Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research Indian Institute of Technolo

Can you provide me the Milestones for the establishment of Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research of IITM or Indian Institute of Technology Madras?

[Kiran Chandar]

IIT Madras (IITM) is one of the first educational institutions in India, which initiated promotional activities with industries as early as 1973 with the philosophy of encouraging cross flow of knowledge and experience between the Institute and Industries.

Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (IC & SR) is responsible for the promotion, facilitation, coordination and administration of all the sponsored and consultancy projects handled by the faculty of IIT Madras.

The Milestones for the establishment of Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research of IITM or Indian Institute of Technology Madras are as follows:

• 1973: Started as Industrial Consultancy Centre (ICC)
• 1981: Renamed as-Centre for industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research
• 1983: Entrepreneurship development activity started as M.S. Program
• 1986: ISRO - IITM Space Technology Cell established
• 1987: Industrial Associateship Scheme launched.
• 1989: Research Based Industrial Consultancy introduced.
• 1994: IC&SR Building with Conference Facilities constructed.
• 1995: Technology Development Missions Phase I taken up.
• 1996: IGCAR – IITM research cell established.
• 1999: ISO 9001 Certification awarded.
• 2000: Office of Alumni Affairs established.
• 2000: IC & SR Intra-Net webpage launched.
• 2001: Major Infrastructure facility projects initiated.
• 2002: Facilitated setting up of Centres of Excellence.
• 2003: ISO 9001 – 2000 recertified.
• 2004: IDRP – Interdisciplinary Research Project.
• 2006: ISP– Innovative Student Project.
• 2008: ISO-9001 Recertification.
• 2009: NIOT - IITM Cell was set-up.
• 2011: IIT Madras awarded for filing maximum number of patent by GoI.
• 2012: Nissan Research Support Program
• 2013: Social Networking activities initiated.
 IPM Cell was set up.
• 2014: Renovation and Expansion of IC & SR building

Contact Detail:
Centre for Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036