India, Sept. 23 -- Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, has collaborated with American multinational manufacturing firm Caterpillar Inc. to conduct joint research on cutting-edge technologies.

Bhuvan Anandakrishnan, Vice President-Engineering and Country Manager, Caterpillar Inc., India, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Prof. Manu Santhanam, Dean (ICSR), IIT Madras, and Prof. Shaikh Faruque Ali, Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, among other stakeholders, signed the Mou in August 2025. The American multinational firm will be IIT Madras 'Global University Partner'.

As per a press statement issued by the Institute, the meeting was virtually attended by the key Caterpillar personnel from the US. The ...