The course being launched by Monolith and IIT Madras is open to all those who have background in engineering. It is also for those students who are currently enrolled in engineering degrees anywhere in India.

Professor Devendra is the chairman of Centre For Continuing Education (CCE) at IIT Madras and Mr. Yathirajan is the director of Monolith Research and Training Labs.

Monolith Research and Training Labs is an associate company of Monolith Asia which is a leading Japanese media communication technology company.

Course
The course is being coordinated by IIT Madras by the Centre of Excellence on Virtual Reality and Haptics which is setup under the ‘Institution of Eminence’ initiative of Government of India.

Unique aspects
Professor M. Manivannan of Department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Madras spoke about the unique aspects about the programme that is being launched by IIT Madras and Monolith Research and Training Labs.

Virtual Reality is inherently a practical and an interdisciplinary course. Offering such an experiential and interdisciplinary course online is quite challenging, said Professor Manivannan.

Both IIT Madras and Monolith have taken this as a challenge to offer this course for the first time in India, he said.

The course is offered as a part of IoE-CoE on VR and Haptics at IITM which is India’s first Research and Product Innovation centre for XR and haptics technology, also known as Experiential Technology Innovation Center (XTIC.org).

Yathirajan Varadharajan
Director of Monolith Mr. Yathirajan Varadharajan said experiential and immersive technology is rapidly developing and transforming key industries from architecture and engineering to healthcare and media production.

Various studies and research papers on immersive technology suggests that it has the potential to boost the global economy by US$ 1.5 trillion by adding 23 million jobs globally including new jobs that do not exist now or by enhancing the existing jobs by 2030, said director of Monolith.

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This economic growth is under a threat due to the lack of availability of skilled resources for employers across the globe, said director of Monolith.

Mr. Yathirajan further said their MoU with IIT Madras strengthens the vision of Monolith to create a learning path in emerging technologies and provide visibility to employment opportunities present across the APAC region for its learners.

This advanced diploma program shall be available for students/freshers with minimum bachelor’s degrees or for working professionals who are aspiring to upskill in immersive technologies.

XR technologies
More common technologies adapt XR technologies to provide stunning visual experiences to users. Recently product development, visualization, learning and development have seen a major push to advance and enable remote and visual experience to the user.

Application
The application for this course being launched by IIT Madras and Monolith Research And Training Labs will be available from November 2021 and the first batch will commence from January 2022. The annual intake of this course being launched by Monolith and IIT Madras will be 50 students.

Monolith Research And Training Labs, an associate company of Monolith Technologies Private Limited provides niche courses in the media and emerging technologies across APAC.

Monolith has branch offices across India in Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR. Monolith’s associate companies are spread across eight countries in the APAC (Japan, China, Hong Kong, Republic Of Korea, Singapore, Australia, India) and EMEA (United Kingdom) region.

About IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’

The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.

The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.

IITM is a residential institute with more than 600 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here. IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.

IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the third consecutive year in India Ranking 2021 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019 and 2020. ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education.

Last date to submit applications was extended till 12 March 2025 from its earlier 10 March 2025.

The registration process began on 20 February 2025, hall tickets will be available for download from 10 April onwards.

Candidates who have successfully completed their KEAM 2025 registration will be able to download admit cards.

This is for the students who desire to seek admission into engineering, architecture, pharmacy, and architecture courses in colleges across Kerala.

There are many in India who wish to join the academic programs mentioned above after finishing plus-two and the state of Kerala is no exception to this.

The Commissioner of Entrance Exams (CEE) of the Government of Kerala will be conducting the test.

What is the KEAM 2025 exam?

The full name of the exam is Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Exam, it is a state-level exam conducted once a year. KEAM 2025 is meant to be held this year (2025).

The exam is conducted in offline mode and answers have to be registered on a separate answer sheet at the designated test center. The questions in KEAM 2025 would be related to maths, physics, and chemistry.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

There will be two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2, Paper 1 has questions related to physics and chemistry. Paper 2 will have questions from mathematics.

Students who wish to join engineering in graduation have to appear for both papers. Aspirants to the pharmacy course have to appear for Paper 2.

Aspirants seeking admission into Ayurveda, Veterinary, Siddha, and MBBS courses shall pass NEET UG and then apply for KEAM 2025.

Aspirants of BArch course have to pass NATA of CoA and then apply for KEAM 2025.

Who can take up KEAM 2025 registration?

Candidates who have passed plus-two from a recognized educational institution can take up KEAM 2025 registration. It is nothing but applying for the exam.

Subjects in the plus-two must be from the science stream, engineering aspirants have to pass plus-two with maths, physics, and chemistry as subjects.

Those targeting medical, and pharmacy courses have to pass plus-two with subjects such as biology, physics and chemistry. Students who are appearing for plus-two or who have appeared and are waiting for the results can also apply.

They have to, however, pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission. The applicants must be a native of Kerala, and applicants coming under the non-Keralities category also can apply, provided they fulfil certain conditions.

How to take up KEAM 2025 registration?

The process to undertake KEAM 2025 registration is online. Candidates have to visit the official website of KEAM 2025 at ‘https://cee.kerala.gov.in/keamonline2025/’ to submit applications.

The URL mentioned earlier has to be typed into the browser and the webpage must be allowed to download. Once the webpage is downloaded, candidates can read the information about the exam and then click the link for KEAM 2023 registration and create an account comprising a username and password.

Post account creation, candidates can log in and fill out the application form, pay the registration fees and then submit the application form.

Students who pass KEAM with the required qualifying marks can apply for counselling where they choose the college and course. Those who get the seat can pay the fees and join the course.

The process associated with the counselling will be informed on the official website at the appropriate time, the time for the process to start would be after the declaration of results for KEAM. Students who have passed the test with the required qualifying marks can visit the official websites periodically for updates.

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