IIT Madras’ Global Hyperloop Competition 2025 started today
The Hindu
Join 200 students and 150 industry delegates at GHC 2025, Asia's first Hyperloop competition hosted by IIT Madras.
Ten Hyperloop teams, comprising 200 students of newly-founded and experienced teams, are competing in the Global Hyperloop Competition (GHC) 2025 being organized by the IIT Madras. Additionally, the event will host 150 industry delegates from across the world, representing the mobility, research, and hyperloop sectors.
It is Asia’s first international Hyperloop competition and is being held from 21st to 25th at ‘Discovery,’ IIT Madras’ Satellite Campus located in Thaiyur, about 36 km from the main campus. GHC 2025 is set to position India at the heart of hyperloop innovation. It is aimed at uniting global talent, industry leaders, and researchers, fostering collaboration, innovation, and real-world implementation of hyperloop technology.
Hyperloop is the 5th mode of transportation, a high-speed train that travels in a near-vacuum tube. The reduced air resistance allows the capsule inside the tube to reach speeds of more than 1000 km/h. Mr. Elon Musk, who heads SpaceX and Tesla, proposed the idea of Hyperloop to the world in 2013 through a whitepaper – ‘Hyperloop Alpha.’
The competition is being conducted by IIT Madras, IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation and SAE India, with additional support from the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.
Welcoming the participants, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “Days are not far off when our country will realise very fast hyperloop connectivity between important destinations across our nation.”
A key objective of the event is to showcase and propagate hyperloop concepts worldwide, fostering a transformative spirit among young minds in the field of transportation. The competition will be held at IIT Madras’ unique Hyperloop test infrastructure, a state-of-the-art facility built with the support of Indian Railways, ArcelorMittal, L&T and HindalCo.
IIT Madras has focused on hyperloop research for the past seven years. The institute has a student-run hyperloop test tube and track, spanning 422 meters at the Discovery Campus.
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