# Six IIT Madras faculty get ANRF J C Bose Grant of Rs 25 lakh a year

2026-08-07T15:37:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

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Six faculty members from IIT Madras have won the ANRF J C Bose Grant, which gives Rs 25 lakh annually for five years to support frontier research. The recipients are Prof Sujatha Srinivasan (mechanical engineering), Prof Thalappil Pradeep and Prof Sundargopal Ghosh (chemistry), Prof Deepa Venkitesh (electrical engineering), Prof Jitendra S Sangwai (chemical engineering), and Prof Ramakrishnan Swaminathan (applied mechanics and biomedical engineering). Prof Pradeep, known for clean water technologies, is receiving his third five-year term. The grant is open to scientists aged 45 to 65 at recognised Indian institutions.

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- rediff.com <https://www.rediff.com/news/report/six-iit-madras-faculty-awarded-prestigious-anrf-j-c-bose-grant/20260807.htm>
- timesnownews.com <https://www.timesnownews.com/education/six-iit-madras-faculty-awarded-anrf-jc-bose-grant-rs-25-lakh-annual-funding-for-research-article-155366701>

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