. Tillai thus, through YNOS, seeks to improve funding chances of

entrepreneurs of such startups in early stage.

YNOS has raised seed funding by IIT-M’s incubation cell & Venture Intelligence, a Chennai-based market

research & analysis firm.

Speaking about this venture, Prof Thillai Rajan said, “Information and decision making analytics are not

easily accessible for early stage entrepreneurs. Sell-side intermediation is virtually nil for early stage

start-ups. YNOS uses research insights and technology to provide information and intermediation

services for early stage entrepreneurs. Using advanced marker analytics tools, our platform provides

estimates of valuation and also identify appropriate investors for the start-up.”

Prof Thillai Rajan (FIRST LEFT, SEATED), Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, and Founder,

YNOS Venture Engine CC Private Limited, with the Team Members

The time has never been better for venturing and creating startups. However, startup mortality rates

have not fallen. While the funding landscape has expanded, it has also become more complex. The

proportion of startups getting funded is still low. The challenges continue to confound the early stage

entrepreneurs.

https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/28/iit-madras-incubated-a-startup-to-help-other-startups-in-early-stage/

https://www.indianweb2.com/2018/05/28/iit-madras-incubated-a-startup-to-help-other-startups-in-early-stage/

The objective of YNOS is to help the start-up founders to navigate the terrain in the early stages of their

venture lifecycle. The technology platform and hybrid offerings have been designed to cater to specific

needs of early stage entrepreneurs. The gamut of offerings cover a wide range such as providing the

competitive landscape for start-ups, valuation estimates, identifying appropriate investors, and hands

on understanding of start-up fundraising.

Speaking on the importance of such an initiative, Dr. Tamaswati Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, IIT

Madras Incubation Cell, said that, “As one of India’s leading incubators with over 140 of deep-tech

startups we are keenly aware of the challenges faced by early stage technology entrepreneurs,

especially in raising investment and finding matched mentors. Services offered by YNOS are addressing

some of these critical issues and I am confident that they will create a strong impact on the

entrepreneurial ecosystem in this country.”

Commenting on the relevance of the offerings, Arun Natarajan, Founder, Venture Intelligence and an

investor in YNOS, said, “Start-ups that approach professional investors for the first time tend to be

under prepared on various fronts. This tends to cause a lot of delay in fundraising – if not completely

derail it. By aiming to provide actionable information on this front, YNOS is poised to play an important

role in making Early Stage funding process in the country more efficient. ”

Dr. Rajan Srikanth, Managing Director, Smart Kapital and President, Keiretsu Forum, Chennai Chapter

said, “There have been several efforts to help investors find startups, but very little done to help the

entrepreneur find the right investor. This is a very tough problem because information is largely

unavailable and even when it is, they are anecdotal and unreliable. As a result, identifying investors

today is largely left to chance for the entrepreneur. The offerings of YNOS would not only lead to better

matches of entrepreneurs and investors but also help the entrepreneur to understand the start-up

landscape that can lead to better decisions. This will benefit the whole eco-system greatly.”

R. Ramaraj, an active angel investor and Advisor, Elevar Equity, said that “Despite being most vibrant,

navigating the entrepreneurial ecosystem continues to be a challenge for the early stage entrepreneurs

in India. Starting with the competitive landscape and investor matching, the services and offerings of

YNOS can significantly help young entrepreneurs in building their ventures. The offerings leverage

insights from several years of research on Indian venture industry and use of data sciences tools and

techniques.”

Date: 29th May 2018

Publication: Net India

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://www.netindia123.com/articles/showdetails.asp?id=3353794&n_date=20180528&cat=India

Startup to help other Startups from IIT, Madras

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has incubated a startup whose objective was to help

other startups. It will work to enhance the success of early stage startups using Machine Learning and

Data Sciences tools and techniques.

YNOS Venture Engine CC Private Limited was a startup incubated at IIT-M Incubation Cell. It was

founded by Prof Thillai Rajan, Department of Management Studies, IIT-M who has been researching

Indian Venture Industry for close to a decade now.

He has used his research insights to develop the various offerings of YNOS, an IIT-M release on Monday

said.

The YNOS team comprises faculty, students and alumni of IIT-M. Speaking about this venture, Prof Thillai

Rajan said "Information and decision making analytics are not easily accessible for early stage

entrepreneurs. Sell-side intermediation is virtually nil for early stage start-ups.'' ''YNOS uses research

insights and technology to provide information and intermediation services for early stage

entrepreneurs. Using advanced marker analytics tools, our platform provides estimates of valuation and

also identify appropriate investors for the start-up'', he added. Noting that the time has never been

better for venturing and creating startups, Prof Thillai Rajan said, however, startup mortality rates have

not fallen. While the funding landscape has expanded, it has also become more complex. The proportion

of startups getting funded is still low. The challenges continue to confound the early stage

entrepreneurs, he noted. The objective of YNOS was to help the start-up founders to navigate the

terrain in the early stages of their venture lifecycle. The technology platform and hybrid offerings have

been designed to cater to specific needs of early stage entrepreneurs. He said the gamut of offerings

cover a wide range such as providing the competitive landscape for start-ups, valuation estimates,

identifying appropriate investors, and hands on understanding of start-up fundraising.

https://www.netindia123.com/articles/showdetails.asp?id=3353794&n_date=20180528&cat=India

Date: 29th May 2018

Publication: Web India 123

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA



URL: https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20180528/3353794.html

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has incubated a startup whose objective was to help

other startups. It will work to enhance the success of early stage startups using Machine Learning and

Data Sciences tools and techniques.

YNOS Venture Engine CC Private Limited was a startup incubated at IIT-M Incubation Cell. It was

founded by Prof Thillai Rajan, Department of Management Studies, IIT-M who has been researching

Indian Venture Industry for close to a decade now.

He has used his research insights to develop the various offerings of YNOS, an IIT-M release on Monday

said.

The YNOS team comprises faculty, students and alumni of IIT-M. Speaking about this venture, Prof Thillai

Rajan said "Information and decision making analytics are not easily accessible for early stage

entrepreneurs. Sell-side intermediation is virtually nil for early stage start-ups.''''YNOS uses research

insights and technology to provide information and intermediation services for early stage

entrepreneurs. Using advanced marker analytics tools, our platform provides estimates of valuation and

also identify appropriate investors for the start-up'', he added. Noting that the time has never been

better for venturing and creating startups, Prof Thillai Rajan said, however, startup mortality rates have

not fallen. While the funding landscape has expanded, it has also become more complex. The proportion

of startups getting funded is still low. The challenges continue to confound the early stage

entrepreneurs, he noted. The objective of YNOS was to help the start-up founders to navigate the

terrain in the early stages of their venture lifecycle. The technology platform and hybrid offerings have

been designed to cater to specific needs of early stage entrepreneurs. He said the gamut of offerings

cover a wide range such as providing the competitive landscape for start-ups, valuation estimates,

identifying appropriate investors, and hands on understanding of start-up fundraising.

https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20180528/3353794.html

Date: 30th May 2018

Publication: The Banking and Finance

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT-Madras incubates Start-up to help other Start-ups

URL: http://bfsi.eletsonline.com/iit-madras-incubates-start-up-to-help-other-start-ups/

Aimed at hand-holding and assisting other Startups in their infancy stage, the Indian Institute of

Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has incubated a startup whose primary objective is to help other start-ups.

A brainchild of Professor Thillai Rajan of the Department of Management Studies, IIT-M, the start-up

named as YNOS Venture Engine CC (Catalyse & Create) Pvt Ltd, works to enhance the success of early

stage startups using Machine Learning and Data Sciences tools and techniques.

Speaking about the first- of- its- kind initiative, Prof Thillai Rajan said, “Information and decision making

analytics are not easily accessible for early-stage entrepreneurs. Sell-side intermediation is virtually nil

for early-stage start-ups. YNOS uses research insights and technology to provide information and

intermediation services for early-stage entrepreneurs. Using advanced marker analytics tools, our

platform provides estimates of valuation and also identify appropriate investors for the start-up.”

Highlighting the low levels of fundraising currently being secured by Indian startups, Thillai pointed out

that only six-seven per cent of startups are currently able to raise the first round of external funding,

which as per him, is ‘really low’, however, adding that the number improves in subsequent rounds –

going up to 15 per cent in the second round and 20 per cent in the next.

According to him, it is the first round of external funding that is critical for any start-up. Tillai thus,

through YNOS, hopes to turnaround the funding ecosystem available to entrepreneurs of such start-ups.

So far, YNOS has managed to secure seed funding by IIT-M’s incubation cell and Venture Intelligence, a

Chennai-based leading market research firm.

http://bfsi.eletsonline.com/iit-madras-incubates-start-up-to-help-other-start-ups/

Date: 30th May 2018

Publication: Kalpan Herald

Edition: Online

Journalist: NA


Headline: Launched by IIT-M, startup to help other startups

URL: https://kaplanherald.com/2018/05/29/launched-by-iit-m-startup-to-help-other-startups/



















https://kaplanherald.com/2018/05/29/launched-by-iit-m-startup-to-help-other-startups/

Date: 30th May 2018

Publication: Chennai City

Edition: Online

Journalist : NA

Headline: IIT-M To Help Early stage Startupus to get Funding

URL: http://chennaicity.info/iit-m-to-help-early-stage-start-ups-to-get-funding/



















http://chennaicity.info/iit-m-to-help-early-stage-start-ups-to-get-funding/

Date: 30th May 2018


Edition: Hyderabad

Page No: 14

Journalist : NA


Headline: IIT Madras incubates a Start-up for helping other Start-ups

Date: 30th May 2018


Edition: Chennai

Page No: 4

Journalist : Purnima Shah

Student: Sandeep Kumar Gangaram

Headline: Going Back to Earth to be Cool

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