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Heavy Industries ministry launches 6 tech innovation platforms to foster innovations Heavy Industries

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New Delhi: Ministry of Heavy Industries launched six web-based technology innovation platforms on 2nd July 2021 in order to bring together the Industry & Academia to foster technological innovations in heavy industries. They offer opportunities to industries to seek optimum solutions for technological problems faced by them from the vast pool of scientific & technical manpower in academia. 

The details of the six platforms are as under:

(i)TechNovuus was set up and maintained by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)focussing on the Automotive sector (https://technovuus.araiindia.com).

(ii)  SANRACHNA set up and maintained by BHEL focussing on the power sector and renewable energy sector (http://sanrachna.bhel.in).

(iii) DRISHTI set up and maintained by Central  Manufacturing Technolgy Institute (CMTI), Bengalurufocussing on the various technologies associated with Capital goods. ( http://www.drishti.cmti.res.in).

(iv)  ASPIRE was set up and maintained by the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) focussing on Automotive Technologies development (http://www.aspire.icat.in).

(v) KITE set up and maintained by AMTDC-IIT Madras focussing on Robotics and Virtual Reality, Machine Tools ( https://kite.iitm.ac.in).

(vi)  SURGE set up and maintained by HMT MTL Ltd- IISc Bangalore is a Technology Innovation Platform focussing on the Machine Tools sector (http://www.surgeindia.in).

This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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