Saturday, December 6, 2014

Tangible nanotech-based solutions for city waste management; CM #Karnataka

Inaugurating the 7th Bangalore India Nano conference on Friday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called upon scientists to come up with “tangible nanotech-based solutions” for waste management and other challenges faced by the common man, whether in food security, energy security, water purification or medicine.


The State is likely to soon get permission from the Centre to establish a state-of-the-art Nano Park and Nano Incubation Centre, for which the State has allotted 14-acre area on Tumakuru Road, said Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, Department of IT, BT, Science and Technology. A Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences has also been planned there.
The Prof. C.N.R Rao Bangalore India Nano Science Award 2014 was presented to Shantikumar Nair, Dean of Research, Amrita University and Director of Amrita Center for Nanosciences, Kochi.