What works in Chennai
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Evidence snapshot for Chennai
Chennai is home to IIT Madras Research Park & Incubation Cell, which has incubated 511+ startups valued over ₹53,000 crore (~$6bn) and created 11,000+ jobs by December 2025. The city's IIT Madras Research Park & Technology Transfer Office expanded this portfolio to 567 cumulative startups (₹74,100 crore/~US$8bn) with two unicorns and an IPO, while filing 431 patents in FY2025-26 and licensing 27 IP assets to industry partners. Additionally, Chennai-based Avaz, founded by an IIT Madras graduate, developed India's first augmentative and alternative communication app for non-verbal children in six regional languages, winning the President's National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in 2010.
Drawn from: IIT Madras Research Park & Incubation Cell · IIT Madras Research Park & Technology Transfer Office · Avaz — India's First AAC App Giving Non-Verbal Children a Voice in Six Regional Languages
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +50 pts 100 here · 50 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +41 pts 100 here · 59 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Sustainability / continuity +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Scalability +20 pts 83 here · 64 average
Innovation +8 pts 71 here · 63 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 42 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Evaluation evidence -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Chennai. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
IIT Madras Research Park & Incubation Cell · 81
IIT Madras Research Park & Technology Transfer Office · 71
Avaz — India's First AAC App Giving Non-Verbal Children a Voice in Six Regional Languages · 56
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more