IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation is a section 08 company housing the Technology Innovation Hub on Sensors, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems (SNACS). It is hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems.
IITM Pravartak gladly takes the role of preparing young India for the next generation of world-class technologies. The primary activities of IITM Pravartak include:
- Technology Development
- Entrepreneurship Development
- Human Resource Development
- International Collaboration
This provides an eco-system that enables fundamental research to translate to products, thus integrating academics, industry, government and international organizations.
Pravartak’s vision is to be a pre-eminent, self-sustained Business and Technology Innovation Hub, leading the way in the field of Sensors, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems (SNACS) within the realm of Cyber-Physical Systems and simultaneously fulfill their social responsibility by fostering collaborative partnerships with the Government, Industry, NGOs, Academia and Research to benefit society as a whole.