Lok Sabha Question No. 3293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Innovative Projects
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Richard Hay

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3293

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 22.03.2017

## INNOVATIVE  PROJECTS

## 3293 PROF.  RICHARD  HAY:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the innovative projects conceived and developed by the autonomous organisations funded by Government during the last three years;
- (b) the overall financial investment made in these organisations by the Government during the last three years;
- (c) the financial viability of the project undertaken and the percentage of projects which have been commercialised; and
- (d) the valuation for patents that have been received from these projects in the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): 162 R&D/Innovative projects have been conceived and developed by MeitY's autonomous organisations during the last three years. The list of such projects is at Annexure.
- (b): The Government has provided core grant support of Rs. 582.42 Crores to MeitY's R&D autonomous organisations in financial years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16.
- (c) and (d): As against the core grant provided by MeitY to its R&D autonomous organisations, they have generated Rs. 1320.58 Crores as Internal and External Budgetary Resources (IEBR). The  funded  R&D/innovative  projects  to  autonomous  R&D  organisations  have  resulted  in commercialization of 50 such projects and also resulting in filing/granting of 85 patents.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Innovative Projects undertaken in last 3 years                                                                         |
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|         1 | Energy Market Services for SLDCs of NER States                                                                                     |
|         2 | PKI Body of Knowledge                                                                                                              |
|         3 | Early Fire Detection (EFD) and Safe Exit Guidance System                                                                           |
|         4 | e-Governance Analytics Platform (eGAP) for CBSE schools                                                                            |
|         5 | Establishing Research Laboratories using C-DAC Lab kits in North East Region Educational Institutes (SCADA Lab)                    |
|         6 | Enhanced Decryption Tool on Heterogeneous Platform (17.03.2015 to 16.03.2017)                                                      |
|         7 | An Ecosystem for Active Participation in Internet Standard Organizations                                                           |
|         8 | Development of Technologies for Security Testing and Validation Methodologies for Cryptographic Modules                            |
|         9 | Design and Development of Systems and Solutions for Smart Cities, using Internet of Things                                         |
|        10 | Development of Security solution for defense against attacks in Virtualization &Hypervisor technologies for Cloud Computing        |
|        11 | Online ABT Meter based System for SLDC Meghalaya                                                                                   |
|        12 | Capacity Buildings In IT Skills of Schdule Tribes- Chattisgarh                                                                     |
|        13 | Capacity Buildings In IT Skills of Schdule Tribes- ANADAMAN                                                                        |
|        14 | Framework for Health Care Analytics                                                                                                |
|        15 | Boss Linux Enhancement                                                                                                             |
|        16 | Design and Development of Systems and Solutions of samrt cities using Internet of Things                                           |
|        17 | Digital Library in Bhutan                                                                                                          |
|        18 | Leprosy Eradication Programme Monitoring and Performance Assessment (LEPMPA)                                                       |
|        19 | Pilot project on IT enabled operation, maintenance &awareness of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Registry (SICLDR) |
|        20 | "Promotion and Awareness of ESDM Policies of DeitY"                                                                                |
|        21 | "Centre for e-Governance (CeG) Management"                                                                                         |
|        22 | Setting up of Centre for Excellence in Information Technology Skills at TURKMENISTAN                                               |
|        23 | setting up of IT Training Center at Equador                                                                                        |
|        24 | PROJ-PERU                                                                                                                          |
|        25 | Proj Coasta Rica Dominica and Pananama                                                                                             |
|        26 | India Palestine CEICT Centre                                                                                                       |
|        27 | Proj Arusha Tanzania                                                                                                               |
|        28 | Proj CLMV/ASEAN                                                                                                                    |
|        29 | Information Security Education Awareness-General Awareness-Phase II-Academic                                                       |
|        30 | Information Security Education Awareness-Phase II-Government Officials Training                                                    |
|        31 | Information Security Education Awareness-General Awareness-Phase II-Awareness Programme                                            |
|        32 | Information Security Education Awareness-General Awareness-Phase II-Institutional Mechanism for Implementation                     |
|        33 | Design and Development of Mobile Based Educational Applications in Indian Languages (Mobile Apps)                                  |
|        34 | Setting up of National Digital Crime Resource and Training Centre (NDCRTC) at SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad               |
|        35 | Safety Alert Systems using Dedicated Short Range Communication for on Road Vehicles" (Safe Drive)                                  |
|        36 | Design and Development of a solution of Detecting Malware in Embedded Systems (EMBEDED SEC)                                        |
|        37 | Information Security Education Awareness-Phase II-Participating Institute                                                          |
|        38 | Information Security Education Awareness-Phase II-Government Officials Training                                                    |
|        39 | Design and Development of Systems and Solutions for Smart Cities Using Internet of Things (IOT)                                    |

|   40. | Development of Secure Mobile Emial, Voice, SMS and Mobile Device Management solution for Government Users (Meghdoot)                                                                                                                  |
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|    41 | Development of Pronunciation Lexicon and Based on Experimental Study of Phonetics and Phonemics of Indian Languages (C-DAC Kolkata Consortium Leader)                                                                                 |
|    42 | Speech-based Access for Agricultural Commodity Prices in Bengali Language - Phase II                                                                                                                                                  |
|    43 | IT Oriented Handloom Sector Development Program for creative design, development &deployment by Artisans / Weavers& enhancement of Marketability through Web Portal for Handlooms of Jharkhand &Odisha States (Jharkhand- Odisha-CAD) |
|    44 | Indegenous magnetic resonance imaging ( IMRI) - A National Mission ( Swadeshi Chumkayia Anunand Chitran), Sub project MRVitualization                                                                                                 |
|    45 | Development of Computersied assitive system capable of improving human emotion recognition for person suffering from autism                                                                                                           |
|    46 | DISC ( Mission for developing digitally inclusive and smart community)                                                                                                                                                                |
|    47 | Bio Sensory computing for detection of pesticide in Tea                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    48 | studies on detection of cancer , processing infrared images and devloping appropriate instrumentation system for initial deployment in NE States                                                                                      |
|    49 | Quality evaluation of Litchi fruit using E-vision and E-Nose System                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    50 | Non-Destructive Quality analysis of fruits using Acoustic Sensing                                                                                                                                                                     |
|    51 | Development of analysis tools for videos and other steganographed objects                                                                                                                                                             |
|    52 | Centralized E-Auction Portal for North East States                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    53 | Capacity Development on Mobile Forensics Investigations and Creation of Resource Center for the Northeastern Police Forces                                                                                                            |
|    54 | Deployment of Automatic Speaker Recognition System on Conversational Speech Data for North-Eastern states                                                                                                                             |
|    55 | Development of Translation Tools (English to Bengali, and English to KokBorok) for Government Use with Institution Linked Deployment towards the Empowerment of Common Citizens of Tripura                                            |
|    56 | Integrated Automation System for black tea manufactuiring at Bramhakund Tea Processing Factory Tripura                                                                                                                                |
|    57 | IT enabled Computer aided design ( CAD) for weavers and artisans of Silchar Assam                                                                                                                                                     |
|    58 | D&D of Broadband Networks                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    59 | PHR Management System                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    60 | D&D Conti.Flow Hydro.Sys.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    61 | ISEA Phase II                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    62 | m-Enablement of Government Departments Through Mobile Seva                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    63 | National Digital Locker System                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    64 | Citizen Contact Centre (CCC) - Sampark                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    65 | Rollout of Online Labs (OLabs) for schools                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    66 | eSangam: e Governance Services Integration Framework                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|    67 | ENHANCING THE OUTREACH OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM e-LEARNING                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    68 | IMPACT ASSSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION DEV.ENTERPRE                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    69 | SETTING UP OF ACEBER FORENSICS TRG.FACILITY (UTTARAKAND POLICE)                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    70 | ISEA PHASE-II                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    71 | Min.of Health &Family Welfare (Dev.& Maint.of Dashboard for DVDMS)                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    72 | Design &Delivery &Online Courses thrl Virtual Class-NIT Manipur                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    73 | CES-DeitY Flood                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    74 | DISC - CES Group,Pune                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    75 | Spectral Decomposition of Seismic Data                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    76 | Establishment of Centre of Excellence in IPR-IV (GIST)                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    77 | Certification Schemes Compliance EHR Standards (MIG)                                                                                                                                                                                  |

|   78. | Clinical Record Integration Platform (MIG)                                                                                                                                           |
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|    79 | Development of Software Solution in Sikkim                                                                                                                                           |
|    80 | Sms CompressionTechniques in Indian Language (GIST)                                                                                                                                  |
|    81 | IT Framework Verification of Authenticity Medicine (ACTS)                                                                                                                            |
|    82 | National Roll Out of E Services of ECI Project (GIST)                                                                                                                                |
|    83 | Data Centre Ph - II Project (GIST)                                                                                                                                                   |
|    84 | BIONIC - BIG IMAGING DATA APPROACH - (MIG)                                                                                                                                           |
|    85 | HASTAKSHARA : AN ONLINE DIGITAL SIGNING FACILITY                                                                                                                                     |
|    86 | INTERNATIONAL PATENT PROTECTION IN E&IT                                                                                                                                              |
|    87 | IP AWARENESS WORKSHOP/SEMINARS (GIST)                                                                                                                                                |
|    88 | IPR-INDIA-EUROPE CONFERENCE (GIST)                                                                                                                                                   |
|    89 | NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION - NSM                                                                                                                                                |
|    90 | Development of Recomb BCG Vaccine for cattle TB Ctrl                                                                                                                                 |
|    91 | ICAR Modeling Network of Gene Responses                                                                                                                                              |
|    92 | Numerical Investigation Using HPC                                                                                                                                                    |
|    93 | Indo-Russia Seminar18th -20th Nov 2014                                                                                                                                               |
|    94 | Near-Real-Time Urban Flood Forecasting Sys                                                                                                                                           |
|    95 | NRB - Marine Forecast Data Dissemisation                                                                                                                                             |
|    96 | Weather Information Service Kerala                                                                                                                                                   |
|    97 | Interium National Release Centre (INRC) (MIG)                                                                                                                                        |
|    98 | AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT-DSS URBAIR INDIA                                                                                                                                              |
|    99 | Interium National Release Centre (INRC) (MIG) PH-II                                                                                                                                  |
|   100 | NOVEL MALARIA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM                                                                                                                                                    |
|   101 | ODISHA TELEMEDICINE E-ICU (MIG)                                                                                                                                                      |
|   102 | Virtual Museum - Dr.B.R.Ambedkar                                                                                                                                                     |
|   103 | Development of Thermal Sensor Based Monitoring System for the Early Detection and Screening of Breast Cancer [ MSBC] - CIG196D                                                       |
|   104 | Monitoring System for Guruvayoor Sewer Network Phase - I [MSGSN] - CIG197S                                                                                                           |
|   105 | SDR Development Platform for Researchers and Academia [SDR - DP] - BCG062D                                                                                                           |
|   106 | Software Defined Radio[SDR] Development Platform for Researchers and Academia [Technical Support for BCG062D] [SDRP[TS BCG062D] ] - SEG101D                                          |
|   107 | Telemedicine facility for Medical College Manjeri [ TM-MC Manjeri] - HSG013S                                                                                                         |
|   108 | Directorate of Economics and Statistics core Application Software [ DESCAS] - HSG014S                                                                                                |
|   109 | Automation System for Kovur Sugar Factory, Nellore [ ASKSF] - CIG200D                                                                                                                |
|   110 | Design and Development of Universal Analog Input Module and HART compatible Input-Output Modules [ UNIO] - CIG202D                                                                   |
|   111 | Diabetic Retinopathy Identification Software for Timely Intervention [ DRISTI] - HSG016D                                                                                             |
|   112 | Biomedical Signal Analyzer for Seizure Prediction [ BMSA-SP] - HSG017D                                                                                                               |
|   113 | Design and Development of a Compact Cost effective Brix Meter for Sugar Industry Proof of Concept [ Brix] - CIG203D                                                                  |
|   114 | Enterprise Logistics Application [ELAV2][ENAMS] - SDS507C                                                                                                                            |
|   115 | ICT Based Integrated Assessment Tool for Differently Abled Persons Phase -II [ Punarjani Ph II ] - BCG063D                                                                           |
|   116 | Development of LVDC Architecture [ LVDC] - PEG115D                                                                                                                                   |
|   117 | Investigations on Gallium Nitride[GaN] devices for Power Electronics Switching Applications and Design and Development of High frequency GaN Converter topology [GaN-SMPS] - PEG114D |

| 118.      | Study of Software Defined Networks For a New Networking Era [ SDN_STUDY] - BCG064D                                                                                  |
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| 119.      | Safety Alert Systems using Dedicated Short Range Communication for on Road Vechicles [ SAFE DRIVE] - CIG204D                                                        |
| 120.      | Wide Area Monitoring Using Phasor Measurement Units [WAM] - PEG116D                                                                                                 |
| 121.      | Advanced Automation and Process Optimization System for 1200TPD Malabar Cements Factory at Walayar, Palakkad [ Automation MCL] - CIG205D                            |
| 122.      | Submarine Echo Sounder MK1 [SES MK1] - SEG105S                                                                                                                      |
| 123.      | Implementation of Net Zero Energy Building [NZEB] using Non Conventional Source &Energy Management Systems [NZEB] - PEG118D                                         |
| 124.      | Medium Voltage Drive with Selective Harmonic Compensation [MVD] - PEG117D                                                                                           |
| 125.      | Devpt. Of Solar Charge Controller Unit for Telecom Application [SPVCCU] - PEG119D                                                                                   |
| 126.      | Cyber Crime Case Analysis [CCCA] - CFS013X                                                                                                                          |
| 127.      | Cyber Forensics Training [CFT] - CFS012X                                                                                                                            |
| 128.      | Technology Transfer Centre - PEG121D                                                                                                                                |
| 129.      | Development of Cyber Security Test bed Specifications and Test Methodologies for Industrial Control Systems - CIG206D                                               |
| 130.      | Wireless Internet Protocol enabled time slotted and channel loping Sensor Network [ WIPSen] - CIG207D                                                               |
| 131.      | Telemedicine for Central and Open Prisons - HSG020S                                                                                                                 |
| 132.      | MRI Software System for "Indigenous Magnetic Resonance imaging - A National Mission" - SEG112D                                                                      |
| 133.      | Reconstruction and UI Software System for Indigenous Magnetic Resonance Imaging - HSG021D                                                                           |
| 134.      | Medical Imaging Work Station for Virtual Endoscopy - HSG019S                                                                                                        |
| 135.      | Design and Development of Single-Phase/Three Phase Smart Energy Meters for Indian Power Network - PEG120D                                                           |
| 136.      | Implimentation of Information Security Educational Awareness Project Phase - II - SDS508D                                                                           |
| 137.      | DARPAN S2 NMS For Ministry of Home Affairs - BCG066M                                                                                                                |
| 138.      | Design and Development of System and Solutions for Smart Cities, Using Internet of Things - CIG208D                                                                 |
| 139.      | Development of Assistive Reading Tool Malayalam for Visually Impaired [ ART- SRM] - LTS007S                                                                         |
| 140.      | Consultancy Services For Setting up Of Cyber Forensics Laboratory at Electronics Corporation Of India Limited [CFL- ECIL] - CFS014C                                 |
| 141.      | Setting up of Test bed for Cyber Threats and Situational Awareness [T SAP] - ITS007D                                                                                |
| 142.      | Online Coal Dust Suppression System for Opencast Mines [ CDSS] - CIG212C                                                                                            |
| 143.      | Development Production and supply of Microwave Substrates for High Power Microwave amplifiers                                                                       |
| 144.      | Development of preparation of carbon Aerogel and Development of Aerocapacitor for Electronics applications                                                          |
| 145.      | Development and Pilot Production of Nano-ZnO for Electronics and Deep-desulphurization Catalyst applications                                                        |
| 146.      | Dev. of graphene super capacitors for power electronics                                                                                                             |
| 147.      | Development of Pilot production of Nano-PZT compositions and Piezoceramic components for Underwater SONAR Transducers, Ultrasonic cleaners and Medical applications |
| 148.      | Development and Pilot Production of high permittivity and low loss Ceramic filled PTFE substrates for microwave circuit applications                                |
| 149.      | Development of light triggered graphene/polymer nanocomposite actuators                                                                                             |
| 150.      | Establishment of extended pilot plant facility for preparation of 320 Kg per annum Hafnium Sponge                                                                   |
| 151. 152. | Silicon Carbide Single Crystal bulk Growth Process Development                                                                                                      |
| 153.      |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 154.      | Environmentally Sound Methods for Recovery of Metals from Printed Circuit cards (PCBs) Phase-II                                                                     |
| 155.      | Development of prototype Aprons, glass, sheets and curtains from lead free X-ray Absorbing materials.                                                               |
| 156.      |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 157.      | Development of optical isolators using quantum dots based photonic glasses                                                                                          |

|   158. | Development of active materials (Cathode and Anode) for high energy density Lithium-ion Cell/ Battery with fabrication of Prototype cell                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|    159 | In-house development of photo-conducting paste (using semiconductor nanostructures) for exploration in photo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    160 | "NASSCOM-ERNET Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Internet of Things (IoT)"- A project funded by MeitY under PPP model                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|    161 | The PoC of TV White Space Technology was conducted at 05 locations with objective of testing the communication losses & provision of internet with ease. Now ERNET India wants to extend the PoC of TV White Space Technology using products of different OEM's and facilitating the Internet connectivity over TV White Space over wider coverage. |
|    162 | A prototype has been developed using Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on open standards to demonstrate real-time water flow metering and water quality monitoring. This prototype enables seamless transmission &access to collect data over internet for further analysis by the water supply authorities.                                |