MAKAUT selected as TIFAC academic partner to provide support to medium-small industry

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), WB selected as prestigious TIFAC Academic Partner (TAP). The Technology Informati...

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), WB selected as prestigious TIFAC Academic Partner (TAP). The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), under the Department of Science & Technology of Government of India has chosen the University for providing support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). This is under TIFAC-MSME Program. 

TIFAC has selected the following four university/institutes as TJFAC Academic Partners under TIFAC-MSME Program:- Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Nigdi , Pune,  Indian Institute of Technology- BHU, Varanasi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology,  West Bengal and Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 

The TIFAC has evolved a scheme in which centres will be established in these institutions/organizations of academic eminence in the field of science, technology, and innovations across India. The objective is to provide technology information and intervention support to the MSMEs under "Atma Nirbhar Bharat ". This Center will be known as TAP and will provide technology mapping, requisite skilling/technology demonstration etc to nearby different MSME clusters.

This collaboration would be mutually beneficial to MAKAUT and industry with the following objectives: Creation of a platform for establishing interaction between academia and MSME on a mutually win-win basis towards identifying the areas where there is a technological gap; Establishing a platform for the MSME cluster companies to access R&D and technical support from the faculties and students of MAKAUT and Providing hands-on engagement and practical experience to the students and faculty on existing technical challenges in the industry. This will help in nurturing an innovation ecosystem that benefits both the industry as well as the technical institution.