IIT Kanpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) signed a MoU on 15th October 2015 to further research collaboration between the two organisations. TCS Innovation Day was held on this occasion to explore the possibility of carrying out collaborative research with IIT Kanpur in the areas of mutual interests. Several proposals including one on ICME National Hub was presented during this workshop. The event was concluded with an Institute Lecture by Mr. Ananth on 'Digital Forces combine to create Innovation at the Intersections'. (IIT Kanpur News Letter)
Dr. Gerald Tennyson, Scientist, TRDDC, TCS, delivered a talk on "Modelling of microstructure evolution during intercritical annealing and prediction of mechanical properties in low carbon steels - an integrated approach" on April 19, 2016.
Prof. Jainagesh A. Sekhar, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati delivered a talk on "The genesis of dynamic shapes" on February 17, 2017.
ICME National Hub @IIT Kanpur was inaugurated by Mr. Ananth Krishnan, CTO, Tata Consultancy Services in presence of Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur on March 2, 2017 (Press Release).
First Joint Program Committee (JPC) - Management Committee (MC) meeting of ICME National Hub was held on July 24, 2017.
Dr. B. P. Gautham, Principal Scientist, TRDDC, TCS and his team visited ICME National Hub for interaction and discussion on collaborative research on December 13, 2017.