IIT Guwahati launches centre to develop indigenous technologies; Check Details

With an aim to develop indigenous technologies, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has officially launched a Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems (CICPS). 

The Centre at IIT Guwahati will target introducing a minimum of five technologies per year and it will generate direct and indirect employment opportunities for the students. 

Around 18 MTech students and 13 PhD students have already joined the CICPS and these students will specifically focus on working on the technologies for underwater exploration. As per the sources, the TIH-IIT Guwahati will fund the CICPS for the initial five years, after which the CICPS will become self-sustaining. 

The director, IIT Guwahati, Prof TG Sitharam, Director, said that the CICPS will have significant academic, human resources and technology development components with a main focus to develop products and technologies for the underwater exploration that is an untouched research area in the contour.

He stated that IIT Guwahati obtained a number 2 position in the QS World University Ranking for the ’Citation per Faculty’. 

Further, it has been notified that the Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems will have six major components --Technology Development, Center of Excellence, Technology Business Incubation, Human Resource Development, and MTech programme in robotics and artificial intelligence. 

The Human Resource Development and Skill Development programmes at the CICPS will also offer fellowships for doctoral, postdoctoral, and faculties. Moreover, it will provide a platform for organising the preliminary and advanced skill development workshops. 

MTech in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence 

The new master’s programme in robotics and artificial intelligence at IIT Guwahati has been designed in a way that will address advanced engineering topics and assists to fulfil the growing demands for industries. 

Further, in order to improve productivity, the graduates will be able to use scientific methods to solve complex problems in both research and practice, particularly for industrial automation. The involved technological development will lead to the establishment of training schools regarding manufacturing and robotics. 

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The chief guest of the occasion was Professor Indranil Manna, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, who said that Science is pursuing the truth relentlessly, regardless of necessity or immediate scope of application. 

Moreover, Science has extended as far as imagination goes and it never fails. But engineering is all about enabling and offering solutions to borrow from the fundamentals of science, he said. 

Meanwhile, the centre at IIT Guwahati will have nine laboratories, such as Underwater Natural Resources lab, Product Development Laboratory, Internet of Things Laboratory, Product Testing Laboratory, Reverse Engineering Laboratory, Fabrication Laboratory, Virtual & Augmented Reality Laboratory, E-Mobility Laboratory, and Sensor and Actuator Fabrication Laboratory.