INDIA: Need of 50 research parks in next 5 years:

M.S. Ananth  the former director, IIT-Madras said these words today.

Short news highlights:

• Delivering the convocation address at the first convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITD&M), Kancheepuram.
• (GK question)he said the IIT-M Research Park, the first university-based research park, was set up with the support of Central and State governments and alumni.
• It houses R&D activities of companies that want to work with the institute as well as companies.
•  Nearly 38 companies have signed up.
• The goal is to have some 5,000 development engineers and finishing schools for up to 5,000 students per year.

Source:TheHindu

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