IIT KGP research park inaugurated

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has set up eastern India's "first" research park here, a professor of the premier institute said on Thursday. The park, spread over 10 acres in Rajarhat area in the northeastern fringes of the city, was inaugurated through a remote control by Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal during the 65th convocation of IIT Kharagpur held on Tuesday.

"The research park, which is first-of-its-kind in eastern India, will seek to develop and impart skills on product development, technology transfer, technology commercialisation and patenting," Partha Pratim Das, professor in-charge of park, said. The Rs 100 crore research park is equipped with incubation and research centre where academic programmes could be conducted jointly with industry experts, he said..

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