Chennai, April 26 -- The IIT-Madras, for the first time in its history, has incubated over 100 start-ups in one financial year.

In keeping with IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti's vision of 'Startup 100 Mission' set in early 2024, IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) incubated 104 new startups during 2024-25 FY.

This achievement was made possible through the collaborative efforts of IITMIC (with its sector-specific incubators - Pravartak, Bioincubator, HTIC MedTech, RTBI) and the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IITM.

Prof. Kamakoti made the formal announcement during the World IP Celebrations held at the campus on Saturday and organized by the Office of Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR), IIT Madra...