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Centre for Innovation, IIT Madras
Festival of Innovations
Rashtrapati Bhavan
15 March 2016
Sai Kanth Dacha
Student Executive Head
www.cfi.iitm.ac.in
Facilitating The Creative Genius
About us:
• Inaugurated on 31st October 2008
• Set up with funds donated by the batch of 1981
• A one-of-its-kind student-run facility
Vision:“To promote informal learning and foster innovation and invention in technology, with
a focus on technologies aimed at contributing positively to the environment, to the
society and to the country.”
• Walk in with an idea, walk out with a product
• Support large student team projects
• Encourage socially relevant projects
• A futuristic lab environment equipped with advanced tools and machinery
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13 clubs are the functioning organs of CFI.
•3D Printing Club
•Aero Club
•Analytics Club•Astronomy Club
•Auto Club
•BioTechnology Club
•Computer Vision Group
•Electronics Club• iBot Club
•Physics Club
•Programming Club*
•Social Entrepreneurship Club*
•WebOps Club
Clubs
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Competitions
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Students take part in national and
international competitions, such as:
•Formula Student India (FSI)
•Formula Student Germany
•ASME SDC
•University Rover Challenge
•ABU Robocon
• iGEM
• Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition(IGVC)
•Lockheed Martin RO/RO Challenge
• International RoboSub Competition by
AUVSI
Clubs Activities
• Workshops, introductory sessions for freshmen
• Lectures, advanced sessions for senior students
Social Activities
• Projects on assistive technologies
• Team Sahaay: Takes up problem statements from NGOs and builds products
Industrial Consultancy
• Industrial Consultancy Team: Approaches companies for problem statements, as well as facilitates projects proposed by companies which approach CFI.
Academic Activities
• ID4100
• BTPs, DDPs
• Engineering in Everyday Life minor stream
NIRMAAN
• Pre-Incubation Program
• Lectures, interaction and networking sessions with successful entrepreneurs of the institute.
Activities at CFI
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Nirmaan
• Long term program at CFI to enable students to think beyond placements!
• Provides seed-funding, mentoring and support for startup ideas.
• Encouraging the culture of entrepreneurship in the institute.
• Launched in March 2015, 25 start-up teams part of the program so far.
Out-of-CFI Startups
LEMA LABS
Robotics and Educational
HYPERVERGE
Computer Vision & Artificial
Intelligence
ATHER ENERGY
Smart Automobiles
AIRWOOD
AEROSTRUCTURES
Aero-robotics
MAKEYSTREET
Software Developer
PLANYS
TECHNOLOGIES
Marine Robotics
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Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at IIT Madras
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Over 2000 hands pioneering innovation at CFI, IIT Madras as on
date.Strength
Successfully completed over 100noteworthy projects.Output
Bustling with activity year round, with an average of 60entries per day.
Productivity
Filed 2 patents so far, and many more being processed.Recognition
6 companies working on cutting edge technology can trace
back their roots to CFI.
Promoting Entrepreneurship
Achievements
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Created by the students trained in CFI, a one of its kind
techno-entertainment show, Envisage has 3 world records in
the making.
Breaking boundaries
CFI has risen up to the challenge of taking up industrial consultancy projects.Bridging the gap
Team Sahaay of CFI has tied up with 2 NGOs to provide a
technical solution for the needs of disabled.Social Impact
3 important courses have direct academic credits for carrying
out and completing a project in CFI.Academic support
Teams from CFI have bagged over 15National and
International Awards over the last one year Winners’ desk
Achievements
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Vistaar
• CFI is a unique, one-of-its-kind facility that encourages technological innovation
and entrepreneurship in the students of IIT Madras.
• Aim of the ‘Vistaar’ program is to help other universities setup CFI’s of their own.
• Mentorship will be given on organizing club activity, working on projects, etc.
• Currently working with: IIT Palakkad, IIT Tirupati, SGSS Nanded
• In the pipeline: Andhra University, Sathyabhama University
If you are interested in the Vistaar program, please write to us at [email protected].
THANK YOU
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Website: www.cfi.iitm.ac.in
Contact us:
o Email: [email protected]
o Student Executive Head: Sai Kanth Dacha (+91-9043807281, [email protected])