According to officials, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has set up advanced microelectronics and nano energy facilities at its Nanotechnology Centre, which is the first of its kind in the Northeast.
With an aim to meet the challenges of the future and enhance academic partnerships with industry in nanotechnology, the center will conduct multidisciplinary translational research in the fields of healthcare, nano biomaterials, micro and nanoelectronics, nano-energy devices and sensors.
According to officials, the institute has been working in the field of nanotechnology since the early 2000s and has a proven record in many areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan The new building was inaugurated last month, the construction of which was funded from proceeds generated from existing work on nanotechnology at the institute.
“The center has established state-of-the-art facilities for nanofabrication, Class 100 cleanroom facilities are one of the major attractions, and is ready to make major contributions in the areas of development of nano devices for healthcare, renewable energy-photovoltaics, lighting -Emitter diodes, thin film transistors, sensors, and other related fields.
TG Sitaram, Director, IIT Guwahati, said, “The faculty and scholars of this center have demonstrated translational research capability, which has resulted in several technology transfers and some Centers of Excellence have also been established.”
The center was funded by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It will host 25 state-of-the-art laboratories focused on advances in disciplinary, scientific and translational research and is equipped with state-of-the-art fabrication, characterization and testing laboratories with integrated cleanroom facilities.
“The center aspires to be one of the foremost leaders of scientific and technological innovation not only in the country, but also in the global scenario. The major goals in this regard are to establish world class facilities, publish high impact research, patent translation research Technology transfer to industry, and training of highly skilled research scholars prepared to overcome the barriers of cutting edge science and technology,” said Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Professor, Head, Center for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati.
Bandyopadhyay explained that the key outcomes expected from the Center for Nanotechnology include nano-enabled healthcare, energy harvesting and LED prototypes, devices and technologies.
“The startup and incubation ecosystem is planned to nurture at least 25 start-ups in the next three years,” he said, adding, capacity building of highly skilled manpower in the fields of nanofabrication and nanoelectronics and a health data analytics ecosystem including rural health and To set up wellness centres, an electronic health record around software and point of care testing equipment are among the mentioned plans of the innovative center here.