Chennai:IIT-Madras has decided to reach out to students in rural areas to create awareness and provide training to them so that they can study in the institution. "We are planning to create awareness and provide training to rural students to create opportunities for them to study at IIT-Madras," Prof Kamkoti told ETV Bharat in an exclusive interview.
"In order to utilize the scientific potential of students in rural areas, we plan to set up training centers on behalf of IIT-M. This will bring out the talents of students in such areas," he said. For the past few years, the Director said, IIT-M has consistently topped the national rankings for higher education institutions. "In addition, work should be done to raise the standard of IIT-M globally. For this, nine new courses have been introduced in M.Tech. Thus, students from all over the world can come to IIT-M and study," he said.
IIT-M research centre, Prof Kamakoti said, has been carrying out various researches for the benefit of the community. "In particular, India's first microprocessor, made entirely in India, has been invented. Further, we are focusing on various types of research that may be of use in the future, as well as research for current use," he said.