Chennai, Dec. 2 -- The SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) atsuburban Kattankulathur, has crossed a landmark achievement of 500 grantedpatents, a defining moment in its four-decade-long journey of academic andresearch excellence.

The milestone reflects the university's deep-rooted belief that innovation must notremain an idea but become useful in the practical world.

Spread across an academic ecosystem that includes Engineering and Technology,Medicine and Health Sciences, Science and Humanities, Management, AgriculturalSciences, Law, Hotel Management and Architecture, it continues to nurture anecosystem where breakthrough thinking thrives, according to a press release.

A major catalyst in this journey has been the Centre for...