Three new M.Tech programmes in Catalysis Technology, Nuclear Engineering and Petroleum Engineering will be offered at IIT-Madras in the 2009-10 academic year.
A five year dual degree would also be introduced in this disciplines.
IIT-Madras is establishing a research park adjacent to its campus in Chennai, the first of its kind in the country for this purpose IIT-M has obtained 11.42 acres of land from the State Government.