Decks cleared for 1st S & T park in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 21 : Decks have been cleared for setting up the first Science and
technology park in Delhi with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today saying her Government
has approved the Detailed Project Report prepared by NASSCOM for the purpose.
The proposed S&T Park will be established by the Delhi Government at the Netaji
Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) campus in Dwarka covering over 30 acres with a
built up area of over 2 million square feet and will be in close proximity to the
international airport.
The Detailed Project Report for the S&T Pak was prepared by NASSCOM with assistance
from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Talking to reporters, Ms Dikshit said,''We see the Science and Technology Park at
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) as a strategic initiative to position Delhi
as a pre-eminent R&D cluster for the knowledge industries which are today looking at
undertaking advanced scientific research across various fields.
''The strong presence of industry, academia and other resources in and around Delhi
enables high end R&D and innovation and this initiative is an attempt by us to create
that opportunity. This initiative is a key milestone in establishing Delhi as a global
innovation hub and serve as a platform for holistic and sustainable industry and academia
partnership, thereby attracting to Delhi and retaining high-quality talent.'' This project
is a part of the State Government's effort to foster industry-institutional partnerships
in the area of advanced technology research, provide opportunity for NSIT to leverage
industry expertise to support advanced research and to position Delhi as an important
destination for advanced research in IT, science and technology.
Some of the areas identified for research at the Park are Information and Communication
Technology, Biotechnology and Life-sciences, automotive technologies, Nanotechnology,
Photonics, Environmental Sciences, Micro Engineering.
Speaking on the occasion, President, NASSCOM Mittal said,''the NASSCOM BCG Innovation
Report 2007 highlighted that the lack of sustainable linkages between the ecosystem
constituents, academia, user industry, R&D institutes and IT industry, is a key reason
for the weakness of the Indian innovation ecosystem.
''Therefore a key part of NASSCOM's innovation agenda today involves the promotion of
an Indian innovation ecosystem through development of innovation clusters. The Science and
Technology Park at NSIT can play the role of a catalyst in the development of an
innovation cluster in the NCT and thereby making it an important initiative towards the
overall development of the Indian innovation ecosystem.'' He said the initiative was aimed
at stepping up industry and academia interactions for capacity building in emerging
technologies at both faculty and student levels.
--UNI
