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Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition laic the instauration chromatic for the CSIR-NIIST Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Hub astatine Bio-360 Life Sciences Park, Thonnakkal, connected Friday.
The state-of-the-art hub, being established by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is envisioned arsenic a nationalist centre for deep-tech innovation, exertion translation, and entrepreneurship successful the beingness sciences sector, C. Anantharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-NIIST, said successful an authoritative merchandise present .
The recently conceptualised hub volition location a centre of excellence successful ayurveda research, which volition absorption connected strategical nationalist precedence areas, including spice incubation, coir and rubber technologies, sustainable packaging, biomanufacturing, and greenish hydrogen.
The inaugural aims to fortify technological standardisation, prime assurance, worth addition, and scalable manufacturing portion fostering a vibrant ecosystem for start-ups and MSMEs.
A cardinal item of the hub is its absorption connected technological validation, prime power and planetary compliance of AYUSH products, frankincense addressing a increasing planetary request for evidence-based accepted medicine and wellness solutions, Dr. Anantharamakrishnan said.
Through collaboration with agencies specified arsenic the Spices Board, the hub volition besides beforehand technology-driven processing, worth addition, and start-up incubation to heighten planetary competitiveness and husbandman incomes.
The hub volition leverage Kerala’s beardown earthy assets basal and technological endowment to make high-value, sustainable technologies successful coir, rubber and eco-friendly packaging. Advanced biomanufacturing and concern biotechnology platforms volition enactment the accumulation of bio-based products, biochemicals, nutraceuticals, and functional foods, portion greenish hydrogen initiatives volition lend to India’s cleanable vigor transition, helium added.
