"Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has signed MoUs with National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk and Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg", a statement said.
The agreements address various aspects of collaboration between the institutions including exchange of students, faculty, joint workshops and joint research in disciplines of mutual interest, it said.
IIT-Madras, Director, Baskar Ramamurthi said, "I am sure our collaborative efforts will lead to innovative and impactful work."
IIT-M Dean, International and Alumni relations, R Nagarajan said, "We will explore large-scale collaborations with the support of industry, as well as governmental funding agencies..