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‘We will make Bangalore home to nanotechnology’

— Photo: K. Gopinathan

Bonhomie: (From left) Noted scientist C.N.R. Rao; Governor Rameshwar Thakur; and Patrice Millet, Programme Officer, European Commission, at the seminar on nanotechnology in Bangalore on Thursday.

Bangalore: Imagine a world, where all the information available in all the libraries in the world put together could be stored in something that is the size of your everyday sugar cube! The organisers of ‘Bangalore Nano 2007’ promise to take you a step closer to the stuff that science fiction is made up of.

‘Bangalore Nano 2007’ is organised by the State Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and MM Activ. The two-day conference, which is the first of its kind, aims at bridging the gap between research and industry in the field of nanotechnology.

Governor Rameshwar Thakur inaugurated the conference in the presence of the chairman of the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister C.N.R. Rao and Patrice Millet of the European Commission.

Mr. Thakur presented the possession certificate of the 14-acre land, earmarked by the Karnataka Government for the country’s first Institute of Nanotechnology. “The Government has taken a lead, and a modest beginning has been made in terms of budgetary support,” he said.

The Governor also presented Prof. Rao with the Nano National Award for his outstanding research in the field of nanotechnology.

Prof. Rao said: “Nanotechnology has helped create an excitement in the scientific field. We have been working on it, but we did not know that it will turn into such big phenomena.”

M.N. Vidyashankar, Secretary (Information Technology and Biotechnology), called nanotechnology “the first boon science”. “We will make Bangalore home to nanotechnology. This triple helix of collaboration between academia, industry and government will help nanotechnology create a revolution,” he said.

The number of consumer goods using nano materials had been increasing worldwide and included over 600 products so far, he added. Nanotechnology would help create material and modify its structure to meet our exact requirements. A total of 18 papers will be presented at the event. Five hundred delegates, including those from Australia, China and Germany, and 400 students from 23 institutions, will participate in the event. Prof. Rao will address the students and educate them about the possibilities of nanotechnology.

The event will also host the Research Industry Collaboration Hub (RICH), a programme which aims at bridging the gap between the industry and the research fraternity. The Poster Session, which was inaugurated on Thursday, will host 54 paper presentations from leading institutes like IITs, BITS, Pilani, and JNCASR, among others.

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