Centre for Innovation (CFI) is a ‘Student Lab’ at Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras. It was established in 2008

It is set in the building that houses the Central Workshop, right in the middle of the academic zone in the beautiful IIT Madras Campus.

It provides students the necessary platform for realizing their ideas.

A great workspace, a comprehensive inventory, ample guidance from faculty & senior-students and the zeal and passion of the CFI team make CFI a gifted asset for IIT Madras students.

Clubs-

3D Printing Club
Aero Club
Astronomy Club
Analytics Club
Auto Club
BioTech Club
Computer Vision Group
Animation Club
Electronics Club
iBot Club
Physics Club
The WebOps Club
Sahaay
Industrial Consultancy Team

Board of Advisors (BOA) of CFI-

Nandan K. Sinha
Raghuram Chetty
Prabhu Rajagopal
Sujatha Srinivasan
Sivakumar M Srinivasan
Prathap Haridoss
A Ramesh
Asokan Thondiyath
Srikanth Vedantam
Shankar Balachandran
Nitin Chandrachoodan
Ramana Prasad (Alumnus)
V Shankar (alumnus)
Dean Students
M Govardhan
Mahesh Panchagnula
V.G. Idichandy
Dean IAR

Faculty advisers-

Each club has one faculty adviser

Astronomy Club Dr.P.Sriram
Aero Club Dr. Ranjith Mohan
Electronics Club Dr. S Aniruddhan
IBot Club Dr T Asokan
CVG Dr.Balaraman Ravindran
Webops Club Dr Nitin Chandrachoodan
BioTech Club Dr. S. N. Gummadi
Team Sahaay Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan

Contact details-

Center For Innovation
Office of Dean (Students) IIT Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India