Lok Sabha Question No. 4318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Technology Translation Research Parks (TTRP)
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4318 ANSWERED ON 18/03/2026

## TECHNOLOGY TRANSLATION RESEARCH PARKS (TTRP)

## 4318.  SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  institutions  supported  under  the  Technology Translation Research Parks (TTRP) initiative;
- (b) the details of funds allocated and utilised by such institutions, yearwise;
- (c) the details of the number and list of major research projects being undertaken by the supported institutions and the sectors of focus;
- (d) the  current  status  of  commercialisation  and  application  of  the emerging  technologies  supported  through  such  projects  in  the  country, especially Andhra Pradesh, institution-wise; and
- (e) the  details  of  criteria  used  for  selecting  institutions  under  TTRP initiative and whether the Government plans to expand this initiative and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  the  National  Mission  on  Interdisciplinary  Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has supported four (04)  Technology Translation  Research Parks (TTRPs) in 2025. Details of these TTRPs are as follows:

|   S. No | Name of TTRP                                                    | Host Institute (HI)   | Focus Area of the TTRP                            |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation | IISc Bengaluru        | Robotics & AI Systems                             |
|       2 | IHUB NTIHAC Foundation                                          | IIT Kanpur            | Cybersecurity                                     |
|       3 | Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation        | IIT (ISM) Dhanbad     | Mining (Exploration to Beneficiation of Minerals) |
|       4 | IITI Drishti CPS Foundation                                     | IIT Indore            | Digital Healthcare                                |

- (b) For the financial year 2025-26, details of funds allocated and utilised by the TTRPs are given below:
- (c) A total of 98 major research projects are being undertaken by the TTRPs. The TTRP-wise number of projects is as follows:
-  I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation: 08 projects
-  IHUB NTIHAC Foundation: 56 projects
-  Technology Innovation  in  Exploration  &  Mining  Foundation:  07 projects
-  IITI Drishti CPS Foundation: 27 projects

|   S. No. | Name of TTRP                                                                    |   Allocated (amount in crores) |   Utilised (amount in crores) |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation, IISc Bangalore |                          60    |                         44.17 |
|        2 | IHUB NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Kanpur                                              |                          32.5  |                         29.86 |
|        3 | Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad     |                          43.43 |                         14.01 |
|        4 | IITI Drishti CPS Foundation, IIT Indore                                         |                          40.15 |                         24.03 |

The details of these research projects are provided in Annexure-I.

- (d) Out  of  98  projects  mentioned  in  part  (c)  above,  10  projects  have resulted  in  development  of  technologies/  technology  products.  The institution-wise  status  of  commercialisation  and  application  of  the emerging technologies supported through such projects in the country is as follows:
-  I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation: 03
-  IHUB NTIHAC Foundation: 01
-  Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation: 01
-  IITI Drishti CPS Foundation: 05

In  Andhra  Pradesh,  IITI  DRISHTI  CPS  Foundation,  IIT  Indore  has supported  the  project  'OASIS:  Online  Aerial  Image-based  Surface Information  System'  in  collaboration  with  the  Indian  Institute  of Information  Technology  Design  and  Manufacturing  (IIITDM)  Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The project has developed a semi-supervised semantic segmentation  model  for  real-time  drone-based  object  detection  and classification. The technology is commercialised through the start-up

Bhoodrishti Pvt. Ltd., with application in sectors such as smart cities, defence, and border surveillance.

- (e) Selection  of  institutions  under  TTRP  initiative  was  done following a comprehensive review of the Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs)  under  NM-ICPS  during  FY  2024-25,   to  assess  their  progress, outcomes, and readiness for long-term sustainability by a Third-Party Evaluation (TPE) Committee constituted for the purpose. Based on the outcomes of this evaluation, the top performing TIHs were invited to submit proposals for establishing TTRPs. The proposals were subsequently  examined  by  the  Scientific  Advisory  Committee  (SAC) against criteria such as alignment with national priorities and NM-ICPS objectives,  financial  sustainability  and  operational  roadmap,  existing industry collaborations and commercialisation potential, capability to build  a  broad  cyber-physical  systems  (CPS)  research  and  skilling ecosystem, and synergy with existing TIH infrastructure and resources. Based  on  the  SAC's  recommendations,  the  Mission  Governing  Board (MGB) approved the establishment of the TTRPs as detailed in part (a) above.

The TTRPs are encouraged to further strengthen translational research, technology development and industry engagement in their respective focus areas, while expanding activities related to technology validation, prototyping  and  sector-specific  applications.  These  efforts  facilitate wider adoption of CPS technologies and support their deployment for public and societal use, leveraging the existing TIH ecosystem.

## List of the major research projects being undertaken by the TTPRs under NM-ICPS

- I. I-HUB for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Innovation Foundation, IISc Bengaluru: Focus area- Robotics & AI Systems
1. Development of Autonomous Drones and VTOL UAV Systems for Demanding Environments
2. Automated Fleet Management and Charging Systems for UAVs
3. High-Performance Actuators and Modular Robotic Manipulators
4. Collaborative Robotic Systems for Adaptive Physical Rehabilitation
5. High-Precision AI-Enhanced Autonomous Navigation Modules
6. Frontline Health Worker Assistant
7. Intelligent Dengue Surveillance in Action
8. AI-powered Impact-based heat stress forecasting
- II. IHUB NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Kanpur: focus area- Cybersecurity
9. Real-time Intelligent System Design for Secure Digital Communication
10. Cloud  based  Smart  Video  Surveillance  System  with  Application Layer Cyber Physical Systems Security
11. Reliable  and  Privacy  Preserving  Data  Auditing  for  FOG  assisted Cyber Physical Systems (FOG-CPS)
12. Predictor and Analyzer of Security Threats (PAST): A model-based risk analysis framework for critical interconnected infrastructures
13. Smart Cyber-Physical Security of Electric Powertrains in Autonomous e-Mobility Systems
14. Development of Cognitive Cyber Physical (C2PS) Testbed
15. Novel Security Framework for Internet of Drones
16. Design and Implementation of Secure Service and Attribute-based Authorization  Model  in  Dynamic  and  Constrained-specific  IoT Environment
17. Securing  Deep  Neural  Networks  against  Adversarial  Attacks  in Medical Imaging
18. Mitigation  of  cyber-attacks  in  power  systems  using  non-linear control system design
19. Design  and  Implementation  of  Lightweight  Key  Management Protocol for Securing Industrial Control Systems
20. Design and development of Cybersecured Smart Power interface for Energy - Local area network (E-LAN)
21. Blockchain  and  Microgrid:  Implementation  of  a  Peer-to-peer Energy Marketplace in India for the Average Joe

22. Design and Implementation of a Secure Scan Test Architecture to Counter Scan-based Side-channel Attacks
23. Development  of  Machine  Learning  Models  Resistant  to  Cyber Physical Attacks
24. Cybersecurity  of  critical  infrastructure:  National-level  Medical Grid System
25. Malware Analysis using Machine Learning Techniques for Industrial Control System
26. Bot Prevention in Cyber Physical Systems
27. Neuro-memristive PUF for Biometric Sensing Chip
28. Smart data agent for location management and privacy
29. A  fault  attack  resistant  crypto-accelerator  for  ultra-lightweight encryption protocols of GIFT family in RISC-V architecture.
30. Risk  Averse  Resilience  Framework  for  Critical  Infrastructure Security
31. Secure Drones: Analyze, Deploy, and Decide Cryptographic Modules in UAVs
32. Detecting collusion and data manipulation attacks in smart-grid networks
33. Synthetic Data Generation using Machine Learning Algorithms in Cyber Physical Systems
34. Development of a complete authentication system using printed RRAM based PUFs
35. Team-HackIT: A Web-Based Testbed for Multiplayer Cyber Deception Experiments
36. Security Enhancement of SELinux/SEAndroid Policies
37. Vulnerability discovery and liveness detection for improving the security in biometric authentication systems
38. Siegebreaker  II:  End-to-middle  Covert  Internet  Communication Using Programmable Network Hardware (Deceptive Communication Strategies)
39. Programmable cryptosystem for 5G telecommunication networks
40. Internet  Data  over  the  Cellular  Voice  Channel  --  Deceptive Communication Strategies
41. Verified Communication Protocol Implementation for Internet of Things
42. SecAI HSMMachine Learning based malware and botnet prevention Hardware Security Module on Unmanned  Aerial Vehicles
43. Steps  towards  human-centered  audit  process  for  cybersecurity audits in the safety-critical sector in India
44. Digital  Twin-based  Intrusion  Detection  System  Using  Federated Learning for IoMT
45. Intrusion  Detection  in  Network  Slices  and  Software-Defined Networking

46. Design and Development of Real-Time Anomalous Electrical Power Consumption Detection Tool for Critical Devices of Cyber-Physical Systems
47. Scalable and Adaptable Scheme for Intrusion Detection in Smart Power Networks
48. Design  and  Analysis  of  Multivariate  Digital  Signature  as  postQuantum candidate in NIST
49. Development of AI-Enabled National Portal for Efficient Search of Missing People
50. A  Scalable  Consensus  and  Energy  Efficient  Blockchain  Enabled Healthcare System
51. Enhancing  Electric  Vehicle  Security-  AI-Powered  Detection  and Prevention of Cyber Attacks
52. System  design  for  an  acoustic-based  attack  on  UAV  and  its mitigation mechanism
53. A Multi-Layer Approach for Secure UAV Networks
54. Cyber  Threat  Intelligence  based  Advanced  Persistent  Threats Detection  and  Attribution  System  for  Critical  Infrastructure  of Cyber Physical Systems
55. Study of NAVIC and Opti Flow based Drone Systems in GPS Denied Environment
56. Proactive  and  Generalized  Deepfake  Defense  Mechanisms  to Reinforce Cyberspace
57. Designing a Cybersecured LoRaWAN Framework-Enhancing Jamming Mitigation and Device Authentication
58. Design  and  Validation  of  Secure  CAN-XL  protocol  IP  core  for Software defined Vehicles
59. Targeted Cryptanalysis of Multisource Encrypted Data
60. Design  and  Implementation  of  a  Decentralized  Data  Auditing Platform using Algebraic Signature and Zero-Knowledge Protocol (ZKP)
61. Multi-Authority  ABAC  Framework  for  Secure  Cross-Domain  IoT Resource Sharing
62. Adversarial  Machine  Learning  Analysis  Framework  for  Medical Imaging
63. Cybersecurity Analysis of Networked Microgrid
64. Blockchain  and  Microgrid:  Implementation  of  a  P2P  Energy Marketplace in India
- III. Technology  Innovation  in  Exploration  &  Mining  Foundation,  IIT (ISM) Dhanbad: focus area- Mining (Exploration to Beneficiation of Minerals)
65. Design and development of an advanced CPS-based solutions and AI/ML/Deep learning algorithms for mineral exploration

66. Pathways to Net-Zero Mining: Integrating Green Energy, Autonomous Technologies and the Circular Economy in Mineral Resource Management
67. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Mineral administration
68. To  develop  a  world-class  supply  chain  observatory  for  critical mineral supply chain resilience
69. Development of Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR) System
70. Establishing the Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Supply Chain (APCESC)
71. Digital Mining Infrastructure for Indian Mines
- IV. IITI  Drishti  CPS  Foundation,  at  IIT  Indore:  Focus  area  -  Digital Healthcare
72. SWASTi-DT: A Digital Twin for monitoring Space Weather Effects on orbiting satellites.
73. Simuliware:  A  digital  twin  based  low-cost  shopfloor  simulation solution for MSMEs
74. iGLU : Intelligent Glucose Measurement Device
75. Remote multimodal point-of-care health diagnostic and consultancy system
76. OASIS: Online Aerial image-based Surface Information System
77. UAV based Smart Spraying system for Agriculture
78. Generation and visualization of neural radiance field-based digital twin for autonomous vision-based SHM
79. Artificial  intelligence  enabled  portable  slit  lamp-smart  phone device for ophthalmological examination
80. Medication Management System
81. Wireless Real-Time Passenger Counting System
82. iHealth: IoT-Enabled Ancillary Support for Rural Health-Center
83. SARVAKSH Strategic, AI-Reinforced, Vectorized, Adaptive, Kinetic and Secure Haven
84. Development of a Cyber-Physical System for Road and Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance
85. Development  of  a  Low-Cost  Digital  Instrumentation  System  for Angular Position Measurement of a Rotating Shaft using Tunnelling Magneto-Resistance Angle Sensor
86. Development of 3D holography based digital twin technology for an induction motor for predictive maintenance
87. E-Nose:Design and Development of an Electronic nose for Aroma analysis and Evaluation in Ayurveda
88. TrisEase: Physiotherapy solution for Trismus
89. Designing  remote  PPG  based  Heart  estimation  system  for  face mask videos

90. AI based virtual assistant to support primary education for rural students in regional language
91. AI-guided portable system for adulteration and dilution detection in Basmati rice
92. Agri-Genomics Data Management Platform
93. Development of multiwalled carbon nanotube voltage sensor using copper oxide nanofluids
94. Design  of  FBG  Assisted  AI  Based  Plantar  Pressure  Measuring Device For Clinical Applications
95. Design and Development of Wireless Flexible Electronics NasalWiFlen Mask for Respiratory Breathing Assessments
96. Continuous closed CSF Glucose Monitoring using CGM sensor in patients with External ventricular drainage for early detection of CSF Infection
97. Capacity Building in Cyber Physical Systems
98. Quality of life in cancer in Indian context: Development of digital interface for Indian Context.

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