Gurjar says Industry and Academia to foster technological innovations in heavy industries
Ministry of Heavy Industries has launched six web-based technology innovation platforms, offering opportunities to industries to seek optimum solutions for technological problems from a vast pool of scientific and technical manpower in the academia.
Launched on 2 July 2021, the platforms bring together the Industry and Academia to foster technological innovations in heavy industries, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 10 Dec 2021.
The platforms are:
(i) TechNovuus, set up and maintained by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), focuses on Automotive sector (https://technovuus.araiindia.com).
(ii) SANRACHNA, set up and maintained by BHEL, is for the power sector and renewable energy sector (http://sanrachna.bhel.in).
(iii) DRISHTI, set up and maintained by Central Manufacturing Technolgy Institute (CMTI) in Bengaluru, focuses on the various technologies associated with Capital goods (http://www.drishti.cmti.res.in).
(iv) ASPIRE, set up and maintained by International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), is for Automotive Technologies development (http://www.aspire.icat.in).
(v) KITE, set up and maintained by AMTDC-IIT Madras, focuses on Robotics and Virtual Reality, Machine Tools (https://kite.iitm.ac.in).
(vi) SURGE, set up and maintained by HMT MTL Ltd – IISc Bangalore, is a Technology Innovation Platform focussing on Machine Tools sector (http://www.surgeindia.in). fiinews.com
