Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (STARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Innovation Hubs in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri K E Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. *238 ANSWERED ON 07/08/2024

## INNOVATION HUBS IN TAMIL NADU

## *238  Shri K E Prakash:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the existing innovation hubs in Tamil Nadu including their locations and focus areas;
- (b) whether there are plans to establish new innovation hubs in Tamil Nadu; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृ थ्िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्ितंत्र प्रभार)

(डॉ. जितेंद्र स ंह)

(a)

to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  AS  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238 FOR 07.08.2024 REGARDING INNOVATION HUBS IN TAMIL NADU

- (a) The details of the existing innovation hubs in Tamil Nadu including their locations  and  focus  areas,  set  up  by  various  departments/ministries  under Government of India viz. Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), NITI Aayog and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), are given below:

|   Sl. No | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                                                                        | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                             | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation set up at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras                                                                  | Chennai              | Sensors, Networking, Actuator & Controls                               | DST                    |
|        2 | IITM Incubation Cell, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-MADRAS), setup at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.                                    | Chennai              | Focus is on Deep Technology Startups in emerging technologies          | DST & MeitY            |
|        3 | MaDeIT Innovation Foundation set up at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing.                                                    | Kancheepuram         | Smart Manufacturing, Healthcare                                        | DST                    |
|        4 | TREC-STEP (Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College - Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park - NIT Tirchy), set up at National Institute of Technology. | Trichy               | Manufacturing, Energy & Environment                                    | DST                    |
|        5 | ABIS-Technology Business Incubator set up at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University                                                                                | Coimbatore           | Agriculture and allied - Farming, Food Processing, Hi Tech Agriculture | DST                    |
|        6 | Development of Entrepreneurs Through Incubation (DETI@ACE), setup at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering.                                                        | Hosur                | Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)                       | DST                    |

|   Sl. No | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                                                     | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                                                                                                | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|        7 | Bannari Amman Institute of Technology- Technology Business incubator (BIT- TBI) set up at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology             | Erode                | Biotechnology and agriculture based technologies                                                                                          | DST                    |
|        8 | Forge Incubator - Coimbatore Innovation and Business Incubator (CIBI) set up at Kumaraguru College of Technology.                           | Coimbatore           | Emerging technologies like, artificial intelligence/mac hine learning (AI/ML), information and communication technology, electronics etc. | DST                    |
|        9 | Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology Business Incubator Society set up at Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology. | Coimbatore           | Internet of Things                                                                                                                        | DST                    |
|       10 | Foundation for Innovation & Research at SASTRA - TBI set up at SASTRA Deemed to be University.                                              | Thanjavur            | Internet of Things (IoT)                                                                                                                  | DST                    |
|       11 | Nehru Group of Institutions Technology Business Incubator set up at Nehru Group of Institutions.                                            | Coimbatore           | Healthcare and Internet of Things                                                                                                         | DST                    |
|       12 | Periyar Technology Business Incubator set up at Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology.                                        | Thanjavur            | Biotechnology                                                                                                                             | DST                    |
|       13 | Nanotechnology Research, Innovation and Incubation Centre (NRIIC) set up at PSG College of Technology                                       | Coimbatore           | Advance Technologies - Smart Textiles, Plastic Electronics, Energy & Health Care                                                          | DST                    |
|       14 | Society of Sathyabama University - Technology                                                                                               | Chennai              | Marine Bioresource                                                                                                                        | DST                    |

| Sl. No   | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                            | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                                                                                            | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|          | Business Incubator set up at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology.                                       |                      | Utilization, Engineering & Technologies and Waste Management                                                                          |                        |
| 15.      | St.Peter's Engineering College - Technology Business Incubator set up at Peter's Engineering College               | Chennai              | Refrigeration and Cold chain                                                                                                          | DST                    |
| 16.      | TCE- Technology Business Incubator (TCE-TBI) set up at Thiagarajar College of Engineering.                         | Madurai              | Advanced materials and manufacturing, Automation, Internet of Things, Wireless                                                        | DST                    |
| 17.      | Technology Business Incubator (TBI) set up at University of Madras.                                                | Chennai              | technologies Emerging technologies like, artificial intelligence/mac hine learning (AI/ML), information and communication technology, | DST                    |
| 18.      | Technology Business Incubator @ Kongu Engineering College (TBI@KEC) setup at Kongu Engineering College             | Erode                | Electronics, ICT, IoT                                                                                                                 | DST                    |
| 19.      | Vellore Institute of Technology-Technology Business Incubator (VITTBI), set up at Vellore Institute of Technology. | Vellore              | Emerging technologies like, artificial intelligence/mac hine learning (AI/ML), blockchain, ICT, Biotechnology, IoT, Robotics etc.     | DST & MeitY            |
| 20.      | Villgro Innovations Foundation, set up at Indian Institute of                                                      | Chennai              | Product Design, Process Design, Manufacturing,                                                                                        | DST & DBT              |

| Sl. No   | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                                   | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                                 | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|          | Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) Research Park                                                                             |                      | e-Mobility, environment etc.                                               |                        |
| 21.      | Bharath Technology Business Incubator et up at Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research                         | Chennai              | Product Design, Process Design, Manufacturing, e-Mobility                  | DST                    |
| 22.      | PSG CT - Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG - STEP) set up at PSG College of Technology                     | Coimbatore           | Advance Technologies                                                       | DST                    |
| 23.      | Vel Tech Technology Incubator, set up at Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology                                     | Chennai              | Manufacturing, Digital Enterprises & E waste and plastic waste management. | DST                    |
| 24.      | PUB Incubation Confederation set up at Periyar University                                                                 | Salem                | Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, SDG, Industry 4.0                  | DST                    |
| 25.      | KR Innovation Centre set up at National Engineering College                                                               | Thoothukudi          | IoT waste to wealth, and Circular Economy.                                 | DST                    |
| 26.      | BioNEST-IIT Madras Research Park set up at IIT Madras Research Park                                                       | Chennai              | Biotech and Life Sciences                                                  | DBT                    |
| 27.      | BioNEST-Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC) MedTech Incubator set up at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | Chennai              | MedTech                                                                    | DBT                    |
| 28.      | BioNEST-Golden Jubilee Women Biotech Park, located at Siruseri                                                            | Chennai              | Biotech and life sciences                                                  | DBT                    |
| 29.      | BioNEST PSG-Science &Technology Entrepreneurial Park set up at PSG College of Technology                                  | Coimbatore           | Biotech and life sciences                                                  | DBT                    |
| 30.      | BioNEST-Vellore Institute of Technology-                                                                                  | Vellore              | Medical devices and health care                                            | DBT                    |

| Sl. No   | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                                        | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                                      | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|          | Technology Business Incubator (VIT-TBI) set up at Vellore Institute of Technology                                              |                      |                                                                                 |                        |
| 31.      | BioNEST-Crescent Innovation & Incubation Council set up at B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology       | Chennai              | Biotech and life sciences                                                       | DBT                    |
| 32.      | BioNEST- Veterinary Incubation Foundation set up at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS)             | Chennai              | Veterinary Sciences                                                             | DBT                    |
| 33.      | BioNEST-Sri Ramachandra BIRAC- BIONEST Bioincubator Trust set up at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research | Chennai              | Healthcare                                                                      | DBT                    |
| 34.      | BioNEST-SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre set up at SRM Institute of Science and Technology                     | Chennai              | Med-tech, Biotech and life sciences                                             | DBT                    |
| 35.      | Healthcare Technology and Innovation Centre (HTIC) set up at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras                            | Chennai              | Mother & Child Healthcare, Ageing and Health                                    | DBT                    |
| 36.      | PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) set up at PSG College of Technology                                   | Coimbatore           | Ageing and Health, Waste to Value                                               | DBT                    |
| 37.      | TICEL Biotech Park set up at CSIR Road, Taramani                                                                               | Chennai              | Providing infrastructural facility for Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical research & | DBT                    |

| Sl. No   | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                                                                            | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                                        | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|          |                                                                                                                                                    |                      | development activities                                            |                        |
| 38.      | FORGE Accelerator (Coimbatore Innovation Business Incubator) set up at Kumaraguru College of Technology.                                           | Coimbatore           | Emerging Technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. | MeitY                  |
| 39.      | PSG Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) set up at PSG College of Technology                                                     | Coimbatore           | Emerging Technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. | MeitY                  |
| 40.      | IITM Incubation Cell (IIT Madras Incubation Cell) set up at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras                                                 | Chennai              | Emerging Technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. | MeitY                  |
| 41.      | OASYS Institute of Technology set up at Anna University Regional Campus                                                                            | Tiruchirapalli       | Emerging Technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. | MeitY                  |
| 42.      | Vel Tech Technology Business Incubator set up at Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology                                                      | Chennai              | Emerging Technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. | MeitY                  |
| 43.      | The iTamil Nadu Technology (iTNT) Hub set up at Anna University                                                                                    | Chennai              | Nurture the deep / emerging technologies innovation ecosystem     | MeitY                  |
| 44.      | FinBlue - FinTech CoE set up at Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)                                                                          | Chennai              | Fintech                                                           | MeitY                  |
| 45.      | TREC STEP Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park, set up at National Institute of Technology (NIT) | Tiruchirappalli      | Manufacturing, Sector Agnostic                                    | NITI Aayog             |

|   Sl. No | Name of Innovation Hubs                                                                           | City In Tamil Nadu   | Focus Area                                             | Department/ Ministry   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|       46 | AIC-NIFT TEA Incubation Centre for Textiles and Apparels,                                         | Tirupur              | Textile Manufacturing and Engineering                  | NITI Aayog             |
|       47 | Fashion AIC-Great Lakes Balachandran Foundation, set up at Great Lakes Institute of Management    | Chennai              | Energy, Fintech, Edutech, Healthcare, Agritech - AI/ML | NITI Aayog             |
|       48 | AIC - RAISE Foundation, set up at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences.                   | Coimbatore           | Social Entrepreneurshi p and SDG                       | NITI Aayog             |
|       49 | CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre, set up at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex.    | Coimbatore           | Defence Technologies and Manufacturing                 | NITI Aayog             |
|       50 | AIC-Anna University Incubation Foundation, set up at Anna University                              | Chennai              | Sector Agnostic                                        | NITI Aayog             |
|       51 | ACIC Mepco Innovation Foundation, set up at Mepco Schlenk Engineering College                     | Sivakasi             | Fireworks, Construction, Health, Agri & Allied         | NITI Aayog             |
|       52 | ACIC Kalasalingam Innovation Foundation, set up at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Virudhunagar         | Printing, Fireworks, Match Industry, Handloom          | NITI Aayog             |
|       53 | ACIC Mar Ephraem Incubation Forum, set up at Mar Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology    | Marthanndam          | Materials & Manufacturing, Automation, Agri & Allied   | NITI Aayog             |

- (b) to (c): No Sir, as of now there are no plans to establish new innovation hubs in Tamil Nadu.

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