Govt opening Research Parks at IITs to promote Science and Technology: Dr. Subhas Sarkar

Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar said in the Parliament that the government is opening Research Park to promote Science & Technology and augment Research ecosystem.

In a written reply given in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar said that the government is opening Research Park in various IITs to promote Science & Technology and augment the Research ecosystem.

"The Government had sanctioned establishment of Research Parks at IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar and IISc Bangalore to augment the research ecosystem in the country. The research parks at IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Delhi are functional and others are in advanced stages of completion," he said.

"The main objectives of these Research Park are to have research collaboration with top-rated industries, to enable entrepreneurship and incubation of students and building strong academic linkages for the same, to increase outreach of academic content to industry and enabling industry to add value to academic programme through close collaborations etc. To achieve the various objectives of Research Parks, these are normally established at Higher Educational Institutions of the country," added the reply.

In March 2018, the government approved setting up 9 Research Parks one each at IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, and IISc Bangalore. IIT Madras Research Park, which is fully functional with 43 R&D clients, 4 Incubators, 55 Startups, and 5 Centres of Excellence was established at a total cost of INR 447.66 crore, which includes grants-in-aid of INR 137 crore from the Government.

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