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The Hindu
26-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
In 2024-25, IIT Madras filed 417 patents, doubling licencing revenue
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has filed 417 patents in 2024-25, including 298 Indian patents and 119 international patents. The institute has filed 39 designs, six copyrights, and one trademark, bringing the total number of IP filings to 463. This exceeds the target of more than one patent a day, as envisioned by the institute's director, V. Kamakoti. In the last five years, the institute had developed and transferred emerging high-impact technologies through more than 50 licencing deals worth ₹28 crore to industry partners such as startups, MSMEs, and MNCs. The biggest among them is 5G RAN sub-system technology transferred to Tejas Network (Tata group). In the last five years, the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of the institute has doubled the licencing revenue and tripled the number of IPs licensed. On average, the TTO generates ₹2.5 crore through deals annually. In 2024-25, the TTO licensed over 30 IP/patents with various companies, a release said.
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Business Standard
25-04-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
IIT Madras files 417 patents in FY25, tops its target of 'One a Day'
Students, researchers and teachers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) filed 417 patents in FY25, surpassing the target of 'One Patent a Day' set last year. The institute filed for 298 Indian and 119 international patents. It also filed 39 designs, six copyrights, and one trademark, bringing total intellectual property (IP) filings to 463 in FY25. IIT Madras said that in five years it has transferred its technologies to companies of various sizes through licensing deals worth Rs 28 crore. The biggest of these was the transfer of the 5G RAN sub-system technology to Tejas Network (TATA Group). IIT Madras's announcement comes ahead of 'World Intellectual Property Day' on April 26. IP rights enable organisations and people to protect their innovative and creative outputs and get an economic return from them, according to the World IP Organization. IIT Madras has filed patents in fields that include energy and battery innovation, microfluidic technologies, health care and assistive applications, robotics and artificial intelligence. In FY24, it filed patents in electronics and communication, energy and environment, mechanical and automotive, health care and medical devices, robotics and automation, and materials and manufacturing. V Kamakoti, director of IIT Madras, said: 'For India to be a technology superpower as we march towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047, protecting our intellectual properties is crucial. I am very proud that the IIT Madras team has filed 417 patents in FY25, with a significant raise in the number of international patents.' 'IIT Madras has been leading in IP filing in the country among academic institutions as it understands the significance of protecting the innovations that will fuel the industries of tomorrow. The transfer of technology to the industry has also been scaled up in recent times, leading to the direct impact of IIT Madras research in practice,' said Manu Santhanam, Dean (ICSR), IIT Madras. Prabhu Rajagopal, advisor (IPM Cell) and head of School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras, said: 'As India's leading research-led academic institution, IIT Madras prides itself in pushing the envelope of innovation by students, researchers and faculty.' In five years, the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at IIT Madras has doubled the licensing revenue and tripled the number of IPs licensed. On average, TTO generates Rs 2.5 crore through deals annually. In FY25, it licensed more than 30 IP/patents with various companies.
Boston Globe
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
New England arts groups sue the NEA
Advertisement 'This is what the ancestors and the transcestors fought for,' she said. 'And it's now our torch to carry so we have to whether we are ready for it or not, we have to answer the call.' The NEA, on Feb. 6, just ahead of the deadline to apply for 2026 Grants for Arts Projects, changed applicant rules, directly targeting DEI and gender ideology. We're using this term because it's what the executive order and NEA are touting. We want readers to know 'gender ideology' is used with hateful intention to assert that LGBTQ+, specifically trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive folk do not have natural identities and are an ideological movement. There is now a literal box applicants have to check asserting they will not not promote gender ideology. Plainly, they are attempting to mandate that we deny the existence of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive folk. 'This is a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment, so those are the grounds which this lawsuit has been built upon,' Byrd says. 'This is not what Congress intended when they created the NEA. Kenny Mascary, chief of staff for the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture in Boston, said the arts 'have long served as a powerful catalyst for community organization, civic engagement, and social change.' Artistic expression, he said 'is deeply intertwined with the principles of free speech.' Advertisement 'As a MOAC partner,' Mascary said, 'we support TTO through their creative works as they bring to life the values, experiences, and diverse perspectives that define our community. By fostering this kind of artistic freedom, we not only uplift voices but also strengthen the social and economic fabric of our city.' What does it mean when we cower to executive orders that deny the personhood of some people? Who are we when we allow ourselves to be complicit in human erasure and lies masquerading as protections? Democracy and freedom should never be disposable. Mercedes Loving-Manley, founder of 'A good portion of the grant funding we receive, is particularly for arts and culture, to foster space for joy, connection, learning, and preserving our historical record. The upside is times like this bring people a bit closer together. Our intention is to act with urgency 24/7; it is the foundation of our work, and in times like these our work is heightened. We are big on collaboration. We are stronger together.' Even for artists and organizations who don't receive federal funding, the NEA and Trump's orders are startling. What the ACLU and groups like TTO and Rhode Island Latino Arts are doing is essential to how we move forward. Jean's Soup Joumou Share Jean Dolin, founder of Boston LGBTQ+ Museum of Art, History and Culture on his journey to protecting and uplifting Black and Queer joy and representation. Jean Dolin, founder of the Advertisement 'The number one rule of the arts is to say something about the human experience. The arts really bear witness to human lives, how we experience it, how we love, how we fail. The arts are a tool for everyone and that's why it has to be diverse. The United States and the world is a diverse place.' The 'We work with artists who have relied on that funding and will be affected,' he said. 'We have a responsibility right now, especially the LGB to show up for the T, the trans community. They are under-resourced, under-funded, and under-amplified. We have to help, through finance, through visibility, through community to help them get ahead in the workplace, in community, in the art space. We have to take a holistic look at our role.' What the NEA has done could derail productions for theaters across the nation who have historically counted on that funding. Groups like TTO received some $150,000 in NEA COVID relief and programming grants and were intending to apply in support of a play they are putting on next year. These hurdles aren't exclusive to the queer community. The NEA also issued DEI restrictions and Byrd says the DEI-specific part of the new guidelines isn't in the lawsuit because other organizations have taken up the fight to block those violations already. Advertisement Still, much like Trump's Kennedy Center takeover, the executive orders around diversity and gender ideology will have a domino effect of chipping away at everyone's constitutional rights and artistic freedom. John F. Kennedy himself knew, as a country, we should always protect creative liberty. 'I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist,' he said in Both Dolin and Byrd pointed to the fact that trans folk, queer folk, gender expansive and nonbinary people have always existed with or without the laws or the language. In the arts, we can look to Shakespeare – or Christopher Marlowe - and be reminded of the men in drag playing femme-identifying characters. 'In a world in which we censor and erase trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive people, we create a world that is devoid of truth,' Byrd said. 'We have, for centuries on end, existed and will continue to do so.' Donald Trump, earlier this week, proclaimed this nation would be its best most free self under his leadership. Byrd is counting on it. 'When Trump said we would forge 'the freest, most advanced, most dynamic and most dominant civilization ever to exist on the face of this Earth,' well if that is what he decrees, who are we not to comply on our own terms?' Advertisement Artists, now is your time. Forge freedom. Forge it fiercely. Your president commands it. Jeneé Osterheldt can be reached at
