Message From Director

Prof. V. Kamakoti

Director, IIT Madras

❝ The EML series of lectures is one of the prominent initiatives taken up by the students of IIT Madras to create awareness about the varied aspects of social and professional life outside the campus. In this series, the Institute has hosted many expert speakers and visionaries from different walks of life who have inspired the student community by sharing their experiences.

"I wish the EML team the best in their explorative journey of scaling new territories and heights.❞

About Us

The Extra-Mural Lectures (EML) is the flagship lecture body of IIT Madras that focuses on enhancing the learning of the students beyond the classroom. The EML series of IIT Madras was launched in the early 1980s by a group of enterprising students with strong encouragement and support from the institute. Over the years, this group has expanded into a formal student body that has been amplifying its outreach to the students at large. We inherit a strong legacy of innovative initiatives like EML Social and EML Omnibus.The team takes pride in having invited and given the IITM Student community the opportunity to interact with distinguished personalities like Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Ms Indra Nooyi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mr Kailash Satyarthi, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mr A R Rahman, Mr Viswanathan Anand, Mr Eleanor Catton, Mr SS Rajamouli and several others. The EML sessions arein the form of interactive lectures, debates, and discussions around topics concerning science, arts, culture and society, aiming at covering as diverse fields as possible.

Mission and Vision

The EML team focuses on enhancing the personalities of students and the campus community by providing them with an opportunity for meaningful conversations and thought-provoking debates with the best minds in fields of contemporary interest.

The team also intends to enhance the students' overall general and intellectual development, apart from curricular programs they engage in that would set the foundation for their career and life after college.

All in all, a major part of the EML mandate is to contribute to the overall college experience that the students on campus have and make it memorable and worthy enough for them to carry the legacy ahead and beyond IIT Madras.