IIT Madras Partners with GRID-INDIA to Strengthen Electrical Grid Development in Tanzania
IIT Madras has partnered with GRID-INDIA to support capability and capacity development in Tanzania’s electrical grid sector, aiming to strengthen the country's power infrastructure.
IIT Madras Partners with GRID-INDIA
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is collaborating with GRID-INDIA, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, to offer certification programs, conduct joint research, and provide technical consultancy aimed at strengthening Tanzania’s energy infrastructure. With its growing presence in Africa through IITM Zanzibar, the institute is deepening its commitment to global partnerships for sustainable energy. This collaboration opens new avenues for cross-border knowledge exchange, applied research, and the commercialisation of clean energy technologies.
Highlighting the key aspects of this collaboration, Prof Manu Santhanam, Dean (IC&SR), IIT Madras, said “IIT Madras Zanzibar was conceived to extend our academic and research excellence to international geographies, with a focus on regional relevance. Our collaboration with GRID-INDIA allows us to leverage decades of experience in power systems research and industry engagement in India to deliver targeted capacity-building and applied technology programs for East Africa.”
This project aims to build the technical capacity of Tanzanian power sector officials through:
- Foundational certification in power systems, renewable energy, and energy management
- Specialized hands-on training in power system protection and real-world case studies
- Joint research on microgrids, data analytics, and AI
- Consultation projects offering practical solutions to sectoral challenges
Emphasising the significance of this MoU, Paresh R. Ranpara, Director (HR), GRID-INDIA, said, “GRID-INDIA is looking forward to this collaboration with IIT Madras to catalyse and promote capacity building in Power Sector for Tanzanian and other east African professionals, with the Zanzibar campus as a focal point. This partnership demonstrates the shared vision of GRID-INDIA and IIT Madras Zanzibar for supporting resilient, future-ready energy systems across the globe.”
Principal Investigator of the project Prof. Shanti Swarup, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, and an affiliated faculty of The Energy Consortium, IIT Madras, said, “The Grid India - IIT Madras Zanzibar Collaboration would establish and strengthen the ties between industry and academic in providing ‘state-of-the-art’ lectures to the participants in enriching their knowledge about developments in power engineering for operation and planning of the futuristic power grid”
Dr. Nikhil Tambe, CEO, of the Energy Consortium and an adjunct faculty in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras added, “The Energy Consortium announced its first chapter to be located at the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus in September 2024 and are now looking forward to this partnership with GRIDINDIA for Tanzania and broadly the East Africa region.”
The IIT Madras placement procedure is explained in the table below:
| IIT Madras Placement Procedure | |
|---|---|
| Attendance and Punctuality | A student who applies and gets shortlisted for interviews has to go through the entire selection process unless rejected midway by the company. |
| Any student who withdraws deliberately in the middle of a selection process will be disallowed from placement for the rest of the academic year. | |
| Latecomers for GD/ Aptitude Test/ Interview will not be allowed to appear for the selection process. | |
| Discipline | Students should maintain discipline and show ethical behaviour during the entire placement process. |
| Students found cheating or misbehaving in the selection process (Test/ GD/ Interview) will be disallowed to appear for placements in the entire academic year. | |
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The institute has released the 2024 placement report on the official website. However, there are no data points to conclude the placement statistics. The key highlights of IIT Madras placements 2024 are presented below:
Particulars
Placement Statistics (2024) (phase 1)
Median package
INR 19 LPA
Internship offers
19% increase compared with previous year
Placement rate
50% students placed
Top recruiters
JP Morgan Chase, Texas Instruments, Adobe
Note: The above-mentioned placement data is sourced from media reports and, hence may vary.