Lok Sabha Question No. 1982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-11
Subject: National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber  Physical Systems (NM-ICP)
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath, Shri B K Parthasarathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1982 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2026

NATIONAL MISSION ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (NM-ICPS)

## 1982.  SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI: SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

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

- (a) the details of the research focus areas, technology development activities  and  innovation  programmes  undertaken  by  the  Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in Andhra Pradesh under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS);
- (b) the number of startups, researchers and industry partners supported through the Hub, year-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  amount  of  financial  assistance  sanctioned, released and utilized for the TIH in Andhra Pradesh since its inception, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any plans to expand the activities of the  TIH  in  Andhra  Pradesh  to  new  domains  under  emerging  cyberphysical  technology  areas  and  if  so,  the  details  of  the  proposed initiatives; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to strengthen collaboration between the TIH in Andhra Pradesh, academia, industry, startups and international research institutions?

## 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),  one  Technology  Innovation  Hub  (TIH),  namely, Navavishkar  I-Hub  Foundation  has  been  established  at  IIT  Tirupati  in Andhra Pradesh.

The TIH at IIT Tirupati focuses on the technology vertical 'Positioning and  Precision  Technologies',  with  research  activities  in  the  area  of precision  positioning  and  navigation  including  Navigation  with  Indian Constellation (NavIC)-based applications, geospatial intelligence, remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) analytics, digital twin frameworks  and  integration  of  cyber-physical  systems.  The  TIH  has established Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) labs and geospatial intelligence platforms for development of indigenous Global Navigation Satellite  System  (GNSS)/PNT  solutions,  geospatial  analytics,  digital mapping  tools  and  digital  twin  models  for  urban,  environmental  and disaster  risk  applications.  In  addition,  the  TIH  has  undertaken  an innovation project entitled 'Operation Dronagiri' to facilitate structured startup challenges, hackathons, and pilot deployments in priority sectors such  as  precision  agriculture,  infrastructure  and  asset  monitoring, logistics  and  mobility,  and  livelihood  and  skilling  support  through location-based services.

## (b) The year-wise details of the number of startups, researchers and industry partners supported through the Hub are as follows:

| Financial Year   |   No. of startups supported |   No. of researchers supported |   No. of industry partners supported |
|------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2022 - 23        |                           0 |                             10 |                                    4 |
| 2023 - 24        |                           0 |                             20 |                                    5 |
| 2024 - 25        |                          10 |                             13 |                                    7 |
| 2025 - 26        |                          24 |                             46 |                                   15 |
| Total            |                          34 |                             89 |                                   31 |

## (c) The year-wise details of financial assistance sanctioned, released, and utilized for the TIH since its inception are as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Amount Sanctioned (in Crore) |   Amount Released (in Crore) |   Amount Utilized (in Crores) |
|------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2020 - 21        |                           7.25 |                         7.25 |                          7.25 |
| 2021 - 22        |                           0    |                         0    |                          0    |
| 2022 - 23        |                           0.5  |                         0.5  |                          0.5  |
| 2023 - 24        |                           3    |                         3    |                          1.77 |
| 2024 - 25        |                          29    |                        29    |                         29    |
| 2025 - 26        |                          13.13 |                        13.13 |                          3    |
| Total            |                          52.88 |                        52.88 |                         41.52 |

- (d) Under NM-ICPS, 25 TIHs have been established in premier academic institutions  across  the  country.  Each  of  these  TIHs  work  on  focussed themes in the domain of cyber-physical systems. The TIH at IIT Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh focuses on the technology vertical 'Positioning and Precision  Technologies'.  In  this  broad  area,  the  TIH  is  mandated  to expand  its  activities  through  joint  research,  technology  development, innovation,  and  translational  initiatives  with  partner  institutions  and through inter-TIH collaborations.
- (e) Under NM-ICPS mandate, there are ongoing efforts to strengthen collaboration  among  the  academia,  industry  partners,  startups,  and international  research  institutions  in  all  the  TIHs  including  the  one  in Andhra Pradesh. Efforts are also underway  to develop inter-TIH collaboration and joint research under the Mission through Technology Translational  Research  Parks  (TTRPs),  for  technology  development, industry  engagement,  and  the  translation  of  innovations  into  scalable solutions for societal benefit.

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