Industry Partner
Founding Members
Types of Partnerships
Founding Members
$100,000 for 3 years
Associate Members
$50,000 annually
Early Access to Research
Early access to the latest energy research findings & developments
Participation in Summits
Participation in the annual Energy Consortium Summits
Selected R&D Projects
Mutually selected R&D projects
Impact KPIs Measured
Impact KPIs defined & measured for each project
Engagement Procedure
- The first step for Energy consortium participation is through submission of the Expression of Interest letter on company letterhead to
The Energy Consortium, Office of Global Engagement, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu. - Industry partners will choose to become founding members with a three year term commitment and corresponding total membership fee of US$100,000 or associate members with a one year term commitment and corresponding total membership fee of US $50,000.
- The second step is formally executing the Memorandum of Understanding. This will be executed as a bipartite document between the interested member company and IIT Madras.
Specific Avenues of Engagement for Partners
- Collaborative Research Projects: These projects are collaborative research projects, consultancy, industry-academic partnerships.
- Visiting appointments and advisory: COMPANY employees and IITM faculty can be invited by the Other Party for research interaction visits and/or sabbaticals to the research laboratories of the Other Party for detailed discussions. Such visits may range from a few days to a few months. COMPANY employees and IIT faculty can also participate on each other’s committees and Boards.
- Employee Continuing Education: Employees of COMPANY can enrol in the various degree programs, such as M. Tech., M.S. and Ph.D., which are offered by the Institute after securing admission through due process into the desired programs.
- Short Term Training Programs: IITM and COMPANY personnel can jointly or individually offer short term training programs lasting between one to four weeks to benefit students of IITM as well as the employees of Company on topics of mutual interest.
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and grants programs: COMPANY and IITM may come together to engage in CSR activities as per COMPANY CSR policy. COMPANY may also choose to make grants to support faculty research or to support students on scholarships and fellowships.
- Research Park and Incubation Cell: COMPANY may take up space in the IIT Madras Research Park in order to leverage the broader IIT Madras ecosystem and work with the start-up companies collocated in the IITM Incubation Cell.
- Campus Recruitment: This mode of interaction includes recruitment of the graduates of IIT Madras by the COMPANY. Students of IITM can be taken for full time employment or as interns by the COMPANY. This activity shall be facilitated by the Placement Office, IIT Madras