NIST-Berhampur to get TIFAC-CORE facility

This is the first such facility in Orissa and the only one dedicated to 3G & 4G communications technologies in the country.
BERHAMPUR: The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has announced establishment of a new TIFAC- CORE in National Institute of Science and Technology here. The TIFAC CORE is exclusively devoted to research, consultancy and industrial collaboration in the area of 3G and 4G communications technologies. This is the first such facility in Orissa and the only one dedicated to 3G/4G communications technologies in the country. This CORE, located at NIST, will be hosting the state-of-the-art world class equipment and manpower to propel Indian companies in innovating new products and services in communication technologies.

The total funding of Rs 9.15 crore will be met in equal proportion by TIFAC (DST) and the participating industries. The most notable participating industries are National Instruments, ARM, free-scale semiconductors, Atera (all Bangalore based). The agreement was signed in Coimbatore by the Director of NIST, Prof Sangram Mudali and Registrar, TIFAC, recently in the presence of Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India and Chairman-TIFAC R Chidambaram, former director of IIT, Chennai Prof V Indiresan and other luminaries. Director of NIST Prof Sangram Mudali hoped that the TIFAC CORE will propel NIST as a centre of excellence and shape it as a mini-IIT.

Sources: New Indian Express, http://www.nist.edu/