IIT Hyderabad gets Rs. 60 Cr DST grant for CISCoM

HYDERABAD: The IIT Hyderabad Cluster has received a grant of Rs. 60 crore from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI) programme.

The proposed center would be the first of its kind to enable real-time characterisation at various length scales for basic and industrial research and development purposes. This initiative aims to bring together scientists from a wide range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, and pharmacy, to pursue common scientific goals that can only be achieved through the use of such sophisticated microscopy techniques.

Led by Prof. BS Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, and a team of researchers from IIT Hyderabad, with Dr. Sai Rama Krishna Malladi as the Principal Investigator, the SATHI-CISCoM facility is supported by 15 academic, research, and industrial organisations with a budget of over Rs. 16 crore.

The institutions and organisations include the University of Hyderabad (UoH), Telangana State Council for Higher Education, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, National Institute of Technology Raipur, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Vishnu Educational Society Hyderabad, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT Hyderabad), LV Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad, Dr. Reddy’s Labs Hyderabad, Bharat Biotech Hyderabad, Amara Raja Group Tirupati, TATA Steel.