The BTech curriculum at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been redesigned to be more adaptable and accommodating to students. The recently patched up programs additionally permit understudies to pick early exits from the programs assuming that they want to do so.
As indicated by a public statement by IIT Madras, these progressions have been executed following the thorough proposals of an Institute Curriculum Task Force, situating it towards work, exploration, development and entrepreneurship.
As early as the second year of the BTech Program, the educational institution has updated the Academic System to provide unprecedented flexibility, increased interdisciplinary learning, hands-on projects, and entrepreneurial opportunities. After receiving a lot of feedback from alumni and students, the total number of credits for the B.Tech. degree has been reduced, dropping from 436 to 400 hours per degree. This permits students more noteworthy extension for investigation of expert and pioneering entrepreneurial possibilities. In addition to interdisciplinary degrees in cutting-edge fields like nanotechnology, data science, and electric vehicles, among others that are in demand by the industry, the institute also offers a five-year M.Tech. These degrees can be sought after consistently alongside their B.Tech. programs, referenced the official statement.
“IIT Madras will accord the highest priority for Innovation and entrepreneurship. With more than 380 patents filed in last financial year, IIT Madras has launched an ambitious start-up 100 program - every third day, a start-up will be born at IIT Madras," said Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras.