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IIT-D files 150 patents in 2019 ranging from bulletproof clothes to 5G tech “We have also initiated programs to foster increased student and faculty participation in deep technology start-ups that are backed by strong Intellectual Property,” IIT Delhi Director said Current Affairs :From impenetrable garments to air contamination relieving gadget and procedure to create fuel from e-squander, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here has recorded 150 licenses in 2019, a 20 percent expansion over earlier year. “We have likewise started projects to cultivate expanded understudy and staff support in profound innovation new companies that are upheld by solid Intellectual Property,” IIT Delhi Director Ramgopal Rao said. “IIT Delhi has documented 150 IPs in 2019 – a 20 pc increment more than 2018 figures. Likewise, contrasted with a year ago, we have seen a four-overlap increment in income from our IP authorizing exercises. We would like to keep up the force and set benchmarks i...

IIT Kanpur to hold roadshows in US for global alliances, faculty hiring Move part of the institute’s ongoing drive to improve international rankings Current Affairs :The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) is intending to hold roadshows this month in significant US urban communities and colleges. This is a piece of its endeavors to improve the foundation’s worldwide positioning through universal coordinated efforts and personnel enlistment. It additionally tries to take advantage of its graduated class arrange in the US, by holding occasions in New York and San Francisco, aside from building worldwide partnerships to encourage inquire about in new-age advancements, including man-made reasoning (AI), information sciences, and designing in medication. “An IIT-K designation is visiting the US for around 10 days. We will visit five or six driving colleges, including the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Berkeley; Rice University (Te...

Rise in pre-placement offers this year brings early cheer for IITians Delhi, one of the premier older IITs, had 164 PPOs at the start of this week, as against 162 for the entire placement process last year Current Affairs :Passing by pre-position offer (PPO) slants so far at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), grounds work procuring this year is a generous improvement in the course of recent years. Now and again, these offers — made by the selection representative after an understudy finishes a mid year temporary position venture with a firm and comes back to the grounds — have almost multiplied. Some IIT grounds have additionally observed the portion of understudy bunches getting set by means of PPOs having ascended over the previous year or two. For example, as on October 30, IIT-Hyderabad (IIT-H) has seen the quantity of PPOs about twofold from a year ago’s 19, to 37 up until now. With two universal offers, the vast majority of the PPOs have originated from th...