MADURAI: Mr.S.Rethinavelu, Senior President of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Madurai, has been nominated as a member of the Project Guidance Cum Review Committee (PGRC) by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
This committee will formulate an action plan for common research technological development hub to be set up in Chennai.
A press release from Tamil Nadu Chamber Secretary Mr.J.Selvam here today- March 3rd 2020- has said that the Ministry has constituted a special committee to periodically review the technical and financial progress of the CRTD Hub coming up in Chennai and the Chamber’s Senior President Mr.Rethinavelu has been nominated as a member. Duration of the project is upto 2023.
Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Chennai Centre, supported by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, functioning under the Ministry of Science and Technology is establishing a Common Research and Technological Development Hub at CSIR-CSIO campus in Taramani in Chennai at a cost of Rs.856 lakhs.
The objective of this hub is to provide technical support, infrastructure and equipment testing facility to the renewable energy and electronic MSMEs for carrying out quality research for translating innovative ideas into marketable products. It will bridge the gap between industry, academia and research institutions and to provide skills development at all levels.
