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Months after a team, led by scientist Roddam Narasimha, visited Taiwan to explore possibilities to replicate its Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Karnataka, the state government remains in a fix on how to proceed.
The ITRI, jointly promoted by the Taiwanese government and the industry, follows the model of facilitating entrepreneurs to source everything from the development and innovation of their product up to patenting.
The incubation centre would house institutes like the Indian Institute of Science, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Indian Space Research Organisation and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Principal Secretary for the Department of IT, BT and Science Technology, I S N Prasad, on Tuesday said the issue at hand was to facilitate an academia-industry collaboration for the ITRI to materialise.
“We are still working on how best the academia and industry can come together for this.
We are waiting for a response from the industry on where and how they want the ITRI in the state,” Prasad told reporters on the sidelines of a programme here.
“The ITRI is complex, unlike regular institutions. We are having a series of interactions with industry players and others. We want to know how we can make it suit the industries’ requirements here,” he said.
The ITRI in Karnataka would foster research ideas that fall under the space of post-university and pre-commercial levels, he added.
Prime Minister’s scientific advisor C N R Rao made it clear that he would not be heading the ITRI in Karnataka.
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