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Dr Anita Aggarwal, Scientist F, TEC programme Coordinator, Department of Science and Technology, GoI visited the DST NU-TEC Centre, Mangaluru on 20th November, 2021. A meeting was organized at the center which brought together various academic institutions and industries who were in active interaction with TEC at Nitte (DU). The academic institutions included NITK, Surathkal, St Josephs Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Canara Engineering College, Benjanapadavu, SDM College Ujire, Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Moodabidri. The industries represented were Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Limited (CAMPCO), Mangalore Biotech Laboratory and Ishanya Beverages. Dr Anita Aggarwal appreciated the role of TEC in enabling the technologies that were displayed at the center and strongly recommended for the technologies to be taken forward for commercialization at the earliest. She highlighted the initiative by DST through the establishment of TECs that provided the much-needed thrust to the transfer of bench work research to technology. This would further lead to the emergence of startups and entrepreneurship skills among the youth. After a brief interaction with the TEC staff, she had an interactive session with the academic and industrial partners who attended the meeting. She presented the core mandates of DST, the various programs and schemes under the DST umbrella, vision behind establishing TEC in the university system, objectives and activities of TEC for social relevance. Representatives from industries and institution shared their experience with TEC, Nitte (DU) during the interactive session. The academic partners presented their problems related to DST project submissions and clarified all their doubts. Dr Anita Aggarwal explained the various opportunities that DST provides for research, technology development and transfer in areas of health technologies, agritech and aquaculture technologies. She emphasized that with a resourceful institute like Nitte (DU) and team strength, she hopes all institutes and industries in the region to take advantage of the TEC.

Event Date : 2021-11-20

Venue : DST NU-TEC

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