Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Technology Innovation Hubs
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2822

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15/12/2021

## TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION HUBS

## 2822. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

मंğी

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ be pleased to state:

- (a) the progress towards the mandate given to Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS);
- (b) the details of funds allocated to each of the hubs, year-wise since the establishment of NM-ICPS;
- (c) the  number  of  Start-ups  which  have  been  incubated  and  their status at present;
- (d) the details of the manner in which individual technologies of such hubs are being aggregated to resolve the existing security requirements/gaps; and
- (e)
- the criteria for choosing 25 TIHs?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ तथा पृØवी ǒव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार)

(डॉ. ǔजतɅġ िसंह)

- (a) The progress made towards the mandate given to Technology Innovation  Hubs  (TIHs)  under  National  Mission  on  Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) are in the broad areas of Technology  Development,  Entrepreneurship  Development,  Human Resource Development and International Collaboration.  The progress and achievements made by the 25 TIHs is as given below:

|   a. | Mission Parameters           |   Mission Targets |   Achieved Targets |
|------|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | Technology Development       |              6824 |                496 |
|    2 | Entrepreneurship Development |            256182 |               1073 |
|    3 | Human Resource Development   |             30694 |               2024 |
|    4 | International Collaboration  |               101 |                 32 |

- (b) The details  of  Fund  allocation  to  each  of  the  hubs,  year  wise since establishment of NM-ICPS is given in Annexure I.
- (c) Presently, 54 number of start-ups are identified and incubated.
- (d) & (e) The existing security requirements/gaps are met through a Technology  Innovation  Hub  (TIH)  on  Cyber  Security  established  at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.  The Hub at IIT, Kanpur is the aggregating point and they in touch with other TIHs are to develop the  technologies  for  resolving  the  existing  security  requirements. Criteria for choosing 25 TIHs are:
1. National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) and the rank obtained by the Host Institute.
2. Faculty Expertise in given Technology Vertical.
3. Space and Infrastructure availability to be given to TIH.
4. No. of Publications, patents etc. in CPS technologies.

## Annexure I

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| S No   | Name of Host Institute                                                        | Budget allocation (in Rs Crore)   | Budget allocation (in Rs Crore)     | Budget released (in Rs. Crores)   | Budget released (in Rs. Crores)   | Budget released (in Rs. Crores)   | Budget allocation (in Rs Crore)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S No   | Name of Host Institute                                                        | Year 1                            | Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5         | Total I st Release                | 2 nd Release                      | Total                             |                                   |
| 1      | AI4ICPS I-Hub Foundation, IIT Kharagpur                                       |                                   | 22.2538.0045.0036.0028.75170.007.25 |                                   | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 2      | Tih Foundation For Iot And Ioe, IIT Bombay                                    |                                   | 22.2557.0068.0019.003.75            | 170.007.25                        | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 3      | I-Hub Foundation, IIIT Hyderabad                                              |                                   | 20.2523.0030.0019.0017.75110.007.25 |                                   | 13.00                             | 20.25                             |                                   |
| 4      | I-Hub For Robotics & Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation, IISc Bangalore |                                   | 22.2546.0056.0031.0014.75170.007.25 |                                   | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 5      | I-Hub NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Kanpur                                           |                                   | 22.2540.0049.0031.0027.75170.007.25 |                                   | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 6      | DRISTI Foundation, IIT Jodhpur                                                |                                   | 19.2527.0036.0018.0014.75115.007.25 |                                   | 12.00                             | 19.25                             |                                   |
| 7      | Divyasampark I-Hub Device Material & Technology, IIT Roorkee                  |                                   | 20.2535.0040.0022.0017.75135.007.25 |                                   | 13.00                             | 20.25                             |                                   |
| 8      | Vishlesan I-Hub Foundation, IIT Patna                                         |                                   | 19.2533.0038.0013.006.75            | 110.007.25                        | 12.00                             | 19.25                             |                                   |
| 9      | Pravartak Technologies Foundation, IIT Madras                                 |                                   | 22.2545.0050.0034.7518.00170.007.25 |                                   | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 10     | I-Hub on Autonomous Navigation Foundation (TiHAN), IIT Hyderabad              |                                   | 20.2536.0044.0019.0015.75135.007.25 |                                   | 13.00                             | 20.25                             |                                   |
| 11     | I-DAPT-Hub Foundation, IIT BHU                                                |                                   | 19.2530.0046.0010.004.75            | 110.007.25                        | 12.00                             | 19.25                             |                                   |
| 12     | Technology Innovation & Development Foundation, IIT Guwahati                  |                                   | 20.2541.0051.0015.007.75            | 135.007.25                        | 13.00                             | 20.25                             |                                   |
| 13     | Mandi Ihub And HCI Foundation, IIT Mandi                                      |                                   | 18.2523.0030.0022.0016.75110.007.25 |                                   | 11.00                             | 18.25                             |                                   |
| 14     | I-Hub For Cobotics Foundation, IIT Delhi                                      |                                   | 22.2544.0051.0029.0023.75170.007.25 |                                   | 15.00                             | 22.25                             |                                   |
| 15     | Technology & Innovation Foundation, IIT Ropar                                 |                                   | 17.9530.0034.0019.009.05            | 110.006.95                        | 11.00                             | 17.95                             |                                   |

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| 16    | Technology Innovation In Exploration And Mining Foundation, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad      |      | 18.0035.0043.009.00       | 5.00   | 110.007.00                     |   11.00 |   18.00 |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|---------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 17    | Technology Ihub Foundation, IIT Palakkad                                           | 7.25 |                           |        | 27.5029.5020.2515.50100.007.25 |       0 |    7.25 |
| 18    | Comet Foundation, IIIT Bangalore                                                   | 7.25 |                           |        | 35.0050.0038.0019.75150.007.25 |       0 |    7.25 |
| 19    | BITS-Bio Cytih Foundation, BITS Pilani                                             | 7.25 |                           |        | 30.0040.0030.0017.75125.007.25 |       0 |    7.25 |
| 20    | IDEAS - Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics & Science Foundation, ISI Kolkata | 7.25 | 42.5030.7511.508.00       |        | 100.007.25                     |       0 |    7.25 |
| 21    | Drishti CPS Foundation, IIT Indore                                                 | 7.25 |                           |        | 43.0022.2514.7512.75100.007.25 |       0 |    7.25 |
| 22    | Ihub Anubhuti-IIITD Foundation, IIIT Delhi                                         | 7.25 |                           |        | 34.5028.1518.3011.80100.007.25 |       0 |    7.25 |
| 23    | I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation, IISER Pune                                    | 7.75 |                           |        | 92.0042.8513.7013.70170.007.75 |       0 |    7.75 |
| 24    | Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation, IIT Tirupati                                         | 7.25 | 42.5030.7511.508.00       |        | 100.007.25                     |       0 |    7.25 |
| 25    | Innovation & Technology Foundation, IIT Bhilai                                     | 7.25 | 19.2010.8510.707.00       |        | 55.00 7.25                     |       0 |    7.25 |
| Total | Total                                                                              |      | 392.2949.2996.1515.5347.1 |        | 3200 181.20                    |     211 |  392.2  |

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