The Centre For Innovation (CFI) is the student lab setup with an aim to serve as a launchpad for the ideas of the students of IIT Madras. CFI provides a platform for the students to showcase their project ideas and plans, and to see them through the whole process of making their idea a concrete reality, by providing them with a workspace, comprehensive inventory and guidance and assistance whenever necessary. It houses thirteen clubs, under which any project that is accepted by CFI can be categorised.