GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.438
TO BE ANSWERED ON 21-10-2008

SETTING UP OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES

438. SHRI VARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN:

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

(a) the details of Research Institutes and other institutes of national and international standards proposed to be set up during the Eleventh Plan;
(b) whether the Government is considering setting up of a National Institute on Applied Research, Development and Production of materials like silicon at Thiruvananthapuram; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) Yes, Sir. Setting up of new Institutes of Nano-science and Technology at Mohali, Punjab; National Agribiotechnology Institute at Mohali, Punjab; and Stem Cell Institute at Bangaluru by Ministry of Science and Technology have been approved during the Eleventh Plan by the Government of India.
(b) Ministry of Science and Technology has no proposal for setting up of National Institute on Applied Research, Development and Production of materials like silicon.
(c) Does not arise.