Lok Sabha Question No. 2584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Augmentation of Research
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## Augmentation of Research

## 2584. SHRI D.K. SURESH :

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any step to identify the needs of the country in terms of its research and technology requirements in various fields including health and environment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has made any effort to augmentation of research in the said fields;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has seen any progress so far in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (f) : Yes, Madam.  Government has launched a new initiative named 'IMPacting Research Innovation & technology (IMPRINT)' laying down a roadmap for research to solve socially relevant engineering and technology challenges in ten technology domains, each of which is coordinated by a premier institution as given below:
1. Health care: IIT Kharagpur
2. Computer Science and ICT: IIT Kharagpur
3. Advance Materials: IIT Kanpur
4. Water Resources and River systems: IIT Kanpur
5. Sustainable Urban Design:  IIT Roorkee
6. Defense: IIT Madras
7. Manufacturing: IIT Madras
8. Nano-technology Hardware: IIT Bombay
9. Environmental Science and Climate Change: IISc, Bangalore
10. Energy Security: IIT Bombay

Efforts  are  being  made  to  allocate  resources  to  fund  research  in  collaboration  with  the  relevant departments of Government of India. So far  66  proposals have been received from the Scientific community for research in these fields.

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2584 FOR 14.03.2016 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERs OF PARLIAMENT, SHRI D.K. SURESH regarding Augmentation of Research

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE UNDER TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (TEQIP)

| S. No.    | Name of the State   | Name of the Institution                                                           | Name of the Centre of Excellence                                                                   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | Andhra University College of Engineering, Vishakhapatnam                          | Challenges of Nano-Technology for 21st century generation - Indian perspectives in global scenario |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | SVU College of Engineering, Tirupati                                              | Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Advanced Signal Processing                                          |
| 3         | Jharkhand           | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi                                      | Bio-resources and Bio-prospecting                                                                  |
| 4 5       | Karnataka           | BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore                                             | Advanced Materials Research                                                                        |
| 4 5       | Karnataka           | RV College of Engineering, Bangalore                                              | Macroelectronics                                                                                   |
| 6         | Karnataka           | PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore                                            | Knowledge Analytics &Ontological Engineering (KAnOE)                                               |
| 7         | Karnataka           | Siddhaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur                                       | Applied Research and Nano Technology                                                               |
| 8 9 10 11 | Maharashtra         | College of Engineering, Pune                                                      | Signal and Image Processing                                                                        |
| 8 9 10 11 | Maharashtra         | Shri Guru GobindSinghji Institute of Engineering&                                 | Smart Renewable Energy Systems                                                                     |
| 8 9 10 11 | Maharashtra         | Technology, Nanded                                                                | Signal and Image Processing                                                                        |
| 8 9 10 11 | Maharashtra         | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai                                          | Process Intensification for process industries                                                     |
| 12        | Maharashtra         | VeermataJijabai Technology Institute, Mumbai                                      | Complex and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems                                                            |
| 13        | Punjab              | Thapar University, Patiala                                                        | Environment &Energy Management                                                                     |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu          | Govt. College of Technology,                                                      | Alternate Energy Research                                                                          |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu          | Coimbatore                                                                        | Environmental Studies                                                                              |
| 16        | Telangana           | JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad                                            | Disaster Management                                                                                |
| 17        | Telangana           | Osmania University College of Technology, Hyderabad                               | Intensification of Chemical and Bio- processes                                                     |
| 18        | Uttarakhand         | College of Technology - GB Pant University of Agriculture &Technology, Pantnagar, | Energy Studies in Industries and Agro Systems of Uttarakhand (Energy Management)                   |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh       | Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur                                   | Applied Research, training& education in Lipid Science                                             |
| 20        | West Bengal         | Faculty of Engineering and Technology - Jadavpur                                  | Phase Transformation and Product Characterization                                                  |

|    |               | University, Jadavpur                                            |                                                                        |
|----|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 21 |               | University College of Technology-University of Calcutta         | Systems Biology and Bio Medical Engg.                                  |
| 22 | UT Chandigarh | PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh                        | Industrial and Product Design SPC                                      |
| 23 | CFIs          | MANIT Bhopal                                                    | Geo-informatics (Remote Sensing, GPS &GIS)                             |
| 24 | CFIs          | NIT Durgapur                                                    | Advanced Materials                                                     |
| 25 | CFIs          | VNIT Nagpur                                                     | Combedded Systems:hybridization of communications and Embedded Systems |
| 26 | CFIs          | NIT Rourkela                                                    | Practical Renewable Energy System                                      |
| 27 | CFIs          |                                                                 | Orthopaedic Tissue Engg& Rehabilitation                                |
| 28 | CFIs          | SVNIT Surat                                                     | Water Resources and Flood Management                                   |
| 29 | CFIs          | NIT Warangal                                                    | Sustainable Energy Studies                                             |
| 30 | CFIs          | Indian Institute of Engineering and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah | Micro structurally Designed Advanced Materials Development             |

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE UNDER FRONTIER AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FAST)

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | Name of the Institution                                                                                            | Name of the Centre of Excellence                                                                                                           |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam               | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati                                                                           | Advanced Molecules and Materials                                                                                                           |
|        2 | Assam               | Tezpur University, Napam, Tezpur, Sonitpur                                                                         | Machine Learning Research and Big Data Analysis (MLRBDA)                                                                                   |
|        3 | Delhi               | Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi                                                                          | Nanoscale Devices &Systems                                                                                                                 |
|        4 | Delhi               | TERI University, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi                                                                            | Energy Storage                                                                                                                             |
|        5 | Jharkhand           | Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi                                                                            | Green &Efficient Energy Technologies (GEET)                                                                                                |
|        6 | Jharkhand           | Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                                    | Renewable Energy                                                                                                                           |
|        7 | Karnataka           | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore                                                                             | Biomolecular Interaction Studies                                                                                                           |
|        8 | Karnataka           | National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore                                                                         | Development of 3 dimensional composite concurred structures using Tufting technology                                                       |
|        9 | Karnataka           | National Institute of Technology, Surathkal                                                                        | Renewable Energy Integrated Smart Grid Technologies: Energy                                                                                |
|       10 | Kerala              | National Institute of Technology, Calicut                                                                          | Transportation Research                                                                                                                    |
|       11 | Kerala              | Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Karyavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram | Computer Aided Drug Discovery                                                                                                              |
|       12 | Kerala              | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvanathapuram                                              | Computation, Modelling& Stimulations                                                                                                       |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh      | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal                                                         | Centre for Research on Environment and Sustainable Technologies (CREST): Clean Environment (air, water, soil) and sustainable technologies |
|       14 | Maharashtra         | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay                                                                             | Urban Science and Engineering                                                                                                              |
|       15 | Maharashtra         | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune                                                           | Research in Energy and Sustainable Materials                                                                                               |
|       16 | Odisha              | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela                                                                         | Tissue Engg                                                                                                                                |
|       17 | Odisha              | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubneshwar                                                                        | Novel Energy Materials (NEM)                                                                                                               |
|       18 | Punjab              | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali                                                         | Protein Science, Design& Engineering                                                                                                       |
|       19 | Rajasthan           | Banasthali University, Banasthali Vidyapith                                                                        | Water and Energy                                                                                                                           |

|   20 | Tamil Nadu    | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras                                       | Non-intrusive Diagnostics                                                                 |
|------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   21 | Tamil Nadu    | National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli                             | Transportation Engineering                                                                |
|   22 | Tamil Nadu    | Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham University, Coimbatore                             | Advanced Material &Green Technologies                                                     |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore                               | Manufacturing Science                                                                     |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu    | Anna University, Chennai                                                     | Bio - medical Applications                                                                |
|   25 | Tamil Nadu    | Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu | Energy &Environment                                                                       |
|   26 | Tamil Nadu    | Thiagararjar College, Madurai                                                | Bio-resource Management                                                                   |
|   27 | Tamil Nadu    | Sathyabama University, Rajiv Gandhi Salai,Chennai                            | Energy Research                                                                           |
|   28 | Tamil Nadu    | Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore                                | Microbes to Feed the World :Plant - Microbe Interactions to boost Agricultural Production |
|   29 | Telangana     | International Institute of information Technology, Hyderabad                 | Signals Processing                                                                        |
|   30 | Telangana     | Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad                                    | Sustainable Urban Development                                                             |
|   31 | Uttar Pradesh | Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow            | Bio-medical Science& Modern Biology                                                       |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur                                       | Advanced Computer Research                                                                |
|   33 | Uttar Pradesh | Indian Institute of Technology, (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi          | Energy and Resources Development                                                          |
|   34 | West Bengal   | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata                  | Computational Space Science                                                               |
|   35 | West Bengal   | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur                                    | E-Business                                                                                |
|   36 | West Bengal   | West Bengal University of Technology, Salt Lake, Kolkata                     | Environment Technology and Management: Water treatment for clean and green environment    |

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