- The Telecommunications and Networking Group
- Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India
- InfoDev
- IFMR Trust
- LIRNEasia
- Tata Teleservices Limited
- Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council
Established a decade ago, the TeNeT Group is today a coalition of 14 faculty from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering Departments of IIT-Madras who work together towards a few common goals in research and product development. The focus is to address pressing needs of India and other developing countries by market-driven product development, strengthening of Indian telecom/networking industry, technical training and education, and driving telecom/IT policy. Its vision is "World-class Technology at an Affordable Price".
Department of Science & Technology (DST) was established in May 1971, with the objective of promoting new areas of Science & Technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organising, coordinating and promoting S&T activities in the country.
infoDev is a global development financing program among international development agencies, coordinated and served by an expert Secretariat housed in the Global ICT Department (GICT) of the World Bank, one of its key donors and founders. It acts as a neutral convener of dialogue, and as a coordinator of joint action among bilateral and multilateral donors—supporting global sharing of information on ICT for development (ICT4D), and helping to reduce duplication of efforts and investments.
IFMR Trust is a private trust whose mission is to ensure that every individual and every enterprise in India has complete access to financial services. Working with several partners IMFR advocates for system changing that would enable development of an inclusive financial system. It strengthens its efforts by research and operations in all those areas where Indian financial system has failed to evolve effective models and the need for demonstrated success is high. It has a very strong understanding of mainstream markets.
LIRNEasia is a regional information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific. It’s mission is to to improve the lives of the people of the emerging Asia-Pacific by facilitating their use of ICTs and related infrastructures; by catalyzing the reform of laws, policies and regulations to enable those uses through the conduct of policy-relevant research, training and advocacy with emphasis on building in-situ expertise.
Tata Teleservices Limited spearheads the Tata Group's presence in the telecom sector. It has a presence in the GSM space, through its joint venture with NTT DOCOMO of Japan, and offers differentiated products and services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name.
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) is an autonomous organization set up in 1988 under the Department of Science & Technology to look ahead in technologies, assess the technology trajectories, and support technology innovation by network actions in select technology areas of national importance.