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KOLKATA: The state's research facilities may soon get a shot in the arm with Jadavpur University set to house one of the country's biggest state-of-the-art research hubs on its third campus. The property was acquired from the National Instrumentation Limited (NIL) way back in 2008.
Funds crunch had delayed the project earlier. But it will now take shape with assistance from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). While CSIR and DRDO will develop the infrastructure and provide support for all the facilities, the land will be provided by Jadavpur University.
Several other national science research institutes located in the eastern region will also be attached with the research hub that is being envisaged by DRDO and JU.
"Jadavpur University is interested to establish an international research-cum-academic complex at the third campus. We have two proposals in our kitty. The first one from CSIR is bigger in terms of scale and size. There will be twin research facilities. They have proposed to set up the Eastern Indian Node for CSIR Chain of Fourth Paradigm Institute where research related to big data analytics will be held," said Souvik Bhattacharyya, vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University.
"The second one will be an Inverted Innovation Centre where faculty members of Jadavpur University and CSIR scientists will act as mentors to research students at all levels," he added. The project cost is estimated to run into few hundred crores if the CSIR plan crystalises.
Institutes like Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute - which are CSIR laboratories - will collaborate with JU. "Around 15% to 20% of the NIL land will be used for this purpose," said Bhattacharyya.
DRDO also has approached JU to create an Advanced Technology Centre. "This may come up either on the existing campus or on the NIL campus," added the JU vice-chancellor.
"Ten lakh square feet of covered space can be created on the entire NIL land. It is to be utilised to create the research facilities. While one area will be used to set up the research centre, another will be used only by Jadavpur University to construct additional classrooms, lecture theatre, seminar rooms, conference halls and research laboratories for their own departments to sort out the space crunch," said executive council member Partha Pratim Biswas. He added, "We are experiencing a tremendous pressure on our existing infrastructure. Setting up of the third campus will lighten the burden of the two existing campuses at Jadavpur and Salt Lake."
The collaboration between JU and DRDO will benefit several eminent research institutes in the eastern region. Some of these institutes include - Indian Institute of Technology Patna, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Kharagpur, Calcutta University, Bengal Engineering and Science University, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Indian Statistical Institute - Kolkata, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Indian Association of Cultivation of Science. "These are the cluster of institutions which will participate in the research hub of DRDO," said Biswas.
Scientist Bikash Sinha said, "This proposal was mooted a few years back.
It is a huge campus. Common research facility for these institutes will be wonderful. Even though I am not aware of what kind of facilities will be available but the campus can be used very constructively for futuristic research in several fields of science."
"I have always been advocating central facilities putting in sufficient amount of money to develop the infrastructure. However investing the entire amount in one institute is out of question. Much investment will then remain under utilised. However,
Any major effort shared by institutes of higher learning is much desired," said Shivaji Raha, director of Bose Institute.
A higher education department official said, "The JU knowledge and research hub will boost research facilities in the state."
Link - Hi-tech research hub on Jadavpur University third campus - The Times of India
Funds crunch had delayed the project earlier. But it will now take shape with assistance from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). While CSIR and DRDO will develop the infrastructure and provide support for all the facilities, the land will be provided by Jadavpur University.
Several other national science research institutes located in the eastern region will also be attached with the research hub that is being envisaged by DRDO and JU.
"Jadavpur University is interested to establish an international research-cum-academic complex at the third campus. We have two proposals in our kitty. The first one from CSIR is bigger in terms of scale and size. There will be twin research facilities. They have proposed to set up the Eastern Indian Node for CSIR Chain of Fourth Paradigm Institute where research related to big data analytics will be held," said Souvik Bhattacharyya, vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University.
"The second one will be an Inverted Innovation Centre where faculty members of Jadavpur University and CSIR scientists will act as mentors to research students at all levels," he added. The project cost is estimated to run into few hundred crores if the CSIR plan crystalises.
Institutes like Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute - which are CSIR laboratories - will collaborate with JU. "Around 15% to 20% of the NIL land will be used for this purpose," said Bhattacharyya.
DRDO also has approached JU to create an Advanced Technology Centre. "This may come up either on the existing campus or on the NIL campus," added the JU vice-chancellor.
"Ten lakh square feet of covered space can be created on the entire NIL land. It is to be utilised to create the research facilities. While one area will be used to set up the research centre, another will be used only by Jadavpur University to construct additional classrooms, lecture theatre, seminar rooms, conference halls and research laboratories for their own departments to sort out the space crunch," said executive council member Partha Pratim Biswas. He added, "We are experiencing a tremendous pressure on our existing infrastructure. Setting up of the third campus will lighten the burden of the two existing campuses at Jadavpur and Salt Lake."
The collaboration between JU and DRDO will benefit several eminent research institutes in the eastern region. Some of these institutes include - Indian Institute of Technology Patna, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Kharagpur, Calcutta University, Bengal Engineering and Science University, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Indian Statistical Institute - Kolkata, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Indian Association of Cultivation of Science. "These are the cluster of institutions which will participate in the research hub of DRDO," said Biswas.
Scientist Bikash Sinha said, "This proposal was mooted a few years back.
It is a huge campus. Common research facility for these institutes will be wonderful. Even though I am not aware of what kind of facilities will be available but the campus can be used very constructively for futuristic research in several fields of science."
"I have always been advocating central facilities putting in sufficient amount of money to develop the infrastructure. However investing the entire amount in one institute is out of question. Much investment will then remain under utilised. However,
Any major effort shared by institutes of higher learning is much desired," said Shivaji Raha, director of Bose Institute.
A higher education department official said, "The JU knowledge and research hub will boost research facilities in the state."
Link - Hi-tech research hub on Jadavpur University third campus - The Times of India
