IIT Madras to boost technology-driven CSR in India

The institute organised a roundtable meet on ‘Explore and Grow—CSR Partnerships’ in Mumbai, hosting corporate social responsibility (CSR) heads and showcasing the institute’s CSR work. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is collaborating with the industry and corporate firms towards becoming the core for technology-driven CSR activities in the country. The institute has raised around INR 200 crore for CSR projects from more than 140 leading corporates, implementing high-quality, technology-driven CSR projects pan-India. 

The institute organised a roundtable meet titled ‘Explore and Grow—CSR Partnerships’ in Mumbai recently. The event focused on the emerging trend within India’s CSR - the use of technology to drive change on the ground. The evening witnessed active participation of corporate leaders from various industries.  

Hosting corporate decision-makers and CSR heads, the session included panel discussions by renowned expert faculty from IIT Madras on socially relevant projects that have come from the institute research. The panels explored pressing issues such as affordable healthcare, sustainable urban infrastructure development, algorithms to solve real-world problems and revolutionising the edu-skilling space, also touching on astonishing solutions to these problems that technology uniquely holds.  

Addressing the industry leaders, Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Corporate and Alumni Affairs), IIT Madras, said, “IIT Madras is excited to partner with Corporate India on this exciting journey of creating Indian-origin solutions to the world’s problems. We are very proud of our students and our alumni who are vested in developing technologies that will transform tomorrow’s India. IIT Madras is solving tomorrow’s problems.” 

The Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA) at IIT Madras manages the IIT Madras alumni donations, transforming them into endowments, support for new state-of-the-art infrastructure and scholarship support for needy, deserving students. 

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