Gadakari Lays Stone for Ports,Waterways&Coasts:National Technology Centre at IIT Chennai
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari,laid the foundation stone for setting up of a National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC), at IIT Chennai today. The Ministry of Shipping and IIT Chennai also signed an MoU for this at the event today.
NTCPWC, being set up under the Shipping Ministry’s flagship programme Sagarmala, The centre will provide indigenous software and technology, make technical guidelines and standards and address port and maritime issues with models and simulations.
NTCPWC is being set up at a cost of Rs 70.53 crore to be shared by Ministry of Shipping, IWAI and the Major Ports. Ministry of Shipping’s grant is towards capital expenditure for creating facilities like Field Research Facility (FRF), Sedimentation and Erosion Management Test Basin and Ship/Tow Simulator. The centre will be self sustainable in three years through industry consultancy projects for Indian and global port and maritime sector.
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