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:: IMPRINT INDIA ::

For the development of research and technology institutions in India, government of India has launched Imprint India programme. ‘IMPRINT India’ is a Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in ten technology domains relevant to India. IMPRINT India is synergizing platform for institutions, academia, industry that encourages research & innovation, making it socially more relevant. There are various objective to Imprint India initiative. Objectives of the programme are mentioned below:

• identify areas of immediate relevance to society requiring innovation,
• direct scientific research into identified areas,
• ensure higher funding support for research into these areas and
• measure outcomes of the research effort with reference to impact on the standard of living in the rural/urban areas.

IMPRINT India has given ten themes to different IIT's and IISC. The ten coordinating institutions have done extensive consultations and arrived at specific themes in each area of research that has immediate social relevance. These themes for IIT/IISc are given below:-

(a) Health Care - IIT Kharagpur,
(b) Computer Science and ICT – IIT Kharagpur,
(c) Advance Materials – IIT Kanpur,
(d) Water Resources and River systems – IIT Kanpur,
(e) Sustainable Urban Design – IIT Roorkee,
(f) Defence – IIT Madras,
(g) Manufacturing – IIT Madras,
(h) Nano-technology Hardware- IIT Bombay,
(i) Environmental Science and Climate Change – IISc, Bangalore and
(j) Energy Security – IIT Bombay.

IMPRINT India is being launched during the Visitor’s Conference so that wide discussion can be held amongst the academic community leading to further scientific collaboration between various institutions in these areas. The top research community from across Central Universities, IITs, NITs, IISc, Bangalore, IISERs, IIITs, NIPERs, NIFT, IIEST, Shibpur, RGIPT, Rae Bareli, RGNIYD, Sreperumbudur, School of Planing and Architecture Bhopal and New Delhi and senior government officials will attend the function when ‘IMPRINT India’ will be launched as well as the Visitor’s Conference where follow up discussions will be held.

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