INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) is known both nationally and internationally for excellence in technical education, basic and applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship and industrial consultancy. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959. The first Indo-German Agreement provided for the services of German professors and five foremen, training facilities for 20 Indian faculty members and the supply of scientific and technical equipment for the establishment of the Central Workshop and 20 laboratories at IIT Madras. The circular logo of IITM in brown, khaki and red has a burning lamp in the middle with a lotus in bloom within its flame. This is supported by a flash of lightnin