Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is organizing a one of its kind Job Fair, not only for IIT Madras Research Scholars but for researchers from all over India.

This is being held during the All India Research Scholars Summit (AIRSS) 2025 being conducted from 27 to 30 March 2025 in the campus. Another unique factor was that nearly 30 percent of all participants were from the Humanities Department.

The second edition of this annual event is dedicated to fostering research collaborations with the industry. It brings together scholars, academicians, industry leaders, and innovators from diverse fields across India.The first day of the event is dedicated to Women Empowerment Day, emphasizing their contributions to STEM fields. Eaton, a multi-national intelligent power management company, also launched ‘Eaton’s Pratibha Awards’ to recognize nine female students from IIT Madras. Each of them will receive a grant, at Rs. 1.25 lakh.

Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “For Viksit Bharat @ 2047, it is very important that state-of-the-art research is pursued in India, resulting in technological solutions for the diverse set of issues faced by our citizens. I strongly believe that this summit will pave the way for strong research collaborations among our vibrant research community.”

Addressing the inaugural session, Prof Sathyanarayana N Gummadi, Dean (Students), IIT Madras, said, “It is increasingly becoming easier for researchers to convert their ideas into commercial products. I invite researchers gathered here from all over India to visit the IIT Madras Research Park and IIT Madras Incubation Cell, which are key parts of the IIT Madras Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.”

Dr N Subramanian, Executive Director, Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS), said, “Conferences such as this are important as they are interdisciplinary by design. Initial success and promising technologies in Quantum computing and cybersecurity are major developments. In post-quantum cryptography, the problem statements need envisaging a scheme that would be quantum resilient. This will be the convergence of quantum and cryptography.”