Lok Sabha Question No. 24 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Innovation Hubs
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.24 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/02/2016

## INNOVATION HUBS

## 24. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government had targeted setting up of innovation hubs for promotion of scientific innovation and new projects under the Twelfth Plan Period;
- (b) if so, the details of achievements made so far in setting up of such hubs, State and yearwise; and
- (c) the steps being taken to achieve the targets?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI.Y. S. CHOWDARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó (gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

- (a) & (b):  Yes Madam. In 12th Five Year Plan, under the 'Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Creativity and Engagement in Science (SPICES)', the Government has targeted to set up a total of 60 Innovation Hubs (48 fully funded by the Government of India and 12 in collaboration with State Government/Institutions on a 50:50 cost sharing basis), at an estimated cost of Rs. 99.60 crores. Details of achievements, state-wise and year-wise, are given at Annex I.
- (c) Out of 60 Hubs, so far nine Hubs have been inaugurated and four Hubs are ready for inauguration. In respect of 47 Hubs at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh; Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir; Udaipur, Rajasthan; Vizag, Andhra Pradesh; Sawai Madhopur,  Rajasthan;  Pune,  Maharashtra;  Raipur,  Chhattisgarh;  Puducherry  (UT)  and Dharwad,  Karnataka,  necessary  commitments  have  been  sought  from  respective  State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations and Science Centre authorities.

## Location of Innovation Hubs

|   Sl. No. | Location of Innovation Hub               | Status                 | State          | Year          |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------|
|         1 | BITM, Kolkata                            | Inaugurated            | West Bengal    | August 2013   |
|         2 | VITM, Bangalore                          | Inaugurated            | Karnataka      | December 2013 |
|         3 | NSC, Mumbai                              | Inaugurated            | Maharashtra    | February 2014 |
|         4 | RSC, Guwahati                            | Inaugurated            | Assam          | February 2014 |
|         5 | DSC, Bardhaman                           | Inaugurated            | West Bengal    | July 2015     |
|         6 | RSC, Calicut                             | Inaugurated            | Kerala         | October 2015  |
|         7 | NSC, Delhi                               | Inaugurated            | Delhi          | January 2014  |
|         8 | RSC, Lucknow                             | Inaugurated            | Uttar Pradesh  | January 2016  |
|         9 | RSC Dehradun                             | Inaugurated            | Uttarakhand    | February 2016 |
|        10 | SSC Patna                                | Ready for inauguration | Bihar          |               |
|        11 | Agastya International Foundation, Kuppum | Ready for inauguration | Andhra Pradesh |               |
|        12 | Sikkim Science Centre, Gangtok           | Ready for inauguration | Sikkim         |               |
|        13 | KSSTM, Trivandrum                        | Ready for inauguration | Kerala         |               |

BITM - Birla Industrial & Technological Musem

VITM - Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum

NSC  - Mumbai - Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai

RSC  - Regional Science Centre

DSC  - District Science Centre

NSC, Delhi - National Science Centre, Delhi

SSC - Srikrishna Science Centre

KSSTM - Kerala State Science & Technology Museum

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## Annex I