Over 500 patents have been filed by IIT Delhi faculty and students in the last 5 years in addition to publishing over 10000 research papers in peer reviewed international journals in the same period. <br />''<br />''IIT Delhi Research Project funding from competitive research grants has also grown four times in the last 5 years, from 100 crore rupees per year in 2016 to over 400 crore rupees in 2019.<br />''<br />''IIT Delhi alumni have created close to 800 start-ups, the highest in the country as compared to alumni of any other institute.<br />''<br />''Of the close to 30 unicorns created by Indians, 15 of them are by IIT Delhi alumni alone.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' IIT Delhi alumni led start-ups have created over 30 million jobs and raised 19 billion dollars in investments.</span><br />