IIT Madras (IITM): Cutoff, Placement, Fees, Admission 2025, Ranking, Courses

IIT Madras has a wide array of faculty comprising 550 teaching staff and 1,250 administrative and support staff across all academic departments, most of the teaching staff holding PhD degrees in their respective fields. The best-in-class faculty members are all alumni from reputed national and international universities, and hold an immense amount of experience in their sectors. The faculty members include professors, assistant professors, associate professors, among others. IIT Madras students are also visited by several guest lecturers that visit the campus from time to time. Apart from this, IIT Madras also involves the alumni in its educational and research activities, whenever possible, by inviting them to participate on its advisory boards as visiting faculty or as guest speakers.

The IIT Madras campus was formerly a part of Guindy National Park. Adjoining the park, IIT Madras is home to large numbers of spotted deer, bonnet macaque, monkeys, antelopes, and other rare wildlife. The campus also houses over 300 species of trees and plants. One can easily find antelopes, deer, and other animals roaming freely on the campus. IIT Madras is also home to about 100 species of birds seen at different times of the year. IIT Madras offers a one-of-a-kind experience to students studying at the campus.

IIT Madras is a residential institute and has 20 hostels, named after different Indian rivers. The students celebrate various festivals on the campus such as Holi, Pongal, Onam, Diwali, and New Year’s Eve. Students from all over the country take admission at IIT Madras, hence, celebrating different festivals exposes them to different cultures and perspectives, inculcating a feeling of brotherhood and respect toward one another. A hostel night is also organised by each hostel, every year to celebrate and bond over food and music.

Indian Institute of Technology–Madras (IIT–Madras) also organises various campus festivals such as Shaastra, the annual technical festival of IIT Madras, and Saarang, which is organised for five days. Saarang is considered the 'Mother of all Cultural Festivals', across the country. It is attended by over 50,000 people from all over the country. Many cultural events, competitions, and professional shows are organised during the Saraang Fest. Furthermore, many artists such as Balamurli Krishna, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal-Shekhar, and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, have performed at this fest. In addition to this, the institute also organises several departmental fests.

IIT Madras also houses several clubs and societies run by the students for their all-round development. These include Hindi Mitra Mandal, Quiz Club, Music Club, Writing Club, Comedy Club, and Informals Club, among others.

The alumni of IIT Madras are placed across different sectors such as Engineering, Business Development, Marketing, Human Resources, Programme & Product Management, among others. Apart from this, IIT Madras' alumni have also been active participants in our society and represent the country nationally and internationally as social workers and entrepreneurs. Some of the notable alumni who have added value to the system of IIT Madras are tabulated below:

Alumni Description	Alumni Photograph
Kris Gopalakrishnan is one of the seven founders of the leading global IT firm, Infosys. He pursued MSc in Physics and MTech in Computer Science from IIT Madras
Ramanathan Guha is widely known as the creator of web standards like RSS, RDF, and Schema.org. He pursued BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras
Vishwas Shringi founded Voylla, the leading online fashion jewelry store, in 2012. He pursued BTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras,	NA
Sridhar Vembu is the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. He pursued a BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras	NA