Chennai: IIT Madras has incubated more than 100 startups for the second consecutive year as it incubated 112 startups in the 2025-26 financial year. With this, the total number of startups on the campus increased to 567. The portfolio is collectively valued at over 74,100 crore. The newly incubated startups span a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, robotics, automotive, batteries, defence, aerospace, AI, machine learning, quantum technologies, analytics, fintech, healthtech, agritech, biotech, climate technologies, IoT and cyber-physical systems. The institute also filed 431 patents in the past year in frontier areas such as quantum technologies, semiconductors, robotics, advanced manufacturing, photonics and advanced materials. “These milestones reflect the culture of innovation that has taken deep roots across IIT-M. It also demonstrates our commitment to translating research into real impact,” Director V Kamakoti said.“IIT-M has built a support system that enables faculty, students and researchers to navigate the IP journey efficiently, from early-stage disclosures to long-term portfolio management,” said professor Manu Santhanam, dean, Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR), IIT-M.Tamaswati Ghosh, CEO, IIT-M Incubation Cell, said, “The institute has received more than 1,200 applications from across the country and 112 startups were incubated, maintaining a strong focus on quality and deep tech orientation.”
