PIB-Led Team Engages with IIT Bombay Experts on Semiconductor Research, Nanotechnology, and Academic Collaborations
Zahid Wani
Mumbai, Oct 9 (KNS): A media delegation from Jammu and Kashmir, led by Naha Jalali, Director, Press Information Bureau (PIB) Jammu, and totally coordinated by PRO IIT Palgoni and officers of PIB Mumbai, right this moment visited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, one in every of India’s premier establishments for science and know-how schooling and analysis.
The delegation visited the Nanofabrication Facility on the Department of Electrical Engineering, the place Professor Swaroop Ganguly, a number one skilled in semiconductor know-how, briefed the workforce in regards to the institute’s superior analysis in lithography, semiconductor fabrication, and nanotechnology.
Prof. Ganguly defined that semiconductors have change into the “internal organs” of contemporary electronics, underlining their essential position in international know-how. Sharing his 15 years of expertise, he highlighted that almost 60 % of the world’s semiconductor manufacturing is concentrated in Taiwan, emphasizing India’s rising position on this strategic sector underneath the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s “State-Up” program.
He additionally talked about the affordable participation of scholars from Jammu and Kashmir in numerous tutorial and analysis programmes at IIT Bombay. “We are witnessing active engagement from students of J&K who are pursuing advanced education and research here,” Prof. Ganguly famous.
The workforce later toured the IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation, a state-of-the-art innovation centre inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi final 12 months. This high-security facility brings collectively {industry} and academia, encouraging joint analysis and improvement initiatives. So far, 34 corporations have signed MoUs with IIT Bombay underneath its ASPIRE program.
Officials briefed the visiting journalists that the Research Park goals to draw international and home corporations to collaborate with IIT Bombay and facilitate innovation-driven development. Established in 2017, the 14-storey constructing serves as a hub for industrial analysis and know-how incubation.
During their go to to the Deputy Director’s Office (Academics and Research), the delegation was knowledgeable about IIT Bombay’s multidisciplinary analysis ecosystem and its sturdy give attention to {industry} collaboration.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelA senior official highlighted that IIT Bombay not solely trains college students but additionally offers them with quite a few job and internship alternatives by partnerships with high corporations.
The J&Ok workforce interacted with a feminine PhD scholar from Srinagar, pursuing analysis in Chemical Engineering. She briefed the media about her modern work in biomedical units, notably in creating blood viscosity and cytometry tools to boost diagnostic instruments for most cancers and blood dysfunction sufferers.
Officials additional defined that IIT Bombay has made main strides in a number of domains from defence applied sciences to agriculture improvements. One notable breakthrough is the anti-hail gun, which has been efficiently deployed in Himachal Pradesh to guard apple crops. The institute has additionally established a know-how switch and licensing coverage to assist farmers and industries profit from its analysis outcomes.
Speaking about institutional collaborations, IIT Bombay officers stated the institute is open to analysis partnerships with universities and organizations from Jammu and Kashmir, notably in biomedical, agricultural, and renewable vitality sectors.
At the conclusion of the go to, the delegation was knowledgeable that Dr. Sharad Kumar Saraf, an alumnus of IIT Bombay, serves because the Chairman of the Board of Governors for each IIT Bombay and IIT Jammu, marking the primary time an alumnus has chaired two IITs concurrently.
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IIT Bombay,Established in 1958, IIT Bombay is India’s second IIT and one of many nation’s foremost facilities of excellence in engineering, science, and administration. Over the many years, it has developed into a world hub for superior analysis, innovation, and know-how improvement, producing among the world’s most distinguished scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. The institute’s sturdy give attention to industry-academia collaboration and cutting-edge analysis continues to place it as a frontrunner in India’s technological transformation.(KNS)