Parliament Question: Funds Allocation to Centres of Excellence

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1663 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2025 FUNDS ALLOCATION TO CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

1663. SHRI ROBERT BRUCE C:

SHRI MURASOLI S:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds allocated to various Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the State of Tamil Nadu during the last three years;

(b) the breakup of CoEs currently functioning, along with their key research focus areas Ministry-wise and sector-wise;

(c) whether the Government recognises the critical role of Research and Development (R&D) investment in long-term national development;

(d) if so, whether it plans to increase funding and support to CoEs in emerging and strategic sectors; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH) विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पथ्ृ िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय के राज्य मंत्री (स्ितंत्र प्रभार) (डॉ. जितेंद्र स हं )

(a) The details of funds allocated to various Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in

the State of Tamil Nadu during the last three years is as given below:

Details about the Centre of Excellence Funds allocated in last three years (in Crores) IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Rs. 133.93 Cr.

Foundation at IIT Madras, Chennai IIT Madras in association with C-DoT, Rs. 5.17 Cr.

Chennai PSG CT- Science and Technology Rs. 7.66 Cr.

Entrepreneurial Park (PG- STEP), Coimbatore Vel Tech Technology Incubator, Chennai Rs. 1.68 Cr.

Page 1 of 4(b) The breakup of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) currently functioning,

along with their key research focus areas is as given below:

Centres of Sector key research focus areas / Sector Excellence (CoEs) IISc Bengaluru Quantum Computing IIT Madras in Quantum association with C- Quantum Communication Technology DoT IIT Bombay Quantum Sensing & Metrology IIT Delhi Quantum Materials & Devices Energy Storage Platform on DST- IIT Bombay.

Hydrogen Energy Storage Platform on DST- NFTDC Hydrogen Energy Storage Platform on DST-IIT Delhi Batteries Clean Energy Energy Storage Platform on DST-IISc , Bengluru Supercapacitors DST-IISER Integrated Clean Energy Material Thiruvananthapuram Acceleration Platform on Storage Integrated Clean Energy Material DST-IIT Hyderabad Acceleration Platform on Bioenergy and Hydrogen IIT Delhi Smart Manufacturing CSIR – NML, Wear and Corrosion Resistant Jamshedpur Coatings Technology Wear and Corrosion Resistant IIT Ropar Coatings Technology Wear and Corrosion Resistant IIT Patna Coatings Technology IISc Bengaluru Specialty Chemicals CeNSE, Indian Institute of Science, Electronic Grade Materials Bengaluru Manufacturing for Piezo MEMS CSIR-NAL, Advanced Bengaluru Manufacturing CSIR NCL Pune Specialty Chemicals Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer Semiconductor, Electronics

(FITT) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Page 2 of 4Centres of Sector key research focus areas / Sector Excellence (CoEs) Health IIT Kanpur Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR) VNIT Nagpur Agriculture residue management Waste Chitkara University, Management Agriculture residue management Rajpura, Punjab Indian Institute of Management Sector Agnostic Ahmedabad (IIMA), Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Broad Spectrum Technology, Bombay Kalinga Institute of Technology Digital Healthcare, Agritech, University, MedTech Bhubaneswar PSG College of Technology, Advance Technologies Sector Coimbatore Agnostic Vel Tech Rangarajan Centre of Dr Sagunthala R&D Manufacturing, Digital Excellence for Institute of Science Enterprises & E waste and Start-up and Technology, plastic waste management.

promotions Chennai Inventive Enterprises, CSIR-National Biotech/Biomed/Healthcare/Agro, Chemical Energy/environment Laboratory, Pune sustainability T-hub, Hyderabad AI, ML IIT Kanpur MedTech IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Technology Incubation Hub Foundation at IIT Madras, Chennai

(c) to (e): Research, Development, and Innovation have played a pivotal role in propelling India’s socio-economic progress, a fact well recognized by the Government of India. To further strengthen the nation's research and development ecosystem, the government has consistently increased funding through successive budget allocations for various science ministries. Several high-impact technology missions have been launched in emerging and strategic domains such as Quantum Science and Technology, Cyber-Physical Page 3 of 4Systems, Geospatial Technologies, Bio-manufacturing, and Advanced Materials.

In a major policy advancement, the government has established the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to provide strategic direction for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the country.

During the inaugural meeting of the ANRF Governing Board, several key interventions were endorsed to enhance the science and technology ecosystem, particularly through aligning research and development efforts with national priorities. The ANRF is poised to implement a wide range of programs including CoEs in emerging and strategic domains aimed at accelerating India’s scientific and technological progress. In this direction, a call for setting up of Convergence CoEs have been launched by ANRF with the aim to address complex societal challenges by bringing together expertise from various fields to develop innovative and impactful solutions.

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