IIT Madras to offer fellowship in Clean Energy and Green Mobility

This Fellowship will provide monthly scholarships to the two graduate students of the MSc, MS, MTech and/or PhD programs for two years consecutively.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has established the ‘Venkataramani Fellowship in Clean Energy and Green Mobility’ to encourage and motivate graduate students to undertake research in the areas of Clean Energy and Green Mobility.
The Endowment is being set up by the family of the late N. Venkataramani, who was the Chairman and Managing Director of India Pistons and was a Fellow of The Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
An MoU towards setting up the Endowment with a sum of Rs. 50 lakh for this Fellowship has been signed.
This Fellowship will provide monthly scholarships to the two graduate students of the MSc, MS, MTech and/or PhD programs for two years consecutively.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, said: “IIT Madras is honoured to receive this gift in the memory of one of Tamil Nadu's automotive industry captains, the late Shri N Venkataramani. Clean Energy and Green Mobility are very important for India and the world, and this Fellowship will enable bright young minds to take up the study of and research in these fields.”
Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Alumni and Corporate Relations), IIT Madras, said: “We are honoured to be associated with the legacy of Mr. Venkataramani, a doyen of Indian industry, through this scholarship. Students of IIT Madras will benefit from the scholarship in clean energy and green mobility.”

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